Who is Sir Thomas Bodley? What are his links to Exeter and the Exeter Cathedral Library? What are some of the remarkable libraries (and manuscripts) in Exeter’s history, how were they established, built, and re-built over centuries?
These are some of the questions addressed in Ian Maxted’s upcoming talk. He will discuss the figure of Sir Thomas Bodley in the history of the Exeter Cathedral Library, show images of some of the manuscripts involved, talk about the rebuilding of the library in the north cloisters in 1412, and end with the long view on the rise, fall, and resurrection of Exeter's libraries over the centuries.
The talk is linked to the Gatekeepers to Heaven: religion, knowledge and power in medieval Exeter exhibition at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum from 3 June to 3 September.
Ian Maxted was Devon's local studies librarian from 1977 to 2005 and the compiler of the Devon bibliography.
Cost: £3.00 if not member of Exeter Local History Society
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