Announcement: A selection of The Exeter Book’s famous riddles are now on display for the first time since the opening of the Treasures Exhibition in 2025.
The Exeter Book is a treasured item listed on the UK UNESCO Memory of the World Register, preserving nearly all surviving Anglo-Saxon riddles.
![Colour illustration bird's-eye-view of the Cathedral from the 1618 map 'Civitas Exoniae (vulgo Excester) urbs primaria in comitatu Devoniae', engraved by Frans Hogenberg. [Reference: Constable Maps 27]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u3d3sbdevvp2kehpj6zyhzzn/bafkreihyoqpmcnrqp7omseb46swon4uddcioe4lj6bkci4uwlqt43gess4)
![View of the cathedral from a 1792 street plan of Exeter entitled 'Plan of the City & Suburbs of Exeter', engraved by Thomas Yeakell. [Reference: Townsend Maps T16f]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u3d3sbdevvp2kehpj6zyhzzn/bafkreibvmopmhkqxsjmsnkx3xf4xn6xmcbzpe7e7aukjskso4ua25y4oxu)
![Illustration of the East View of Exeter Cathedral with cattle in the foreground from an 1810 street plan of Exeter entitled 'Exeter', engraved by John Roper. [Reference: Townsend Maps T17]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u3d3sbdevvp2kehpj6zyhzzn/bafkreigp36mucloyg5mk57rjyrqvysfti45cpucjuugl44capmexyovgsy)
![Colour illustration of Exeter Cathedral with people in 19th century dress walking in the foreground, from a street plan (c 1851-1854) entitled 'Exeter', engraved by John Rapkin. {Reference: Townsend Maps T19f]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u3d3sbdevvp2kehpj6zyhzzn/bafkreiefkob3qxss3k6lcqzi4gzuitm6kqec5u6o5ptzz7cwnqyldx6cmu)
