A detail from one thousand year old Anglo Saxon 'York Gospels'

As you walk along the cobbled road towards the Library, you pass several Canons' houses on your right. The Canons of York Minster are part of the ruling body, the Dean and Chapter. At the end of the road is the Deanery behind which stand the city walls. A walk along the walls from Monk Bar to Bootham Bar which is a wonderful way to see this city within a city. The Library was built around 1230 as a private chapel for the Archbishop of York. It is now home to the Minster's archives and the largest cathedral library in the country, and contains many treasures. Amongst its collections is a prayer book, which belonged to Catherine of Aragon, the first of Henry VIII's six wives and the Anglo Saxon 'York Gospels', one thousand years old.