Items (596 total)

Title page from a manuscript laying out the words and form of the ceremonies for receiving the habit and profession. Includes a colourfully illustrated title page, and a colourful illustration of the altar at the end of the manuscript.

Detail from the Office of the Dead, with a prayer for 'King Henry, our founder', on folio 168v of a Book of Hours for the use of a Syon Abbey nun.

Illustration of a Bridgettine nun (or possibly St Bridget of Sweden) decorating the vow of simple and solemn profession of Sister Mary Paul Hardstaff-Stafford.

A document recording the admittance of Right Reverend John Keily, the Lord Bishop of Plymouth as Brother of the Syon Abbey Chapter. The document is decorated with illustrations of St Bridget of Sweden, St John the Baptist, St George, a bishop,…

Page from the revised edition of the Rule of St Augustine and the Constitutions of St Bridget, featuring the signatures of sisters and brothers of Syon Abbey, including those of Confessor General Joseph [Seth] Foster, Abbess Isabella [Elizabeth]…

Cartoons by a sister, reflecting on her novitiate at Syon Abbey.

Transcript of a letter from Sister Kitty Witham to her mother, in which she describes the Great Earthquake in Lisbon of 1755 and its impact on the community at Syon Abbey. A paragraph at the end of the letter is addressed to 'Aunt Ashmall'.

Vow of profession of Catherine Witham, signed 'Sister Catherine Witham' and dated 27 July 1749. Also signed by Abbess Winifred Hill.

Photograph postcard of Bridgettine sisters standing outside Syon Abbey, Marley House in South Brent, Devon.

Manuscript letter from Sister Kitty Witham to her mother, in which she describes the Great Earthquake in Lisbon of 1755 and its impact on the community at Syon Abbey. A paragraph at the end of the letter is addressed to 'Aunt Ashmall'.

Photograph of the interior of the Mary Harris Memorial Chapel. The ceiling is painted with abstract vault patterns designed by Thomas Monnington.

Photograph of the exterior of Thomas Hall. Originally called Great Duryard, an early 18th century mansion in 14 acres, was acquired in 1935 and renamed after C V Thomas, a Cornish solicitor and businessman and a benefactor of the College whose gift…

Photograph of Jessie Montgomery, Secretary of the University Extension Committee, 1888-1918

Photograph of warning sign requesting people keep off the grass area where bulbs are planted.

Photograph of the city of Exeter from the Queen's Building, Streatham campus.

Image from the 1971 University of Exeter campus development plan by Sir William Holford.

Copy of original plan for the development of the Streatham Campus by architect E. Vincent Harris.

Aerial photograph of the University of Exeter, Streatham Campus.

Photograph of the exterior of the Registry of the University College of the South West, damaged in the Exeter Blitz in May 1942. Most of the college records were also destroyed.

Photograph of the exterior of the Peter Chalk building, University of Exeter. Named after former Chair of the University's Council, the building was opened in March 1994.