Beauty and the Beasts

Beauty and the Beasts

Opening the Textus 900 celebrations at Rochester Cathedral, three remarkable British Library manuscripts are now on display in the Cathedral Crypt exhibition Beauty and the Beasts.

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MESS ROOM Creates: An Exhibition of Gargoyles, Grotesques and Medieval Beasts

MESS ROOM Creates: An Exhibition of Gargoyles, Grotesques and Medieval Beasts

Artists from Kent Association for the Blind Art Groups, Peer Arts and Deaf Peer Arts are delighted to share their exhibition inspired by Beauty and the Beasts in partnership with Dr Diane Heath and Martin Crowther from the NLHF Medieval Animals Heritage project at Canterbury Christ Church University.

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UNESCO Memory of the World UK Register, 2022

UNESCO Memory of the World UK Register, 2022

In 2022 the collection of early English law codes preserved in Textus Roffensis was added to the UNESCO Memory of the World UK Register, joining documentary heritage of national significance including the Death Warrant of King Charles I, Magna Carta and the Churchill Archives.

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Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War at the British Library, 2018-2019

Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War at the British Library, 2018-2019

Textus Roffensis featured as part of the ‘once-in-a-generation’ 2018-2019 exhibition Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms at the British Library.

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Hidden Treasures, Fresh Expressions, 2012-2016

Hidden Treasures, Fresh Expressions, 2012-2016

The Hidden Treasures, Fresh Expressions Project 2012-2016 engaged the University of Manchester in the production of a high-quality digital facsimile of Textus, a bespoke exhibition area in the Cathedral crypt, and study and handling copies for the refurbished Chapter Library.

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Magna Carta 800

Magna Carta 800

Textus featured in an exhibition of the Faversham Magna Carta in 2015, highlighting the significance of these foundational documents of English Law.

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