The Hereford Cathedral Companion

Hereford holds two genuine rarities: the largest surviving medieval world map and the largest surviving chained library anywhere. This Companion reads both collections properly, tells the story of just how close the cathedral once came to losing its greatest treasure entirely, and closes the Organ chapter with a delightful footnote involving Edward Elgar, his organist friend, and a bulldog immortalized in one of the most beloved passages in English orchestral music.