Panel CCM1
Introduction to the Manuscript Section

Over The North Porch of
St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol
Is a Large Hexagonal Room
Once Known as the Treasury House
Or the Muniment Room,
Now Known as Chatterton's Room.
It Still Holds the Iron-bound Coffer
Which Contained Ancient Archives
Belonging to the Church.
This is Where Chatterton Claimed
To Have Found the
Rowley Manuscripts.

A Montage by .Q.
It Pictures
For the Very First Time
The Famous Meeting
Of Three Great Minds
George Catcott, Samuel Johnson
& James Boswell.
The New Bristol Bridge 1768
Can be seen in the 'engraving'
On the wall behind Catcott
Chatterton via
Iconic Moments
Time Line 1752 - 1770
Watch as Chatterton Strives
To Make his Way in Bristol
Read his Correspondence
& his Poetry and Prose
Look on in Amazement
As he Creates and Populates
A Medieval World
Join him on his Fateful Trip
To Shoreditch
Witness his Demise
In a Rough Garret
In Brooke Street, London