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The library began during the episcopate of Leofric (1050–1072) who presented the cathedral with 66 books, only one of which remains in the library: this is the Exeter Book (Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501) of Anglo-Saxon poetry. [17] 16 others have survived and are in the British Library, the Bodleian Library or Cambridge University Library.
The Exeter Book was given to what is now the Exeter Cathedral library by Leofric, [2] the first bishop of Exeter, in 1072. It is believed to have originally contained 130 [ 3 ] or 131 leaves, of which the first 7 [ 3 ] or 8 have been replaced with other leaves; the original first 8 leaves are lost.
[30] [a] Along with the Exeter Book, he also gave a number of other manuscripts and books to the cathedral upon his death. [31] [b] Three versions of the donation list drawn up by Leofric survive, which is one of the earliest surviving cathedral library catalogues. The list consists of 31 books used to conduct cathedral services, 24 other ...
The original cathedral was built in a Norman, or Romanesque, style, officials said. However, the building underwent a massive rebuild in the decorated gothic style between 1270 and 1350. Exeter is ...
Dating from 1112 to 1519, Exeter Cathedral is the major example of a cathedral built mainly in the later Decorated Gothic style of the 14th century. It has an impressive vault, the longest medieval vault in the world, which runs between two Norman towers placed, uniquely among the cathedrals, over the transepts.
Milles became Precentor of Exeter in 1747 and in June 1762 Dean of Exeter, in succession to Dr Charles Lyttelton (1714–1768), who had been elected in 1762 Bishop of Carlisle. Lyttelton was President of the Society of Antiquaries, and had started a period of renovation of the fabric of Exeter Cathedral. Milles continued the work with great vigour.
The Liber Exoniensis or Exon Domesday is the oldest of the three manuscripts originating with the Domesday Survey of 1086, covering south-west England. It contains a variety of administrative materials concerning the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire.
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