The ceiling is white with cream coloured foliage pattern ribs that extend almost like a spider web across the whole of the tiny chapel ceiling apart from in the centre where there is Prince Arthur's coat of arms, which are unpainted.

In Prince Arthur's chantry chapel of the early 16th century, the incredible ceiling with his coat of arms in the centre gives the interior a fantastic appearance. Have a great weekend!

A dark purple letter capital letter D starts a new sermon in this early Norman book of sermons. It is located in the right hand column one third of the way down. There are no marginalia.

A capital letter D from an early medieval manuscript of the 1100's of a collection of sermons compiled at Worcester Cathedral. This one was originally by Bede. (WCL F92)

A green dragon with a green and white foliage tail is at the centre of a red and blue zig zag pattern capital letter O. Red and blue ink flourishes and decorations extend off the letter into the margins.

William Durand was a French Bishop in the 1200's. This is the opening letter from a 14th Century manuscript copy of his work Rationale Divinorum Officiorum- which was about Christian liturgy and symbols etc. (WCL F129 f.1r)

The Worcester Co-operative Choral Society looking very smart on 6th November 1909 in the Cathedral's music archive. (WCL Music Collection)

The view shows the great west window. The cathedral stone is a very pale brown and the cathedral is set against a pale blue sky. The stained glass viewed from the exterior seems a darker blue colour and the other colours can not be seen from a distance.

The west front of the cathedral was looking nice last week in the sunshine.

This is a nineteenth century Mozart motet in the library, which is part of series of Mozart unbound music pieces someone collected (WCL).

The Victorian invoice has an engraving of a medal the company won for manufacturing and also the coat of arms of Queen Adelaide and the Emperor of the French whom he had supplied with his products.

Busy still doing the stock check, but I really liked the design of this invoice header from 1874.

This 1200's copy of Peter Lombard's Sentences has many marginal notes. This copy was made by a professional and use by at least one of the Worcester monks (WCL F8 f.3r).

A red and blue zig-zag capital letter with a green dragon in the centre of it. The dragon has a tail of green and white foliage. Blue and red ink flourishes extend off the letter in the margins.

William Durand was a French Bishop in the 1200's. This is the opening letter from a 14th Century manuscript copy of his work Rationale Divinorum Officiorum- which was about Christian liturgy and symbols etc. (WCL F129 f.1r)

The stone is a pale brown colour. The view shows the columns of the nave with the triforium level above and then the clerestory level above that, and on top is the stone ceiling. Light is shining through the windows of the clerestory level.

The impressive north side of the nave was rebuilt c.1317-1320. The ceiling is c.65ft or 20m above the ground.

A red and blue capital letter is in the top left corner. it has red, blue and white swirling patterns as an infill. The text is in two columns, with marginal annotations all around the page.

This 1200's copy of Peter Lombard's Sentences has many marginal notes. This copy was made by a professional and use by at least one of the Worcester monks (WCL F8 f.3r).

Two diagrams in red and brown ink in the margins. Text is a central column. Very detailed notes in both left and right hand margins of the pages. Another medieval hand has made a note at the base.

A busy page from a 1200's manuscript copy of Aristotle's 'Sophistici Elenchi' - Sophistical refutations. It was translated by Boethius. This copy was used by a Dominican friar called Thomas Palmar who lived in the late 14 early 15th Centuries (F66 f139).

This is part of the cathedral organ located in the Quire area. It's twin is on the opposite wall. They replaced the old organ in 2008. Have a great weekend!

A map of Gaul in Ancient Roman times recently donated to the library collection. This map was printed in c.1815.

Thank you to everyone who has been on a library tour this week. This is an 1100's illuminated letter at the start of something called "Opusculum de dubiis in evangeliis" (WCL Q29 f.64r)

Last week someone kindly donated a small collection of old photos. One was to do with the cathedral. Many others were clearly from elsewhere in the country. I am not sure which church this is from. Date probably 1900-1920's.

A fragment of what is thought to be from a philosophy text from the 14th century. You can see the bird on the branch in the margin. This was found in one of the post medieval bindings years ago and another fragment is also thought to be from the same manuscript.

