Mappa Mundi

Before the printing press books were written by hand making them rare and precious objects. Hence in Hereford Cathedral the books were chained to the library shelves to stop them going walkabout. That the chained library has survived in tact is remarkable. |next attraction|

The Mappa Mundi also survives from the 13th century unscathed by dissolution, pillage or civil war. It is a schematic map of the known world with Jerusalem at its centre and the good old British Isles squeezed in at the bottom left hand edge. |map|  |more things to do|



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