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King Charles visits the Oratory of St Philip Neri in Birmingham, where he is shown historic items in the library by Daniel Joyce, Newman Archivist and Librarian. The King sees Cardinal John Henry Newman’s personal effects in his room, which has remained untouched since the Cardinal’s death following his canonisation. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Two examples of one or two treasures from our library.
00:03We have Newman's copy of the Polyglot Bible,
00:08which was a work by a massive undertaking by Brian Walton.
00:12It was the first book to be published by subscription.
00:17So people paid £50 each, an enormous sum, because it's six foliates.
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