Treasures of Lambeth Palace

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🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Books belonging to Henry VIII, Richard III, Mary I and Edward VI are among the treasures in the historic library of the Archbishops of Canterbury, one of the oldest public libraries in England.

In this episode of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb takes a tour of just a few items from Lambeth Palace Library’s priceless collection with the librarian archivist Giles Mandelbrote.

There are pictures of all of the items featured in this podcast on Suzannah’s social media accounts - @sixteenthCgirl - on Facebook, Twitter, Threads, and Instagram.

This episode was produced by Rob Weinberg.

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0:00.0	Welcome to not just the tutors from HistoryHit.
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0:29.5	Founded in 1610 by Archbishop Richard Bancroft,
0:33.9	Lambeth Palace Library. The historic library of the Archbishop's of Canterbury is one of the
0:39.0	oldest public libraries in England and the principal record repository of the Church of England.
0:44.8	The manuscripts in its collection date back as early as the 9th century.
0:50.1	And in part because it started with Bancroft's own outstanding personal library of printed books
0:55.6	and manuscripts, there are some particularly illuminating and illuminated treasures from the early
1:02.0	modern period. We are going to scratch the surface today and look at just a few special items
1:08.4	among them are some books and manuscripts I did not know existed and that have changed my view
1:15.2	of the period. This is really exciting stuff. You can find pictures of all the items we're going
1:22.2	to be talking about today on my social media accounts. That's Facebook, Twitter, Threads and
1:28.4	Instagram. My handle is at 16th, written out as a word C for Century Girl.
1:34.8	My guide is the librarian and archivist of Lambeth Palace, Charles Mandelbrot.
1:40.8	Charles has had a major role in the creation of a new purpose-built building for the library,
1:45.8	which is now offering its first public events and exhibitions. The first of those is called
1:51.3	Cantarti Domino, music in the Lambeth Palace Library collections and is well worth a visit. Before
1:58.2	joining Lambeth Palace Library, Charles spent 15 years as a curator of British collections,
2:03.0	1501-1800, at the British Library. He's also a leading historian of the book trade. He invited
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