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I took this photo early on a really fine and frosty Sunday morning, excellent light and a minimal number of tourists! Unfortunately the wide angle lens from this angle distorts the perspective badly, and I've only just got around to rectifying it in PhotoShop.
A better view is obtainable from the nearby Tower of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, but on Sunday mornings they have some idea that opening the tower will interfere with services (the City's Lutheran Congregation was in the Church when I took these photos), later on as the Sun goes across the sky the shadow of the tower is thrown across this building which makes it very much a morning subject (a point to remember if you are going there!).
The Radcliffe Camera was built with funds bequeathed by John Radcliffe, physician to William and Mary. It was completed in 1748 and the architect was James Gibbs, who was chosen in preference to Wren, Vanbrugh, Archer, James and Nicholas Hawksmoor.
It is still in use as a library today and houses books from the Bodleian's English, History and Theology collections.
Codex Tepetlaoztoc (Codex Kingsborough) Folios 15 and 16. Paper and pigment. Nahua, 1554 AD. Tepetlaoztoc, Mexico. From the British Museum, London, England. Special Exhibit, Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA. Copyright 2018, James A. Glazier.
Oxford, 13 August, 2014.
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King Philip, Alexander and their army outside the gates of Athens. Soldiers in towers and behind wall.
MS. Laud Misc. 751, fol. 032r
Made for Engelbert of Nassau; Flemish c. 1470-1480
From a photography workshop at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, including the opportunity to photograph from locations not normally open to the public, not to photographers. My thanks to the Bodleian for organising this.
Entrance to Divinity school and Duke Humfrey’s library, Bodleian library. This two places are used in the Harry Potter films as Hogwarts Library and the hospital, respectively.
The entrance is guarded by the bronze statue of the 3rd Earl of Pembroke, who was a benefactor of the Bodleian Library and a Chancellor of the Oxford University.
Apart from the plastic cones that is. Exeter College gardens and Radcliffe Camera seen from Convocation House. From a tour of the Bodleian Library, Oxford
This entrance to the Bodleian Schools Quadrangle is a bit of an 'old reliable' when it comes to getting a photograph. It's just a case of waiting for the right people to come along,
From Wikipedia : "By the time of Bodley’s death in 1612, further expansion to the library was being planned. The Schools Quadrangle (sometimes referred to as the "Old Schools Quadrangle", or the "Old Library") was built between 1613 and 1619. Its tower forms the main entrance to the library, and is known as the Tower of the Five Orders. The Tower is so named because it is ornamented, in ascending order, with the columns of each of the five orders of classical architecture: Doric, Tuscan, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite."
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Excellent 41-minute video of the Bodleian talk by Geoffrey Tyack, November 2022---
The Historic Heart of Oxford University
One of 162 photos of Oxford in the Album
Radcliffe Camera built between 1737-1749 to create and house a science library at the bequest of physician John Radcliffe (1650-1714). Now a reading room of the university Bodleian Library
Oxford, June 2018
Seventeenth century vistas to be caught.
Minolta 3000i, Sigma 18mm f/3.5 and Agfaphoto 200 vista plus film (Poundland)
The Western Library
Part of the Bodleian Library which is the main research library of the University of Oxford.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weston_Library
Alfred Jewel
On loan from The Ashmolean for the duration of the 'Designing English' Exhibition (1st December 2017 – 22nd April 2018).
Anglo-Saxon, 871–899
Discovered in 1693 at Petherton Park, North Petherton, Somerset.
The Alfred Jewel is probably the single most famous archaeological object in England. It is composed of a piece of cloisonné enamel depicting a human figure, thought to be a representation of the sense of sight. The enamel is covered by a polished piece of rock crystal and set in a gold frame that terminates in a beast's head The Old English inscription cut into the frame reads: AELFRED MEC HEHT GEWYRCA (Alfred ordered me to be made).
The jewel's purpose is unknown and remains a source of speculation. It has been suggested (not based on any factual evidence) that it could have been the end of an aestel, or pointer, used to follow lines in a manuscript.
