Peter Lombard's Commentary on the Psalms. This is a manuscript copy made in the 1200's. (WCL F47 folio 98r).

A 1300's manuscript which has various items within it, including sermon outlines and a theological work by Peter Bersuire, a tract on the vices and virtues, and an alphabetical table of morals. (WCL F19 folio 168r).

The cathedral tower in the sunshine viewed from the south side a couple of weeks ago. In the foreground is the chapter house exterior and the middle distance is the exterior of the quire.

A strange stylized human face with a leaf stick out of its mouth in the inner margin of a tightly bound medieval manuscript. This is in a 1200's copy of a collection of sermons on the Saints copied in England and used at Worcester (WCL Q53 fol.169r).

A 4A page! This is the opening of James of Voragine's work "Tabula super Historias Biblie". James was Italian and was the archbishop of Genoa. This copy was made in the fifteenth century (WCL F89 f.1r).

One of the cathedral's archive scrapbooks from 1910 has these wonderful pictures of buildings in Droitwich (Worcestershire).

An engraving of a Bishop Saint Epiphanius an early Church Father. He became the Bishop of Salamis in Cyprus and lived in the 4th century AD. Although a Bishop he was also a monk and gave much to the poor.

The face of a man with a couple of heraldic shields drawn very close to it in this 1200's copy of an Italian author's legal text. This copy was also made in Italy but made its way to England and has some added English names in notes within the manuscript. (WCL f159 f.138v)

The opening of a Worcester monastic register at the time of Prior John Weddesbury or Wednesbury. He was prior of Worcester in 1507-1518.

The ruin of the medieval Guestenhall where visitors to the medieval cathedral stayed. It was built in the 1300's. The monk in charge of it was called the hosteller. Have a great weekend!

The music collection has documents that tell us about the music and services in earlier times. These two sheets give the music for next week in 1890 and 1915. They record the composers chosen, anthem numbers, and whether it was for Matins and Evensong.

A busy title page from a 1648 book about natural philosophy (WCL UG2). Philosophy and its related branches are depicted as women, whilst in the middle row are Aristotle and three scholars. In the lowest section is a sort of court room or perhaps a university auditorium.

A zig-zag pattern red and blue letter P starts this page from a copy of a legal manuscript dating to the 1300's by Goffredo di Trani. Goffredo was a canon lawyer who lived in the 13th Century. This particular copy was made in England.

This week's cartoon shows a man with a cap or beret and his faithful dog or some sort of creature. This is in a medieval manuscript copy of Justinian's Codex glossed in the thirteenth century (WCL F78).

Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars memorial 1914-1918 on the left and the same for 1939 to 1945 on the right in Worcester Cathedral. Remembering today those who gave there lives for their country.

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.