#Tudor bedroom and wall paintings at #StNicholasPriory #Exeter
The paintings are thought to have been preserved by shutters that folded back when the sun was let in.
Note truckle bed beside main bed.
Oak roof beams at #StNicholasPriory #Exeter
Dendrochronologically dated to mid-1400s.
Carpenters' marks can still be seen, to show them where to place items.
Cut from a single oak.
Instruments for cupping and bloodletting.
The item that looks like a shoehorn or platypus is a device for extracting teeth.
The bloodletting knives are very sharp.
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#Medieval #medical display at #StNicholasPriory #Exeter.
Genuine medical recipes, thought to be from 1600s.
Recommendations for antimony and ground unicorn horn.
Photos from Friday's illuminated manuscript talk at #StNicholasPriory
The oldest building in #Exeter. Built in the 11th century.
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Pilgrim badges, as worn by the medieval pilgrim.
Medieval pilgrim.
Medieval pilgrim with pilgrim stick.
An 11th century monk, talking to time travellers.
#Benedectine Day, Saturday and Sunday, at #StNicholasPriory #Exeter.
#Reenactment
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Night outside #StNicholasPriory #Exeter
A black cat has just escaped from the camera, at the end of the street.
Performance of Dido and Aeneas, at #StNicholasPriory , 1000 year old dissolved monastery in #Exeter.
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Tudor Christmas reenactors.
The gentleman in red and the Lord of Misrule are chatting in the eleventh-century cloister.
In the other photo, people are making pomanders with oranges and cloves. This requires strong thumbs.
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Tudor reenactor at St Nicholas Priory. Getting ready for a horseshoe dance.
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1100 year old building, hidden in central Exeter. Established by William the Conqueror, who needed a lot of prayers.