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The Austin Friars in Cambridge around 1530 

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The Black Friars in London in 1530

illustration of A recent excavation of University property in Cambridge revealed part of the long-demolished friary.  The image was commissioned by the Wellcome Trust because victims of the Black Death were excavated there.  The cut-away format was specified by the client to allow as much as possible of the interior of the friary to be seen, including the funeral of one of the excavated patrons in the Chapter House.
Next illustration of This was commissioned by the Wellcome Trust to show a burial ground connected to St John's College (then a hospital)   These burials revealed the first genetic remains of medieval Bubonic Plague  (Yursinia Pestis) to be excavated.  It required much study to conjecture the appearance of the hospital at this date.

St John's Hospital (College) c. 1260 in Cambridge

A recent excavation of University property in Cambridge revealed part of the long-demolished friary. The image was commissioned by the Wellcome Trust because victims of the Black Death were excavated there. The cut-away format was specified by the client to allow as much as possible of the interior of the friary to be seen, including the funeral of one of the excavated patrons in the Chapter House.

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