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The Grade I Listed Bodleian Library, in Oxford, Oxfordshire.
The Bodleian Library is the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. With over 12 million items, it is the second biggest library in Britain after the British Library. Under the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 it is one of six legal deposit libraries for works published in the United Kingdom and under Irish Law it is entitled to request a copy of each book published in the Republic of Ireland. Known to Oxford scholars as "Bodley" or "the Bod", it operates principally as a reference library and, in general, documents may not be removed from the reading rooms.
In 2000, a number of libraries within the University of Oxford were brought together for administrative purposes under the aegis of what was initially known as Oxford University Library Services (OULS), and since 2010 as the Bodleian Libraries, of which the Bodleian Library is the largest component.
All colleges of the University of Oxford have their own libraries, which in a number of cases were established well before the foundation of the Bodleian, and all of which remain entirely independent of the Bodleian. They do, however, participate in OLIS (Oxford Libraries Information System), the Bodleian Libraries' online union catalogue. Much of the library's archives were digitized and put online for public access in 2015.
In November 2015 its collections topped 12 million items with the acquisition of Shelley's "POETICAL ESSAY on the EXISTING STATE OF THINGS". Thought lost from shortly after its publication in 1811 until a copy was rediscovered in a private collection in 2006, the Bodleian has digitised the 20-page pamphlet for online access. The controversial poem and accompanying essay are believed to have contributed to the poet's expulsion from Oxford University and news reports about its acquisition quotes Michael Rossington, a professor of Romantic literature at the Newcastle University, as saying "This substantial poem has been known about for years, but as far as we know it hasn’t been read by any Shelley biographers or scholars since it was composed, and people are intrigued to find out exactly what it’s about"
The fabulous vaulting of the Divinity School, part of the Bodleian Library in Oxford.
From Wikipedia : "The Bodleian is used as background scenery in Dorothy L. Sayers Gaudy Night, features in Michael White's Equinox, and is one of the libraries consulted by Christine Greenaway (one of Bodley's librarians) in Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse novel The Wench is Dead. The denouement of Michael Innes's Operation Pax (1951) is set in an imaginary version of the underground bookstack, reached at night by sliding down the 'Mendip cleft', a chute concealed in Radcliffe Square.
Since J. R. R. Tolkien had studied philology at Oxford and eventually became a professor, he was very familiar with the Red Book of Hergest which is kept at the Bodleian on behalf of Jesus College. Tolkien later created his own fictional Red Book of Westmarch telling the story of The Lord of the Rings. Many of Tolkien's manuscripts are now at the library.
The Library's fine architecture has made it a favourite location for filmmakers, representing either Oxford University or other locations. It can be seen in Brideshead Revisited (1981 TV serial), Another Country (1984), The Madness of King George III (1994), and the first two Harry Potter films, in which the Divinity School doubles as the Hogwarts hospital wing and Duke Humfrey's Library as the Hogwarts library. In The New World (2005) the library edifice is portrayed as the entrance to the Royal Court of the English monarchy. The Bodleian also featured in the Inspector Morse televised spin off Lewis, in the episode "And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea", where a murder takes place in the basement."
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After over thirty years in Oxford I finally got inside the Radcliffe Camera back in August. A slight lie as I had actually been inside a few years ago on a guided tour but that doesn't count as cameras weren't allowed...... This time round it was a event specifically for photographers and we were encouraged to bring our cameras and take as many photos as we liked.
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From Wikipedia, "The Radcliffe Camera (colloquially known as the "Rad Cam" or "The Camera"; from Latin camera, meaning 'room') is a building of the University of Oxford, England, designed by James Gibbs in a Baroque style and built in 1737–49 to house the Radcliffe Science Library. It is sited to the south of the Old Bodleian, north of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, and between Brasenose College to the west and All Souls College to the east. The Radcliffe Camera's circularity, its position in the heart of Oxford, and its separation from other buildings make it the focal point of the University of Oxford, and as such it is almost always included in shorthand visual representations of the university. The Radcliffe Camera is not open to the public."
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Still on my search for the ultimate Radcliffe Camera photo. Here I've bent down low to include the shadow of the railings in the foreground.
Looking up at the entrance to the University of Oxford Divinity School (1427-1483); Duke Humphrey's Library, the oldest part of the Bodleian Library, is upstairs.
The Divinity School is the oldest building in Oxford specifically constructed for university use (although it no longer functions as a theological school). It is built of the characteristic Cotswold limestone used in many Oxford buildings. This view shows the northern side, next to the Sheldonian Theatre.