From a book of English legal statutes. This manuscript was copied in the 14th century and used by an English lawyer, possibly in Herefordshire. This page is for a Statute of Westminster. (WCL Q36 f32r)

A carved head of a medieval queen with crown and head dress and a bishop with a beard and mitre are carved into the top of a stone pillar. Above them is a carved arch of bands with a small amount of carved foliage decoration as well.

A Queen and a Bishop keep silent watch in the military chapel. The amazing skill and attention to detail of the stonemasons always impresses me.

The text is across the whole page. At the top is the Latin name for the city of Worcester to identify which section of the register this refers to. In the top left corner is a doodle of a tiny creature looking at the title. The title is in a large block font with a hatched light brown background.

A page from the Cathedral Almoner's register. It recorded the donations of land or property people gave to the Almoner. This helped the cathedral and enabled it to distribute alms to the poor. Notice the tiny cartoon creature in the top left corner (WCL A9 - late 1200's to early 1500's).

Artwork extends down the left hand column of text. The illuninated letter is maroon with white dots and a blue and gold background. Below is another bit of artwork of a red headed bird with a blue and gold body and foliage for a tail. The right hand margin of the page has a few medieval notes.

This ornate illuminated letter with decoration and a second bird-like artwork lower down the column opens the second part of Thomas de Bradwardine's theology book against the Pelagian heresy. Thomas lived in the 14th Century.

The text is in two columns on the page. The scribe has drawn a huge red letter M in red in the left hand column two thirds of the way down. It has a white zig-zag stripe in the middle of the red. The left hand line of the letter M descends down the column and ends in a red and blue foliage decoration

A huge letter M with a foliage flourish in a page from a mid-1100's manuscript copy of Jerome's Commentary on the Book of Isaiah. This may have been produced at Worcester (WCL F82 f.7r)

The document rests on a table surrounded by the conservators' tools and equipment. There are no illustrations. The document is made of paper.

The conservators were here today working on Tudor documents. This cathedral annual account document has suffered from the very black iron-based ink destroying the paper.

A green dragon travels down the centre of the page towards an illuminated letter in maroon and blue with a little man inside it. The decoration continues down the centre of the page in alternating bands of maroon and blue with foliage at the end. The text is in two columns.

A dragon and an illuminated letter from a 1300's canon law book. William of Pagula's "Summa Summarum" was owned by one of the Worcester monks (WCL F131 f90v).

The text is in two columns. It has a blue and red alternating border. The large initial letter O is red and blue with red, blue and white infilling. Red and blue flourishes extend from the border into the margin. There are some notes in the margin presumably written by one of the monks.

A huge thank you to the cheerful Tudor House Museum Worcester team who visited today. This is a 14th century manuscript copy of Aristotle's Metaphysics translated by William of Moerbeke (WCL F169).

The doodle has a head of a greyhound type dog and a furry body, a strange tail and two legs with hooves but no arms. It is looking at the text in the inner margin of the manuscript page.

This week's Medieval artwork is a strange creature in the inner margin of a 14th century manuscript copy of Aristotle's Book on Physics with a commentary by Averroes (WCL F96).

The medieval effigy is on the floor. It is at the east end of the Lady Chapel near the altar which cannot be seen in the photo. On the wall beside Bishop Blois is the memorial tablet of Anne Walton. The wall has black Purbeck marble shafts and pale brown stone, with carved decorations. A stand of fresh flowers is also near the tomb. The floor is mainly stone and old black and white marble tiles.

In the Lady Chapel is the tomb of Bishop William de Blois (d.1236) but also on the wall beside him is the memorial to Anne Walton the wife of author Izaak Walton. Izaak composed the wording himself.

The doodle of the face is next to part of a decretal in the centre of the page. It has been drawn in a brown ink and tinted with yellow. The commentary surrounding it is by the medieval lawyer Bernard. Capital letters are in dark blue with red decorative flourishes or red and blue

A lady's face with hat decorates part of this 1200's manuscript copy of Gregory IX's Decretals with a commentary by Bernard de Botone of Parma. This copy was made in England and used by someone in Wales at some point before coming to Worcester (WCL F150 f36r).

A creature in blue, white and red with gold leaf is in the right hand border of a missal. There are also blue, red and white leaves in the border artwork and more gold leaf.

A blue and white and red creature with gold leaf in the border of a 1400's missal. A missal was a liturgical manuscript.

From the cathedral library's music collection- G. F. Handel's Messiah.