Lambeth Palace Library

David Scott: ‘Peterhouse Chapel and the Laudian Style, 1628–40' IHR Seminar on the Religious History of Britain 1500-1800

This seminar is free and open to all! Book via the link below:

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Discover the chapel’s ritual innovations, its Baroque influences, and what its surviving evidence reveals about music, liturgy, design, and the beauty of holiness.

Join us for a fascinating evening with David Scott on the Peterhouse Chapel and the Laudian Style.

#bookhistory #Cranmer #LambethPalaceLibrary

Right: Portrait of Cranmer (1533), held by Lambeth Palace. By kind permission of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Church Commissioners

Left: Reg. Cranmer, fol. 1r.
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This beautiful R for Registrum begins the register, which has been referred to as a key document of the Reformation.

An edition of the Register of Archbishop Cranmer, edited by the late Paul Ayris, has now been published open access: uclpress.co.uk/book/thomas-...

St. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, Hans Holbein the Younger.

(Item on loan from Lambeth Palace to Lambeth Palace Library by kind permission of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Church Commissioners.)

St. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, Hans Holbein the Younger. (Item on loan from Lambeth Palace to Lambeth Palace Library by kind permission of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Church Commissioners.)

In our current exhibition you will find this portrait of St. Dunstan with 'The Tempter' perched upon his crozier. 🖼️

St. Dunstan famously had several encounters with the Devil, including the moment he seized him with red-hot tongs, while living as a hermit at Glastonbury.

#LambethPalace #StDunstan

Our exhibition is open Monday - Friday, 9:30 - 17:00 and next Saturday 7th March, so if you are looking for something fun to do with your children, why not pop in! 🎨

✨ It's time to Colour In!✨

Our Digital Officer has created these colouring in sheets as part of our current exhibition, 'Primate of All England: The Archbishop of Canterbury Through Time' and we now have these lovely additions by Charlotte!

#LambethPalaceLibrary #PrimateOfAllEngland #Exhibition

"Memento homo quod cinis es, et in cinerem reverteris"

("Remember, man, that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return").

Rubric for imposition of ashes during mass on Ash Wednesday from the 15th century Broughton Missal.

[MS 5066, f.35r.]

#LambethPalaceLibrary #AshWednesday

A Monument of Fame The Lambeth Palace Library Blog

Follow this link: monumentoffame.org 📖

Read the blog to discover more and take a look at the second pamphlet! [H2250.F6D3 1531 02]

Here is a sermon by Bishop (later Saint) John Fisher, first preached on 11 February 1526 — making today the 500th anniversary of its delivery! [H5133.F58S3 1527]

📖 In our most recent post, Julia King explores the Library’s acquisition of two rare pamphlets from the reign of Henry VIII.

Come and see this incredible piece in our new exhibition - Primate of All England: The Archbishop Of Canterbury Through Time!🐴

🐴As a predominantly paper and printed book archive, you might be surprised to find a wooden toy horse in our collections!

Once owned by Archbishop Randall Davidson during his childhood, this wooden horse is one of the largest artefacts we have. 🐴

Artefact/17

Anonymous no more: Seven uncredited 16th century works from a choirbook created in Arundel & now residing in Lambeth, here given voice for the first time Anonymous no more: seven uncredited works from a choirbook created in Arundel & now residing in Lambeth, here given voice for the first time

Interesting review of a CD made of Tudor era music from @lampallib.bsky.social (following last year’s special exhibition)

www.planethugill.com/2026/02/anon...

MS 20 f. 16 - image of a man in a green hat knelt by a fire.

February can be chilly so keep warm by the fire like this guy!🔥

Detail of the page for this month in an early 16th century martyrology from the Cathedral Priory of Christ Church, Canterbury.

[MS 20 f.16]

#LambethPalaceLibrary #Manuscripts

The exhibition is free to all, no registration or booking of tickets required.

We are open 9:30-17:00 Monday - Friday, and also on Saturday 7 February, 7 March, 11 April and 2 May.

#LambethPalaceLibrary #FreeExhibition #PrimateOfAllEngland

📢 Our newest exhibition, Primate of All England: The Archbishop of Canterbury Through Time, is now officially open!

Come along and find out more about the historic role and responsibilities of the Archbishop of Canterbury through rarely-seen artefacts and archive material.

Have any of you been trying #DryJanuary this month?

If the lure of alcohol feels too tempting, Victorian temperance societies had plenty of advice! This 1893 illustration from the Band of Hope Union is aimed at those doing the thirsty work of harvesting crops.🧑‍🌾

[MV5443.U6, no. 4]

#LambethPalaceLibrary #archives #NewReleases #1995

These records are now searchable through our catalogues and available to view in our reading room. Catalogues and booking information are available through the link in bio.

Happy new year from all of us at Lambeth Palace Library! At the start of the year, we opened 1505 records from 1995, including material from the Turnbull Papers, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, Archbishop Carey and the Church Buildings Council.

📢Lambeth Palace Library will be closed from Tuesday 23rd December until Monday 5th January.📢

There is also no Saturday opening in January, the first of these will be the 7th February.

On behalf of the Library staff, we want to wish you all a wonderful festive period and New Year 🎉

Keep an eye on our website to find out more in the New Year 🎉
www.lambethpalacelibrary.info