[Oxford morning walk Divinity School door 2010 may 15 c; IMG_2159]
The entrance to the newly renovated Weston Library, part of the Bodleian Library, which opened to the public on 21 March - Broad Street, Oxford, 25 March 2015
Scene from a summer trip through 'the greater Cotswolds': entry to knowledge in the Bodleian Library in Oxford.
Lens: Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45mm F/1.8.
Bodleian Library is located in Oxford and it is the oldest library in Europe and is also one of three deposit library in England.
I joined the guided tour of this library and I liked the classical appearance of this library. We visited reading room in the tour and the room is SO amazing. There are hundreds of old and rate books and the atmosphere is just breathtaking. Some books are quite huge there. I really wanted to take pictures in the room though, no photography is allowed the room.
ボドリアン図書館はオックスフォードにあるヨーロッパで最も古い図書館で、イングランドで3つあるうちの納本図書館のひとつだそうです。日本では納本図書館は国立国会図書館だけですが、英国では１つ以上あると聞いてビックリしました。イングランドで3つとだけ説明されたのですが、なんと英国全土では合計6箇所の納本図書館があるのだそうです。つまり、本を出版すると6箇所の図書館に納本しないといけないということなのでしょうね。
この写真は、ボドリアン図書館でやっているツアーに参加したときのものです。紳士という言葉がピッタリの男性のスタッフさんがツアーに参加した人たちに説明してくれました。ツアーの最後には図書閲覧室に案内してくれたのですが、その雰囲気がすごい、すごい！ハリーポッターにでも出てきそうな古くて巨大な本がずらりとならんですごい空気感でした。残念ながらその図書閲覧室では写真撮影禁止だったので写真は撮れませんでした。
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It seems ages ago now but here's a shot of Magnum Photographer Martin Parr at the lauch of the Photo Oxford Festival last month.
I had a brief chat with him on the night and got a signed copy of his Oxford book. I think tomorrow might actually be the last opportunity to catch his Oxford Exhibition at the Weston Library for those that haven't seen it yet.
More details here : www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/whatson/whats-on/upcoming-events/20...
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Scene from a summer trip through 'the greater Cotswolds': beautiful lines and shapes on the Divinity School's walls in the Bodleian Library in Oxford.
Lens: Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45mm F/1.8.
The Bodleian Library
The main research library of the University of Oxford.
It is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in England is second in size only to the British Library.
It derives its name from its founder, Sir Thomas Bodley.
Known to Oxford scholars as ‘Bodley’ or simply ‘the Bod’.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodleian_Library
The Great Gate
(Detail)
Also known as the Tower of the Five Orders of Architecture (Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Composite).
The entrance gate tower is the largest in England at five tiers high,
Located Old Schools Quad.
The Radcliffe Camera, lit by the last few rays of the setting sun.
The Moon is real in case you were wondering. If it had been a fake moon it would've been much larger and more in the middle of the sky than this one was.
The Divinity School forms part of the Bodleian Libraries. It has the distinction of being the first examination hall, dating from when all exams were oral. It's been used for Harry Potter films and other movies and TV shows.
The ceiling isn't as old as the rest of the building. It was done in gothic and specifically English perpendicular style. Donors were acknowledged in the details of the structure.
Scene from a summer trip through 'the greater Cotswolds': looking up in the inner courtyard of the Bodleian Library in Oxford.
Lens: Panasonic H-HS12035 12-35mm F2.8.
This door, signed 'Schola Logicae' or School of Logic, is found inside the Bodleian Library Old Schools Quadrangle in Oxford.
In a medieval liberal arts education, logic was one of the three subjects that formed the 'trivium', the other two being grammar and rhetoric.
I used Pixlr to apply a slight filter to this photo.
For more about the cathedral city of Oxford, see www.cathedralcityguide.co.uk/oxford
The Radcliffe Camera, constructed in 1737–1749, is the earliest example in England of a circular library.
It is now part of the University of Oxford and serves as the main reading room for the Bodleian Library. The Camera is not open to the public but may be visited as part of a guided tour.
For more about the cathedral city of Oxford, see www.cathedralcityguide.co.uk/oxford
There's always someone that walks into the frame the moment I press the shutter :-) But, no matter. This lady was movin' on through my photo and this, naturally, leads to "I'm Movin' On" by Emmylou Harris.
