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I've shot this view of the Schools Quadrangle of the Bodleian Library before but by it's nature it varies so much according to the lighting conditions and the exact position it's taken from.
Reflection of the Radcliffe Camera in a window of Brasenose College. It's been given a watercolour effect, resulting in a contrasty, saturated image.
I've been in Oxford (or nearby) for 20 years now but still I try and carry a camera everywhere as occasionally you see something you hadn't noticed before.
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A few more of these to come.......
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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The enclosed quadrangle of the Bodleian is a great place for reflection photos as the leaded glass creates some great distorted reflections and there's endless variation in angles possible.
From Wikipedia : "The Schools Quadrangle (sometimes referred to as the "Old Schools Quadrangle", or the "Old Library") was built between 1613 and 1619 by adding three wings to the Proscholium and Arts End. 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."
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.
Looking at the back of the Bodleian Library from between the Sheldonian Theatre and the Museum of the History of Science at Oxford, Britain.
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.
Bodleian Library complex in the middle. The New Weston Library beautifully cleaned and most prominent!
Part of Album First Flight of Autumn 2014: around Oxford, to Brill and back to Cumnor
A very formal composition for what, I'm assuming having never actually been inside, is a very formal organisation.
I read recently that due to a large donation by the President of Blackwells Bookshops part of the Bodleian Library's amazing collection will be opened to the public.
Early morning light on Oxfords Racliffe Camera and St Marys Church spire.
I keep meaning to go back up the spire to get another shot of the Radcliffe Square wth my 11mm lense. I just never seem to be in the right place at the right time (with the right lense).
Photo published as the cover to Oxford University Newman Society 'Faith in Oxford' Brochure.
Visitors at the Catte Street entrance to the Bodleian Library's Clarendon Quad with Sheldonian Theatre in the background
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Scene from a summer trip through 'the greater Cotswolds': the Divinity School's famous ceiling in the Bodleian Library in Oxford.
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La Bodleian Library, emblema fonamental i pedra cabdal de la universitat d'Oxford, fou creada el s. XV per Thomas Bodley, a partir de les restes de les coleccions reunides pel duc Humphrey. Amb els segles, el resultat és una de les biblioteques més importants i prestigioses del món.
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The Bodleian Library is one of the most impressive institutions and buildings in Oxford University. Founded by Thomas Bodley in the XVI Century, by now it's one of the most impressive and prestigious libraries in the World.
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 with over 11 million items. In its current incarnation it has a continuous history dating back to 1602, after Thomas Bodley (a former fellow of Merton College) wrote in 1598 to the Vice Chancellor of the University offering to support the development of the library.
The Bodleian Library occupies a group of five buildings near Broad Street. These range in date from the late medieval Duke Humfrey's Library to the New Bodleian of the 1930s.The Schools Quadrangle (sometimes referred to as the "Old Schools Quadrangle", or the "Old Library") was built between 1613 and 1619 by adding three wings to the Proscholium and Arts End. 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: Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite.
E poi, c'è Alessia.
A lei non potevo non dedicare questa foto, messa insieme da più scatti...non volevo storcere le linee cadenti e, invece, m'è venuta, nel montaggio, un po' pendente. Pisana.
Così, la dedico a lei che comprenderà le motivazioni! :)
Alessia la conosco da due decenni, in verità a me sembra sia una di quelle persone che fanno parte della mia vita da sempre.
Non ci sentiamo ogni giorno, non ci vediamo ogni giorno, però lei è vicino a me, io vicina a lei.
Non importa essere vicine fisicamente, lo siamo con il cuore e la mente.
Con lei ho condiviso tante esperienze, tante avventure, molte divertenti, altre meno, ma ne ridiamo sempre, come due matte.
Lei è la mia studiosa preferita, la stimo immensamente e le auguro di realizzare tutti i suoi sogni, di rendere concrete le sue aspirazioni, di non mollare mai, proprio mai!
La caratteristica vera della nostra amicizia è l'essere l'una segretaria dell'altra, questa cosa mi fa troppo ridere!
The Clarendon Building and Sheldonian Theatre (and the Bodleian behind) seem refreshed in this shot from the Weston Library portico. The section of Broad Street here is transformed.
Old Schools Quadrangle and portal of the Bodleian Library, Oxford
Some background information:
The Bodleian Library is the main research library of the University of Oxford. It is one of the oldest libraries in Europe and in Britain is second in size, only surpassed by the British Library.
Though university members may borrow some books from dependent libraries (such as the Radcliffe Science Library), the Bodleian principally operates as a reference library and in general documents may not be removed from the reading rooms.
