{"id":3193,"date":"2024-05-27T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/?p=3193"},"modified":"2025-03-27T12:04:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:04:57","slug":"a-visit-to-salisbury-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/2024\/05\/27\/a-visit-to-salisbury-cathedral\/","title":{"rendered":"A Visit to Salisbury Cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the 6<sup>th<\/sup> of March 2024 a group from the Centre for Medieval Studies made a pilgrimage to Salisbury Cathedral. Our visit began with a tour of the cathedral and chapterhouse in the morning with a visit to the cathedral library in the afternoon. A recurring theme throughout my tale will be my failure to take enough photographs, but then cameras didn\u2019t exist in the middle ages! Many of the photographs below were actually taken by Anne Gwatkin during our trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240306_151908-1024x622.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240306_151908-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240306_151908-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240306_151908-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240306_151908-1536x934.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240306_151908-2048x1245.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Our group from Exeter along with the Cathedral Librarian, Dr Anne Dutton (far right). The soft focus is a result of not being allowed to use the camera flash!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Visiting historic churches is one of my favourite things to do because, unlike most medieval buildings, they continue to be used for their original purpose. Medieval studies can often appear quite dry, lots of Latin charters and account rolls to go through. Even the material culture can feel quite remote from modern life and difficult to relate to. By contrast, medieval churches are still \u201cliving buildings\u201d whose modern users have to constantly negotiate and engage with their medieval history. As experts in medieval history and culture we can contribute positively (I hope) to the use and interpretation of these buildings, which is why I think it\u2019s important to visit them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our contingent from Exeter arrived at the cathedral just before noon, where we met several other members of the Centre for a tour given by one of the cathedral guides. This covered the history of the cathedral from the original Norman foundation at Old Sarum, to the refoundation in Salisbury in the early 13<sup>th<\/sup> Century up to the present. The cathedral was completed in only 38 years between 1220 and 1258, so the whole building was built (almost) entirely in one architectural style, early English Gothic. The exception are the perpendicular arches in the nave which support the spire, added some eighty years later. A fact I did not know before this visit was that Salisbury Cathedral\u2019s spire is only the tallest in England because the taller spires at Lincoln and Old Saint Paul\u2019s in London fell down. The spire at Salisbury owes it\u2019s continued survival to reinforcements added in the 17<sup>th<\/sup> Century by Sir Christopher Wren, almost entirely hidden by a lantern ceiling, which you can see below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/nave-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/nave-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/nave-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/nave-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/nave.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A view of the nave, showing the perpendicular arches which support the spire, the lantern ceiling and the modern alter below.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the things I really love about historic churches are the small details that were added to the fabric by individual artists over the centuries. One example pointed out to us was by our guide was the bishop\u2019s tomb with a monkey on top carved as though he\u2019s throwing nuts at passers by below. Unfortunately, the Cathedral has been subject to several programmes of \u201cimprovement\u201d over the centuries which erased many of these unique features, our guide had some particularly choice words for James Wyatt, who was responsible for the removal of the original rood screen and most of the stained glass in the 18<sup>th<\/sup> Century. However, churches are \u2019living\u2019 buildings, constantly being reworked and updated, and sometimes we don\u2019t appreciate the work of past generations. Hopefully, the new font and alters that were installed at the turn of the millennium will be enduring. You can see the alter in the nave in the image below; I neglected to take a photograph of the font, which is large enough to take a grown adult, but you can read all about it from the sculptor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.williampye.com\/works\/salisbury-cathedral-font\">Willian Pye<\/a>, who also made the alters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After lunch it was time to head to the library and view some of the manuscripts in the collection. Salisbury Cathedral library is very special because it is still housed in the original late-medieval building, albeit somewhat modified. The library was constructed in the 15<sup>th<\/sup> Century over part of the cloister, in subsequent centuries the weight of the building and books began to cause the cloister below to collapse, and the decision was taken to demolish the far end of the library, leaving about half of the building remaining. Our host for this part of the trip was Dr Anne Dutton, the cathedral librarian, whom I first met when researching two manuscripts held in the cathedral library. We got to see a variety of manuscripts from the 10<sup>th<\/sup> to the 15<sup>th<\/sup> Centuries related to the Cathedral and the work of its canons, you can find a full list of these at the bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MS 150, known as the \u201cSalisbury Psalter\u201d, dates from the late 10<sup>th<\/sup> Century, and is a wonderful example of an Anglo-Saxon manuscript. This is also, I think, the oldest intact manuscript I have personally seen outside a glass case. This manuscript has been sadly injured by having some of the leaves and decorated capitals cut out, a reminder that past generations did not necessarily value manuscripts as texts, but only as \u201cworks of art\u201d. The manuscript has an Old English gloss to the psalms was added in the early 11<sup>th<\/sup> Century and there were amendments in the 12<sup>th<\/sup> and 13<sup>th<\/sup> Centuries, demonstrating that the manuscript was actively used both before and after the Norman Conquest:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/Psalter-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/Psalter-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/Psalter-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/Psalter-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/Psalter.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>MS 150, the \u201cSalisbury Psalter\u201d<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MS 113 is the first half of a manuscript donated to the Library in the 15<sup>th<\/sup> Century by one of its canons, Master Thomas Cyrceter, the latter half is now MS 39. When he donated the books Cyrceter stipulated that they were to be \u201cchained in the new library\u201d, the same building in which they are housed today. The manuscript itself is what we call a \u201cmiscellany\u201d, an anthology of shorter texts bound together as much for convenience as because they represent ay sort of coherent collection. This half of the manuscript begins with a copy of Chaucer\u2019s <em>Boece<\/em>, his translation of Flavius Boethius\u2019s <em>De consolatione philosophiae<\/em> (On the Consolation of Philosophy).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MS 147 is another miscellany from the 15<sup>th<\/sup> Century, but this one is noteworthy because of its original \u201cchemise\u201d binding. This is a soft leather cover that wraps around the book which Dr Dutton quite accurately described as a \u201cdust jacket\u201d. However, unlike a modern dust jacket this is an integral part of the book cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240306_150823-629x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240306_150823-629x1024.jpg 629w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240306_150823-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240306_150823-768x1249.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240306_150823-944x1536.jpg 944w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240306_150823-1259x2048.jpg 1259w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240306_150823-scaled.jpg 1574w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>MS 147<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The full list of manuscripts we saw was:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>MS 38 &#8211; Aldhelm, early 11<sup>th<\/sup> Century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MS 150 &#8211; Psalter, late 10<sup>th<\/sup> Century, (\u201cThe Salisbury Psalter\u201d),<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MS 128 &#8211; Augustine, 12<sup>th<\/sup> Century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MS 53 &#8211; Minor Prophets, late 12<sup>th<\/sup> Century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MS 121 &#8211; Geoffrey of Monmouth, 12<sup>th<\/sup> Century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MS 113 &#8211; Chaucer etc., early 15<sup>th<\/sup> Century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MS 147 &#8211; de Burgo, early 15<sup>th<\/sup> Century.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"973\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240306_162255-973x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240306_162255-973x1024.jpg 973w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240306_162255-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240306_162255-768x808.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240306_162255-1460x1536.jpg 1460w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/medievalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/339\/2024\/05\/IMG_20240306_162255-1947x2048.jpg 1947w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 973px) 100vw, 973px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>After our visit to the last thing I did was take an image of the cathedral\u2019s west front in the late afternoon sun.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 6th of March 2024 a group from the Centre for Medieval Studies made a pilgrimage to Salisbury Cathedral. 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