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Bodleian Libraries
The Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford form the largest university library system in the United Kingdom. They include the principal University library-the Bodleian Library-which has been a library of legal deposit for 400 years; major research libraries; and libraries attached to faculties, departments and other institutions of the University. The combined library collections number more than 11 million printed items, in addition to 30,000 e-journals and vast quantities of materials in other formats. The Old Bodleian is also a major visitor attraction, drawing over 300,000 visitors a year. More information about the Bodleian Libraries and their activities can be found at http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/

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Valentine's Day at Oxford

Valentine's Day at Oxford

Does love have a scent? Is there maths behind falling in love? What does romance in the...
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Women - Discovering the work of Female Photographers

Let Us Now Praise Famous Women - Discovering the work of Female Photographers

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Lyell Lectures

Lyell Lectures

The Lyell readership in bibliography at Oxford University is endowed by a bequest from ...
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Recollecting Oxford Medicine: Oral Histories

Recollecting Oxford Medicine: Oral Histories

The Recollecting Oxford Medicine oral history project originated when Peggy Frith, as P...
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Centenary celebration of the first modern Spanish endowment at Oxford

Centenary celebration of the first modern Spanish endowment at Oxford

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Oxford Women in Computing: An Oral History

Oxford Women in Computing: An Oral History

These oral history interviews, conducted by Georgina Ferry, capture the stories of pion...
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Literatures of Multilingual Europe

Literatures of Multilingual Europe

Literatures of multilingual Europe was a series of lectures given at the Taylor Institu...
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Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Sir William Dunn School of Pathology Oral Histories

In 2017, as part of the '75 Years of Penicillin in People' project funded by the Wellco...
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Designing English: Graphics on the medieval page

Designing English: Graphics on the medieval page

Audio podcasts from the Designing English Exhibition. This exhibition will illustrate t...
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History of the Book 2017-2019

History of the Book 2017-2019

An international and interdisciplinary series which explores the interaction between th...

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Making machines: Mary Shelley and Ada Lovelace Join our experts in conversation as they consider the thinking of two great 19th century women writers exploring the boundary between human and machine Ursula Martin, Sharon Ruston, Helen Cook 21 June, 2022
Meet the pigments: the art and science of early English decoration Discover how cutting-edge scientific techniques are transforming our understanding of medieval manuscripts, and how book production began to recover under King Alfred and his successors Matthew Holford, Richard Gameson, Helen Cook 24 May, 2022
Assimilation or change? Normans at Winchester The fifth lecture in the Lyell Lecture 2022 series delivered by Professor Susan Rankin (University of Cambridge) Susan Rankin 24 May, 2022 Captions
From Neumes in campo aperto to Neumes on Lines (at Christchurch, Canterbury) The forth lecture in the Lyell Lecture 2022 series delivered by Professor Susan Rankin (University of Cambridge) Susan Rankin 16 May, 2022 Captions
St Augustine’s and Christchurch, 950–1091 The third lecture in the Lyell Lecture 2022 series delivered by Professor Susan Rankin (University of Cambridge) Susan Rankin 16 May, 2022 Captions
‘L’ecriture Anglaise Dans Sa Perfection’ Professor Marc Smith, Professeur de Paléographie, The Ecole Nationale des Chartes, Paris delivers the 5th lecture in this years Lyell Lecture series Marc Smith 9 May, 2022 Captions
A Community of Scribes at Worcester The second lecture in the Lyell Lecture 2022 series delivered by Professor Susan Rankin (University of Cambridge) Susan Rankin 9 May, 2022 Captions
Sound and its Capture in Anglo-Saxon England The first lecture in the Lyell Lecture 2022 series delivered by Professor Susan Rankin (University of Cambridge) Susan Rankin 9 May, 2022 Captions
North Sea Crossings: inside the exhibition Discover the treasures that illustrate how exchanges between England and the Netherlands have shaped literature, book production and institutions such as the Bodleian itself, on either side of the North Sea. Sjoerd Levelt, Ad Putter 14 April, 2022
Meet the Manuscripts: the Renaissance reform of the book Dr Martin Holford and Dr David Rundle explore how the Italian Renaissance led to major changes in how manuscripts were made, written and decorated in England. Martin Holford, David Rundle 14 April, 2022
Meet the Maps: Unconventional Views of Oxford Focusing on four very different maps of Oxford - each of the maps has its own tale to tell, some showing Oxford as it was; others showing Oxford as it might have been; and others how Oxford never was. Nick Millea, Stuart Ackland, Helen Cook 5 April, 2022
MS Ashmole 1504 Dating from around 1520 and probably conceived as a pattern book, this manuscript is best described as a 'herbal and bestiary' and contains images of flora and fauna together with stylised, floriated ornaments and coloured alphabets. Martin Kauffmann, Helen Cook, Lynn Hulse 4 February, 2022

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