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historitage.bsky.social
Salisbury Cathedral Library, founded in 1445. The library collections date back to the 1100s. The chains originally used to secure the precious medieval manuscripts to the shelves now form an eye-catching display beside the librarian’s desk 💙📚 #chainedlibrary
A plastered wall with lengths of looped metal chains hanging vertically from a horizontal rod.
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
samphire-hoe.bsky.social
#ChainedLibrary #WellsCathedral
November 8, 2024 at 11:31 AM
cathyfinch1234.bsky.social
A fascinating Hereford visit to the unworldly #ChainedLibrary.. with a glimpse into what people used to think the world looked like … #MappiMundi

www.herefordcathedral.org/mappa-mundi
3D accessible interactive and tactile version of Mappi Mundi created in collaboration with archivists & digital curators across Europe: An English interpretation of the Mappi Mundi. A rough estimate of where places are & Wales is somewhere to the mirror left.. Chained Library.. configured to look exactly as it did before 1840s. Books would be unlocked & placed down on the desk still attached to the chain. Books would be placed with their pages facing outwards, so the chains wouldn’t get tangled up when taken off the shelf.
August 30, 2024 at 8:57 AM
englishcathedrals.co.uk
Don't mind if I do.

@wellscathedral.bsky.social is marking the anniversary of its medieval Chained Library by launching a limited edition gin inspired by the first botanical text – one of the library’s most important exhibits.

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April 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM