Family Friends

Exeter Book Family Fun

Event Date: 
20/08/2016 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral (Chapter House)

Saturday 20th August, 12.00-15.00 (Chapter House) Come and see the amazing Exeter Book which has survived for over 1000 years. Drop in to Library & Archives to see this amazing collection of Anglo-Saxon poems. While you’re there meet the archivist and ask her what parchment is made of (it’s rather disgusting!) In the Chapter House, take part in our Anglo-Saxon themed activities. Make a shield or a brooch to take home, and see if you can work out the riddles of the Exeter Book. Then have a go at writing your own riddle with a quill pen on our fake parchment! £2.50 per child which...