It is about about 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) long.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Jewel
Photographic Note
The jewel is displayed in a low-light room behind thick glass. I shot, through the glass, hand-held at ISO 3200.
The New Bodleian building on Broad Street in Oxford was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in the 1930s. It re-opened as the Weston Library in March 2015 after extensive refurbishment.
Not quite sure what this guy is looking at. A total eclipse ? A UFO ? A student making rude hand gestures from a window ?
"The Clarendon Building was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor and was built between 1711 and 1715, originally to house the printing presses of the Oxford University Press. It was vacated by the Press in the early nineteenth century, and used by the university for administrative purposes. In 1975 it was handed over to the Bodleian Library, and now provides office and meeting space for senior members of staff." (Source : Wikipedia)
Reflections in the Bodleian Quad, Oxford.
Part of the 'Made in Oxford' Exhibition by the Oxford Flickr Group.
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Excellent 41-minute video of the Bodleian talk by Geoffrey Tyack, November 2022---
The Historic Heart of Oxford University
One of 162 photos of Oxford in the Album
August 2011.
Morning walk around Oxford prior to Metropolitan Walkers walk from Islip to Oxford.
August 2011.
Morning walk around Oxford prior to Metropolitan Walkers walk from Islip to Oxford.
The Bodleian Library the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in Britain is second in size only to the British Library. Known to Oxford scholars as “Bodley” or simply “the Bod”, under the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 it is one of six legal deposit libraries for works published in the United Kingdom.
The New Bodleian building on Broad Street in Oxford was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in the 1930s. It re-opened as the Weston Library in March 2015 after extensive refurbishment.
On behalf of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Minister Counsellor Kim, Director of the Korean Cultural Centre UK attended the formal opening of 'Window On Korea'. This new resource offers a permanent home to the Oriental Institute - Bodleian Library's impressive Korea collection and has been complimented by a generous donation of an additional 5,000 Books by the National Library of Korea.
Director Kim was accompanied by the Director of the National Library of Korea , Ms. Kim Nam-Sook and also Ms. Kwon Jung-Im.
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Excellent 41-minute video of the Bodleian talk by Geoffrey Tyack, November 2022---
The Historic Heart of Oxford University
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Schola Astronomiae et Rhetoricae, Old Schools Quadrangle, Bodleian Library.
The erection of the old schools quadrangle was begun in 1613, and the architecture combines late Gothic with classical details.
Unidentified battle. Alexander and anothter king surrounded by men in plate armour, fighting hand to hand.
MS. Laud Misc. 751, fol. 208r
Made for Engelbert of Nassau; Flemish c. 1470-1480
Building site hoarding to New Bodleian Library, Weston Library (formerly known as the New Library) renovation. The iconic structure is undergoing an ambitious refurbishment to modernise its facilities including the creation of a striking rooftop reading room with spectacular city views, state-of-the-art digital media centre, a conservation centre and a new Visiting Scholars Centre. The £80m project is due to be opened to the public in March 2015.
Designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in the 1930s, the Grade II listed building is a recognisable feature of the Oxford cityscape, given its prominent location on the corner of Broad Street and Parks Road. The building was in need of upgrading in order to meet the National Archives' Standard for Record Repositories. Compliance with this standard allows the Library to continue to hold major archival collections accepted in lieu of tax and to receive funding to support archival material.
Thanks to the Bodleian library home page for the info www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley
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Photograph taken at 10:20am on June 3rd 2012 off Broad Street as the old meets the new and Oxford's beautiful and historic past meets the inevitability of modern day expansion and building by the Museum of the History of Sciece in the grounds shared by Bodleian Library and Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, England.
Nikon D7000 85mm 1/80s f/13.0 iso200
Nikkor AF-S 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G VR. UV filter. Nikon GP-1 GPS.
LATITUDE: N 51d 45m 15.74s
LONGITUDE: W 1d 15m 19.96s
ALTITUDE: 86.0m