A bird of prey cartoon in a 13th Century law manuscript beside a column of text. The text is Casus to Compilatio IV (WCL F159 f.49r)

This red and blue letter A is from Thomas of Ryngstede on the Book of Proverbs, which was part of a collection of items from the 15th century and used by one of the Worcester monks Thomas of Blokley (WCL F80 f.138r)

A lady with a red and white hood, and what looks like a couple of flasks or gourds in the margin of a 13th Century legal text by Benencasa of Arezzo (WCL F159 f.107v)

In Prince Arthur's chantry chapel of the early 16th century, the incredible ceiling with his coat of arms in the centre gives the interior a fantastic appearance. Have a great weekend!

A capital letter D from an early medieval manuscript of the 1100's of a collection of sermons compiled at Worcester Cathedral. This one was originally by Bede. (WCL F92)

William Durand was a French Bishop in the 1200's. This is the opening letter from a 14th Century manuscript copy of his work Rationale Divinorum Officiorum- which was about Christian liturgy and symbols etc. (WCL F129 f.1r)

The Worcester Co-operative Choral Society looking very smart on 6th November 1909 in the Cathedral's music archive. (WCL Music Collection)

The west front of the cathedral was looking nice last week in the sunshine.

This is a nineteenth century Mozart motet in the library, which is part of series of Mozart unbound music pieces someone collected (WCL).

Busy still doing the stock check, but I really liked the design of this invoice header from 1874.

This 1200's copy of Peter Lombard's Sentences has many marginal notes. This copy was made by a professional and use by at least one of the Worcester monks (WCL F8 f.3r).

William Durand was a French Bishop in the 1200's. This is the opening letter from a 14th Century manuscript copy of his work Rationale Divinorum Officiorum- which was about Christian liturgy and symbols etc. (WCL F129 f.1r)

The impressive north side of the nave was rebuilt c.1317-1320. The ceiling is c.65ft or 20m above the ground.

This 1200's copy of Peter Lombard's Sentences has many marginal notes. This copy was made by a professional and use by at least one of the Worcester monks (WCL F8 f.3r).

A busy page from a 1200's manuscript copy of Aristotle's 'Sophistici Elenchi' - Sophistical refutations. It was translated by Boethius. This copy was used by a Dominican friar called Thomas Palmar who lived in the late 14 early 15th Centuries (F66 f139).

This is part of the cathedral organ located in the Quire area. It's twin is on the opposite wall. They replaced the old organ in 2008. Have a great weekend!

A map of Gaul in Ancient Roman times recently donated to the library collection. This map was printed in c.1815.

Thank you to everyone who has been on a library tour this week. This is an 1100's illuminated letter at the start of something called "Opusculum de dubiis in evangeliis" (WCL Q29 f.64r)

Last week someone kindly donated a small collection of old photos. One was to do with the cathedral. Many others were clearly from elsewhere in the country. I am not sure which church this is from. Date probably 1900-1920's.

A fragment of what is thought to be from a philosophy text from the 14th century. You can see the bird on the branch in the margin. This was found in one of the post medieval bindings years ago and another fragment is also thought to be from the same manuscript.

From a book of English legal statutes. This manuscript was copied in the 14th century and used by an English lawyer, possibly in Herefordshire. This page is for a Statute of Westminster. (WCL Q36 f32r)

A Queen and a Bishop keep silent watch in the military chapel. The amazing skill and attention to detail of the stonemasons always impresses me.

A page from the Cathedral Almoner's register. It recorded the donations of land or property people gave to the Almoner. This helped the cathedral and enabled it to distribute alms to the poor. Notice the tiny cartoon creature in the top left corner (WCL A9 - late 1200's to early 1500's).

This ornate illuminated letter with decoration and a second bird-like artwork lower down the column opens the second part of Thomas de Bradwardine's theology book against the Pelagian heresy. Thomas lived in the 14th Century.

