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Exterior and interior #StNicholasPriory #Exeter

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#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.

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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.

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Herb box and herbal remedies.
#StNicholasPriory #Exeter
#history

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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.
#StNicholasPriory #Exeter
#history

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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.

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Photos from Friday's illuminated manuscript talk at #StNicholasPriory
The oldest building in #Exeter. Built in the 11th century.
#medieval #history #reenactors

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A bishop of Exeter, praying to three morris-dancing octopuses.
#medieval
#StNicholasPriory #Exeter

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Pilgrim badges, as worn by the medieval pilgrim.

Pilgrim badges, as worn by the medieval pilgrim.

Medieval pilgrim.

Medieval pilgrim.

#StNicholasPriory
#Exeter
#reenactment
#history

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Medieval pilgrim with pilgrim stick.

Medieval pilgrim with pilgrim stick.

An 11th century monk, talking to time travellers.

An 11th century monk, talking to time travellers.

#Benedectine Day, Saturday and Sunday, at #StNicholasPriory #Exeter.
#Reenactment
#medieval
#history

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Further #Witches
#DidoandAeneas
#StNicholasPriory #Exeter

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#Witches in #DidoandAeneas at #StNicholasPriory #Exeter

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#IrinaIlnytska in #DidoandAeneas at #StNicholasPriory #Exeter

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Night outside #StNicholasPriory #Exeter
A black cat has just escaped from the camera, at the end of the street.

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Performance of Dido and Aeneas, at #StNicholasPriory , 1000 year old dissolved monastery in #Exeter.
#history #music

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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.

#history #earlymodern #reenactors
#exeter #stnicholaspriory

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Tudor reenactor at St Nicholas Priory. Getting ready for a horseshoe dance.
#StNicholasPriory
#Exeter
#EarlyModern

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#StNicholasPriory #Exeter #EarlyModern
1100 year old building, hidden in central Exeter. Established by William the Conqueror, who needed a lot of prayers.

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Tudor Christmas reenactment at #StNicholasPriory #Exeter #EarlyModern

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