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Chester Cathedral Works Department retweeted
Access all areas this Heritage Open Day!
You might have heard that Cheshire’s archives are moving to new homes... Discover why and go behind the scenes in this final chance to tour the Cheshire Record Office (last few tickets remaining!)
#75StoriesShared #HODs
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Join us today as part of the @chesterherifest for an engaging talk introducing our latest exhibition: ‘What is Kingship? Some Answers from 16th and 17th Century Treasures in Chester Cathedral Library’
Today and next Wednesday the 28 at 10am, 1pm, & 3pm.
🎟️chestercathedral.ticketsolve…
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On Saturday 17th or Tuesday 27th June pop along to @ChesterCath to bag a bargain book and chat to the Library team chesterheritagefestival.co.u… #chesterheritagefestival
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If you are in Chester during @chesterherifest why not attend this ace @ChesterArchSoc conference @cwacmuseums Grosvenor Museum? Really looking forward to it! 👇😀 @HistArchChester @Chester01244 @ShitChester @CSLH6
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For #CheshireDay we would love to hear your Cheshire story. Locals, visitors, event attendees, those who join us for worship...we invite you to share your stories in the comments.
We are proud to be Cheshire's Cathedral.
#Chester #Cheshire #CheshireStory
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Really exciting line-up of speakers developing for the @ChesterArchSoc Conference on Sat 24 June at the #GrosvenorMuseum. All will be revealed by the end of April. For the moment, just bookmark the date!
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Please do consider submitting an article for our @DrThomasPickles @CAntenhofer special journal edition of @DGJournals Open Archaeology-
‘Engaging the Public, Heritage and Educators through Material Culture Research’-details and submission deadline here: degruyter.com/publication/jo…
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Today for #WomensHistoryMonth we are looking at ownership inscriptions.
We sometimes find traces of women in the margins of our rare books, and even the simplest of annotations help build a picture of women readers in the past.
See here for more details! ow.ly/VJxI50NqsO7
ALT Ornate page with a boxed illustration, inked writing and florid handwriting flowing vertically up the side of the page
ALT A close up of Anne's signature in black ink. It is highly stylised but neat, with swirling decorations
ALT A page with print text arranged in a central block which tapers at the end. There is handwritten marginalia around it
ALT An instance of marginalia next to a diagram of a family tree.
Chester Cathedral Works Department retweeted
4 architectural styles spanning 1500 years in one photo - not many cathedrals can boast that! @ChesterCath
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Tickets for April's free online lecture are available to book now!
Dr Kevin Cootes - 'Archaeological investigations at a later medieval chapel burial ground in Poulton, Cheshire'.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/dr-kevin-…
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A very mean looking ram grotesque from Chester Cathedral.
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Help us catalogue letters as part of our funded digitisation project! No experience is required, just a computer and excellent spelling, and it can be done in the library or remotely.
Come along to one of our in person volunteer open sessions at 11am or 3pm on the 9th of March!
ALT A black and white photo of digitisation volunteers working at a table in Library Services
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Stonemasons. The people right at the centre of the Chester Cathedral refurbishment project. @NikkiPinder @ChesterCath @ChesterWorks #Chester #cathedral #chestertweets @ShitChester @wearechester @CheshireLive @ChesterBID
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#Mosaicmonday & a real gem to show you! There are mosaic panels on the wall of North Aisle @ChesterCath
They depict the Prophets: Abraham, Moses, David & Elijah by Clayton and Bell(1883-86) @ChesterGiftShop
Plus half term mosaics workshop fun ⤵️ visitcheshire.com/whats-on/g…
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Meanwhile near the top of the Chester Cathedral scaffolding a high level tour is underway @NikkiPinder @ChesterCath @ChesterWorks #Chester #cathedral #Chesterhour @ShitChester @wearechester @CheshireLive @ChesterBID
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Calling all PhD students working on #MedievalWomen! Check out our call for applications for a PhD placement with us:
blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscr…
ALT Medieval manuscript page with a miniature showing a female teacher and a class of girls
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#WindowsOnWednesday #StWerburgh by W. T. Carter Shapland (1961)
Today's a day for celebrating #HeritageTreasures with @HeritageFundUK
One of our most incredible treasures is our glorious @ChesterCath
StWerburgh was an Anglo-Saxon princess &patron saint of the city of #Chester
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We’re celebrating @HeritageFundUK’s #HeritageTreasures day with our fantastic #medieval misericords in the Quire!
When was the last time you visited to see their intricate carvings?
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#CathedralTreasure
Quirky carved details that relieved a monk’s life
Misericords (43 dating from 1380, 5 modern misericords), @ChesterCath
The misericord carvings rarely feature biblical figures.
More> bit.ly/CathedralTreasures
#CathedralTreasures #BritainsGotTreasure