A huge letter M with a foliage flourish in a page from a mid-1100's manuscript copy of Jerome's Commentary on the Book of Isaiah. This may have been produced at Worcester (WCL F82 f.7r)

The conservators were here today working on Tudor documents. This cathedral annual account document has suffered from the very black iron-based ink destroying the paper.

A dragon and an illuminated letter from a 1300's canon law book. William of Pagula's "Summa Summarum" was owned by one of the Worcester monks (WCL F131 f90v).

A huge thank you to the cheerful Tudor House Museum Worcester team who visited today. This is a 14th century manuscript copy of Aristotle's Metaphysics translated by William of Moerbeke (WCL F169).

This week's Medieval artwork is a strange creature in the inner margin of a 14th century manuscript copy of Aristotle's Book on Physics with a commentary by Averroes (WCL F96).

In the Lady Chapel is the tomb of Bishop William de Blois (d.1236) but also on the wall beside him is the memorial to Anne Walton the wife of author Izaak Walton. Izaak composed the wording himself.

A lady's face with hat decorates part of this 1200's manuscript copy of Gregory IX's Decretals with a commentary by Bernard de Botone of Parma. This copy was made in England and used by someone in Wales at some point before coming to Worcester (WCL F150 f36r).

A blue and white and red creature with gold leaf in the border of a 1400's missal. A missal was a liturgical manuscript.

From the cathedral library's music collection- G. F. Handel's Messiah.

King James VI and the I from John Rushworth's Historical Collections volume 1 published in 1659.

One of the doors into the medieval cloister from the nave at Worcester Cathedral.

This eye-catching bit of artwork down the centre of the page and into the lower border is in a manuscript of Sermons on the Sunday Epistles from the 1200's or the 1300's. It was made in England (WCL Q17)

This is one of the monastic kitchener's account rolls from 1501. The monk was Humphrey Grafton and the image shows the sections for the Kitchen expenses and the staff wages for catering for c.40 monks, as well as guests, and the monks' servants.

A nice capital letter P from an 1100's lawbook: Roland's "Stroma". Roland was a canon law expert in the 12th Century. This manuscript copy was probably made in England. (WCL F70 f46v).

The John Chapel window with scenes of the life of John the Baptist was commissioned by Admiral R. F. Britten in memory of his parents in 1896.

A 19th century cookery book (Warne's Model Cookery) with a list of kitchen utensils recommended for the good cook! (WCL Select.D.35)

A mid 1200's copy of a philosophy manuscript: Aristotle's "Analytica Posteriora " translated by James of Venice. It was copied in England. (WCL F119 f.159v)

Bishop Wulfstan II's Gift charter of 1089, which he presented to the cathedral when he gave them 15 hides of land to help feed the monks.

A strange creature with a bird's body, foliage for a tail and a human face. This is a decoration in Johannes Monachus' "Apparatus super Sextum" It is in a 14th Century canon law manuscript (WCL F141 f.137r)

The cathedral nave looked nice in the summer sunshine last week.

With the Three Choirs Festival going on at the moment, here is another photo of colourful Victorian music and theatre posters advertising concerts in the 1850's to the 1880's from the cathedral music collection.

This is an early English binding covering a book printed in 1527 at Cologne in Germany which is the collected writings of the ancient Roman (early 5th Century AD) learned author Macrobius. (WCL Sel. A.52.3)

This busy and colourful page is from a manuscript copy of Vacarius' Liber Pauperum. Vacarius was an Italian law expert who is thought to have taught at the University of Oxford in the 12th century. This work is his commentary on Justinian's Codex (WCL F24 f118r).

That wildlife trip you hoped for not possible after all? Don't worry: Two camels, a zebra, a giraffe and a 'manticore' from a book of accounts of various travellers, by John Harris in 1744 (WCL MK1).

A medieval early printed book made in Lubeck in 1475. It includes illustrations like this: Lines of Popes on the left, Rulers of Germany in the centre column and intellectuals on the right hand side (WCL Inc 13 folio 402r).

The view of the north transept in the distance and the quire screen on the right hand side. The huge central pillars support the weight of the tower.