Event Calendar
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Canon Daffern: ‘Rubrics for Royalty: The story of the Coronation Service in 2023’
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonCanon Adrian Daffern was commissioned by the Archbishop of Canterbury to be the principal author of the revised Coronation service used for HM the King on May 6 this year. In this lecture Adrian will give put the newly revised service in its historical context, referring to many of the unique items held in Lambeth […]
Fit for a King: The Symbolism of a Coronation
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonDanny Johnson was appointed The Archbishop’s Coronation Planning Director in October 2022, working closely with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Westminster Abbey, The Royal Household, and a host of others on every detail of the Coronation Service. In this talk Danny discusses his journey exploring the iconography of past Coronation Services, their symbolism and what their […]
Guided Tours of Lambeth Palace Library
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonOn the day of our July garden open day, Lambeth Palace Library will be running three guided tours of the Library, including a chance to visit our Collections Care Studio and our amazing London view from our 8th floor terrace! The tours will be at 12:30, 13:30 and 14:30. All visitors wishing to join a […]
Cantate Domino: Exhibition Concert
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonExhibition concert for Cantate Domino: Music in the Lambeth Palace Library Collections, with private view and glass of wine. This hour-long concert of music featured in our exhibition Cantate Domino will include selections from the Arundel Choirbook and Archbishop Parker’s Psalms. It will include a private view of the exhibition and a glass of wine […]
Richard Palmer: ‘This august tribunal’ – The Court of Arches: sex, money and the church in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonThis talk is about the Court of Arches, the ancient appeal court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and its rich archive in Lambeth Palace Library. It outlines court procedure and the tangled lives of those who came before it, caught up in disputes about inheritance, marriage, divorce, morals, slander, church buildings, pews, rates and tithes. […]
Cantate Domino Curator’s Talk
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonA chance to see our current exhibition 'Cantate Domino' and ask questions of the curator, Mary Clayton-Kastenholz. This inaugural exhibition for the Library’s new exhibition room celebrates musical treasures held in Lambeth Palace Library, placing better-known holdings alongside lesser-known volumes and fragments from the collections. The exhibition features the Arundel Choirbook (one of the most […]
Guided Tours of Lambeth Palace Library
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonOn the day of the August Garden Open Day, Lambeth Palace Library will be running two guided tours of the Library, including a chance to visit our Collections Care Studio and our amazing London view from our 8th floor terrace! The tours will be at 13:00 and 14:00. All visitors wishing to join a guided […]
Cantate Domino Curator’s Talk
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonA chance to see our current exhibition ‘Cantate Domino’ and ask questions of the curator, Mary Clayton-Kastenholz. This inaugural exhibition for the Library’s new exhibition room celebrates musical treasures held in Lambeth Palace Library, placing better-known holdings alongside lesser-known volumes and fragments from the collections. The exhibition features the Arundel Choirbook (one of the most […]
Lambeth Palace Library Open House Festival
Open House Festival is coming to Lambeth Palace Library! A day of guided tours of the Library, allowing access to behind the scenes areas of the Library including our state of the art Collections Care studio and the views of London from our 8th floor terrace. Tours are occurring between 10am and 3pm and must […]
CANCELLED: David Skinner on ‘The ‘Arundel’ Choirbook (Lambeth MS 1): a 16th-century journey from West Sussex to Lambeth’
This lecture has been cancelled until further notice, the Exhibition space will still be open to visitors 17:30-19:00 who would like to speak to the curator, Mary Clayton-Kastenholz. Lambeth MS1 is a very rare musical survival from early Tudor England, and is one of only two ecclesiastical choirbooks to have come down to us intact […]
Early Modern semi-public libraries workshop
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonIn association with the History of Libraries seminar. This event brings together work on a wide range of early modern private and institutional libraries which were in some way public. Speakers will introduce research on libraries and collectors in England, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, and Germany, inviting discussion on topics such as library acquisition, preservation, […]
From Inspiration to Illumination, an Introduction to The Saint John’s Bible
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonIn Tim Terne's lecture guests will learn about the processes, tools, methods and materials behind the making of The Saint John’s Bible, as well as explore several artworks through guided imagery discussions. Participants also get to handle vellum samples and a quill and see large reproductions of The Saint John’s Bible after the presentation. About […]
