Good afternoon,
Colleagues might be interested in Lambeth Palace Library's forthcoming public
exhibition in celebration of its 400th anniversary. Lambeth Palace Library is
one of the earliest public libraries in England, founded in 1610 under the will of
Archbishop Richard Bancroft.
The exhibition draws upon the Library's incomparably rich and diverse
collections of manuscripts, archives and books, some of which will be on
display for the first time. It reveals how the collections have developed since
1610 and explores the history surrounding the people who owned, studies or
used them as aids to prayer and devotion.
Highlights include:
The MacDurnan Gospels, written and illuminated in Irelend in the 9th century
The Lambeth Bible, a masterpiece of Romanesque art
The Lambeth Apocalypse
A Gutenberg Bible printed in 1455, the first great book printed in Western
Europe from movable metal type
Books owned and used by King Richard III, King Henry VIII, Queen Katherine of
Aragon, Queen Elizabeth I and King Charles I as well as landmark texts in the
history of the Church of England
An exceptionally rare edition of the Babylonian Talmud which survived a 1553
Papal Bull ordering all copies to the burnt, which was rediscovered in 1992
The warrant for the execution of Mary Queen of Scots
Papers of archbishops, bishops and leaders of church and state, ranging from
the 13th century to the modern day, including papers relating to the rebuilding
of St Paul's Cathedral after the Great Fire of London and physicians' reports on
the illness of King George III.
The exhibition is open 10am-5pm Monday to Saturday, from 17th May to 23rd
July 2010. For more details and advance booking information, please visit
www.lambethpalacelibrary.org.
With best wishes
Gabriel Sewell
Deputy Librarian
Lambeth Palace Library
London SE1 7JU
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