Editing Canterbury Cathedral (section)

== Library ==
[[File:Lyghfield Bible - 2018 auction catalogue - 10.jpg|thumb|Two leaves from the Lyghfield Bible]]

The cathedral library has a collection of about 30,000 books and pamphlets printed before the 20th century and about 20,000 later books and serials. Many of the earlier books were acquired as part of donated collections. It is rich in church history, older theology, British history (including local history), travel, science and medicine, and the [[Abolitionism in the United Kingdom|anti-slavery movement]]. The library's holdings are included in the online catalogue of the library of the [[University of Kent]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/history/libraries.aspx|title=History and heritage; Library|publisher=Canterbury Cathedral|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914211157/http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/history/libraries.aspx|archive-date=14 September 2010}}</ref>

{{expand section|date=November 2024}}

In July 2018, the cathedral purchased at auction a medieval Trussel Bible for £100,000. This Bible, subsequently renamed the "Lyghfield Bible", after the monk William Lighfyld, had previously been at Canterbury, and had been removed following the [[dissolution of the monasteries]].<ref name="ATG">{{cite web|last1=Media|first1=ATG|title=Medieval bible bought at auction to return to Canterbury Cathedral after 500 years away|url=https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2018/medieval-bible-bought-at-auction-to-return-to-canterbury-cathedral-after-500-years-away/|publisher=Antiques Trade Gazette|access-date=2 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802133224/https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2018/medieval-bible-bought-at-auction-to-return-to-canterbury-cathedral-after-500-years-away/|archive-date=2 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{clear}}