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Mappa Mundi and Chained Library Exhibition
Mappa Mundi and Chained Library Exhibition Review
This extraordinary double attraction includes the more than 20-square-foot parchment Mappa Mundi. Hereford's own picture of the medieval world shows the Earth as flat, with Jerusalem at its center. It's thought that the map was originally the central section of an altarpiece dating from 1290. The chained library contains some 1,500 books, among them an 8th-century copy of the Four Gospels. Chained libraries, in which books were attached to cupboards to discourage theft, are extremely rare: they date from medieval times, when books were as precious as gold.
- Address: Cathedral Close, Hereford, HR1 2NG | Map It
- Phone: 01432/374219
- Cost: £6
- Hours: Apr.--late May, Sept., and Oct., Mon.--Sat. 10--5; late May--Aug., Mon.--Sat. 10--5, Sun. 11--4; Nov., Dec., Feb., and Mar., Mon.--Sat. 10--4; last admission 30 mins before closing
- Website: www.herefordcathedral.org
- Location: Hereford
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