Even though the performance was from 1984 it still evokes so many wonderful memories of seeing several concerts by Emmylou Harris and The Hot Band in the mid to late seventies :-)
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Este edificio es uno de los más característicos de Oxford y forma parte de su enorme biblioteca. Oxford, ciudad universitaria por excelencia tiene una de las bibliotecas más antiguas de Europa, llamada Bodleian Library, y que es la segunda en tamaño de Reino Unido después de la British Library. Tiene hasta partes subterráneas y guarda copias de todos los manuscritos que han sido publicados en Reino Unido.
La biblioteca data de la época medieval (siglo XIV), y a esta se le han ido añadiendo edificios conforme iba creciendo, incluyendo las salas subterráneas debido a la falta de espacio. En concreto, este edificio se llama Radcliffe Camera, y fue construído entre 1737 a 1749 para contener la Radcliffe Science Library (Biblioteca de ciencias). Hoy en día contiene salas de lectura. El arquitecto responsable fue James Gibbs y utilizó el estilo paladiano Inglés derivado de los diseños venecianos de Andrea Palladio. Es el primer ejemplo de biblioteca circular en el Reino Unido. Debajo de esta plaza hay salas que pueden contener hasta unos 600.000 libros.
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This is one of the most characteristic buildings in Oxford and belongs to its huge library. Oxford is a university city and contains one of the biggest libraries in Europe, called Bodleian Library, which is the second biggest library in the U.K. after the British Library. It even has underground stores and keeps a copy of all the manuscripts that have been published in the U.K.
The library itself comes from the medieval period (XIV century) and has been growing up since then. In particular, this building in the picture is called the Radcliffe Camera, and was built between 1737 and 1749 to house the Radcliffe Science Library. Nowadays it is a reading space. James Gibbs was the architect and used the English Palladian style, derived from venetian designs by Andrea Palladio. It is the first example of circular library in the U.K. Underneath this square, there are underground rooms that can contain up to 600.000 books.
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The inner façade of the Bodleian Library at Oxford, Britain, with its peculiar vertical lines, as seen from its courtyard.
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A shot of the striking ground floor stone vaulted ceiling of the Radcliffe Camera in Oxford.
After over thirty years I finally got into the Radcliffe Camera back in August. A slight lie as I had actually been inside a few years ago on a guided tour but that doesn't count as cameras weren't allowed. This time round it was a event specifically for photographers and we were encouraged to bring our cameras and take as many photos as we liked.
Click here to see more photos of the Radcliffe Camera : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157629238398412
From Wikipedia, "The Radcliffe Camera (colloquially known as the "Rad Cam" or "The Camera"; from Latin camera, meaning 'room') is a building of the University of Oxford, England, designed by James Gibbs in a Baroque style and built in 1737–49 to house the Radcliffe Science Library. It is sited to the south of the Old Bodleian, north of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, and between Brasenose College to the west and All Souls College to the east. The Radcliffe Camera's circularity, its position in the heart of Oxford, and its separation from other buildings make it the focal point of the University of Oxford, and as such it is almost always included in shorthand visual representations of the university. The Radcliffe Camera is not open to the public."
© D.Godliman
The Bodleian Library
The main research library of the University of Oxford.
It is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in England is second in size only to the British Library.
It derives its name from its founder, Sir Thomas Bodley.
Known to Oxford scholars as ‘Bodley’ or simply ‘the Bod’.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodleian_Library
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
by Hubert Le Sueur to a design by Peter Paul Rubens
C.15
Pembroke was one time Chancellor of Oxford University from 1617 until his death at the age of 50 in 1630. His statue stands in the Schools Quadrangle, looking East.
www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/streets/inscriptions/central/bod...
Sota les molt venerables pedres de la Radcliffe Camera i la Bodleian Library, a Oxford, es troba el que abans era un espai reservat per als bibliotecaris. Un magatzem soterrani de llibres i un sistema de comunicacions entre les biblioteques d'Oxford, ara obert com una sala de lectura més. Han mantingut les prestatgeries i altres elements d'inicis s. XX, donant-li un ambient com de ciencia ficció anticuada molt interessant.
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Below the benerable stones of the Radcliffe Camera & Bodleian Library, Oxford, there's a retro-futuristic space. It's the former Gladstone Link, an underground pasage conecting both libraries, now a reading room. The cool thing about it is that it retains it's somewhat steampunk shelves and general decoration.
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley/finding-resources/rooms/glad...
I really should give the Radcliffe Camera its own Set here on Flickr, I must have about a hundred photos of it. For many people it is 'the' one building that says 'Oxford' and it certainly forms a distinctive addition to the skyline of the city.
Update 12/10/13 : Now it has it's own set : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/sets/72157629238398412 and I started a flickr group as well : www.flickr.com/groups/radcliffecamera/