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Thank you to the French group, who came on a library tour last week. Here is the striking title page to a book of maps and geographical information produced in 1637 by Pierre D'Avity.

Two medieval leases for houses in Glover Street Worcester. Left image is Christina daughter of Nicholas Wringe in an agreement with Geoffrey Sparke and his wife Agnes mid-13thC, and image on right is between Agnes de Evesham and Richard le Mercer in 1309.

The tomb of Welsh knight Sir Giffith ap Ryce in the Dean's chapel (in the sunlight yesterday). Have a great weekend! #worcestercathedral

This week's medieval cartoon dragon or creature is in a 12th Century manuscript (Hegesippus, De Bello Iudaico, WCL F30 f.63r).

A 14thC copy of a canon law manuscript by Italian Goffredo di Trani. This copy was made by a professional scribe and is part of a set of four legal texts (WCL F100 f1r, Summa super Titulis Decretalium).

From the music collection here is Handel's oratorio Susanna (1743) from the cathedral's extensive music collection that was put out for today's tours of the library for a change.

This year is the anniversary of the issue of the 1225 version of the Magna Carta. This copy was made by the monks of Worcester in one of their registers c. 1240. It starts with the red lettering in the centre of the left hand column. (WCM A2)

A nice illustration of seventeenth century people in a church from the title page of a Book of Common Prayer published at Oxford in 1675 (WCL WR17).

A letter to the Dean of Worcester Cathedral from Sarah Duchess of Marlborough on 9th February 1726 with information and news. She rented a property from the cathedral in the London area. (D813a)

A knight and his lady of the Beauchamp family - thought to be Sir John Beauchamp of Powick and his wife Elizabeth Pateshull (c. late 14th/ early fifteenth century) in the nave. Have a great weekend!

In this gloss of a 12th century copy of the Book of Genesis are some bunches of grapes or other fruit added to the end of the right hand column (WCL F76 f.50r)

This striking illustration is from the poem "Alexandra" possibly by Lycophron. Lycophron was born in the 4th Century BC. This copy was published at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford in 1697 (WCL SD8)

A red letter U with green flourishes opens a new section by Bernard of Clairvaux in this 12thC manuscript. The title is "Apology to William". Bernard lived in the 11th and early 12thC's. He was writing in the defence of the Cistercian monastic order on this occasion (WCL Q51).

A view down the length of the back row of the quire stalls with all the carved animals and characters. Have a great weekend!

A large intricately decorated letter S at the start of Book IV of Peter Lombard's Sentences. This manuscript copy was made in the 1200's. At least two Worcester monks' names have been found in this from the 16th Century (WCL F53).

A gift from William Godeshall with the consent of his wife Alice to their daughter Alice and her heirs of ½ virgate of land in Teddington with the meadow belonging to it, the other half of which William gave to John de Fraxino. This lease is dated to the 1250's.

A decorative dragon in a law book. This is from a 14th Century copy of William de Pagula's Summary of Canon Law (WCL F131). Thank you very much to the English and Australian visitors who came today.

The Jesus Chapel has an amazing triptych carved by the Cheltenham firm H. H. Martyn inside but it was originally the burial place of Bishop Thomas de Cobham in 1327. Have a great weekend!

A blue and red Capital letter S from a 14th century copy of a civil law manuscript by Italian lawyer Roffredus of Benevento. This manuscript was probably made in Italy. (WCL F125 f7r)

An Elizabethan document of 1586 in which Francis Willis of St. Johns College Oxford wrote to Richard Harries William Leche, both of Oxford. He asked them to act as his proctors when he was installed as Dean of Worcester Cathedral. harries was also a Canon of Worcester (B1858).