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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.
[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 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.
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 ...
At Winchester the excavated foundations of the 10th-century cathedral – when built, the largest church in northern Europe – are marked on grass of the cathedral close. At Worcester, a new cathedral was built in the Norman style from 1084, but the crypt contains re-used stonework and columns from its two Anglo-Saxon predecessor churches.
University of Exeter Press ISBN 0-85989-134-8 (1984) From Childhood to Chivalry: Education of the English Kings and Aristocracy, Routledge, ISBN 0-416-74830-9 (1987) Exeter Cathedral as It Was, 1050–1550, Devon Books ISBN 0-86114-785-5 (1988) Education in Early Tudor England: Magdalen College Oxford and Its School, 1480–1540, Magdalen College
‘South Tower of Exeter Cathedral’, attributed to W. Davey, about 1800-1830. The present cathedral was begun by William de Warelhurst in 1112, the transept towers he built being the only surviving part of the Norman building, which was completed by Marshall at the close of the twelfth century. The cathedral is dedicated to St Peter.
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.