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Discovered in 2003 the Lichfield Angel is a remarkable survival of early medieval sculpture. The carved limestone panel, which is dated to around 800 A.D., comprises three separate fragments which are thought to have formed the corner of a shrine chest, possibly that of St Chad (d.672).
 The St Chad Gospels
Also known as the Lichfield Gospels, this is an
eighth century Gospel Book.
There are 236 surviving folios, eight of which are illuminated. Another
four contain framed text. The manuscript is also important because it
includes, as marginalia, some of the earliest known examples of written Welsh. Why not turn the pages of the gospel online?
 Herkenrode Glass
The windows of the Lady Chapel contain some of the finest medieval Flemish painted glass in existence. It came from the Abbey of Herkenrode (now in Belgium) in 1801 having been purchased by Brooke Boothby when that abbey was dissolved during the Napoleonic Wars. It was then sold on to the Cathedral for the same price. It dates from the 1530s.
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