Whilst the Bodleian Library, in its current incarnation, has a continuous history dating back to 1602, its roots date back even further. The first purpose-built library known to have existed in Oxford was founded in the fourteenth century by Thomas Cobham, Bishop of Worcester. This collection continued to grow steadily. Between 1435 and 1437 Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester (the brother of Henry V of England), donated a great collection of manuscripts. But the space was deemed insufficient and therefore a larger building was required. A suitable room was finally built above the Divinity School and completed in 1488. This room continues to be known as Duke Humfrey’s Library.
The late sixteenth century saw the library go through a period of decline. The library’s furniture was sold and only three of the original books belonging to Duke Humfrey remained in the collection. It was not until 1598 that the library began to thrive once more: Duke Humfrey’s Library was refitted and Thomas Bodley, a former fellow of Merton College, donated a number of his own books to furnish it. Finally the library was re-opened on 8th November 1602 under the name "Bodleian Library".
The Bodleian collection grew so fast that the building was expanded from 1610 to 1612, and again from 1634 to 1637. Until the establishment of the British Museum in 1753 the Bodleian was effectively the national library of England.
By the late 18th century, further growth of the library demanded more expansion space. In 1860 the library was allowed to take over the adjacent building, known as the Radcliffe Camera. In 1861 the library’s medical and scientific collections were transferred to the so-called Radcliffe Science Library.
Between 1909 and 1912 an underground book stack was constructed beneath the Radcliffe Camera and Radcliffe Square and in 1914 the total number of books in the library’s collections breached the one million mark. By the 1920s the Library needed further expansion space and in 1937 building work began on the New Bodleian building. Construction was completed in 1940. A tunnel under Broad Street connects the Old and New Bodleian buildings. It contains a pedestrian walkway, a mechanical book conveyor and a pneumatic Lamson tube system which was used for book orders until an electronic automated stack request system was introduced in 2002.
Today the Bodleian Group cares for some eleven million items on 117 miles of shelving, and has a staff of over 400. The continued growth of the library has resulted in a severe shortage of storage space. Therefore over one and a half million items are currently stored in locations outside Oxford, including a disused salt mine in Cheshire.
The Bodleian Library as part of Hogwarts:
The Library's fine architecture has made it a favourite location for filmmakers, representing either Oxford University or other locations. Amongst its film appearances there are also ones in the first two Harry Potter films. In "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" from 2001 Bodleian’s Divinity School doubles as the Hogwarts hospital wing. And in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" from 2002 Bodleian’s Duke Humfrey's Library represents the Hogwarts library.
Visitors can book guided tours through the Bodleian Library by which among other things the guides reveal many details about the Harry Potter films and their filming in the library. So I can highly recommend you such a guided tour as it’s very interesting (in particular if you’re a fan of Harry Potter). The only wormwood of these tours is that participants are not allowed to take photos inside the library, except of one hall, the Divinity School, where photographers can pursue their passion to their heart’s content.
The initials 'TB' are carved high up on the side of the Bodleian Library Old Schools Quadrangle, above the window line. The initials stand for Thomas Bodley, the scholar and diplomat who re-founded Oxford's University Library as the Bodleian (officially opened in 1602).
This was one of the details pointed out to me when I undertook a guided tour of the Bodleian Library. I doubt I would have noticed the initials myself. Incidentally, the guided tour is very reasonably priced and something I would recommend.
Not the greatest of photos but I had the camera on just about maximum zoom (18x) and no tripod so I am just happy it is not blurred.
For more about the cathedral city of Oxford, see www.cathedralcityguide.co.uk/oxford
In an attempt to avoid the cliched shot of the much photographed Radcliffe Camera in Oxford I've tilted my wideangle lense skywards to remove the context. Not that I've any problems shooting cliches, I know from the limited number of images I have with Getty Images, they're the ones that always sell.
This image seems to have an almost 3d quality, probably due to the increased contrast I've given it.
Radcliffe Camera was constructed between 1737-1749 with and bears the name of Dr. John Radcliffe, a physician. The building was originally intended to house a new library. This domed Baroque rotunda is now used as the main reading room of the Bodleian Library and contains about 600,000 books in underground rooms beneath Radcliffe Square. Unfortunately Radcliffe Camera is not open to the public, so I took a picture from outside in the evening.
Fractured reflections of the Radcliffe Camera in a Brasenose College
Part of the 'Made in Oxford' Exhibition by the Oxford Flickr Group.
The entrance to the divinity school with a bronze statue of the Earl of Pembroke to a design by Peter Paul Rubens. Pembroke was one time Chancellor of Oxford University. Whilst the Bodleian Library, in its current incarnation, has a continuous history dating back to 1602, its roots date back even further. The first purpose-built library known to have existed in Oxford was founded in the fourteenth century by Thomas Cobham, Bishop of Worcester.
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.
The Divinity School is part of the University of Oxford and was built in the 15th century for the teaching of theology. This shot shows the School's elaborately carved perpendicular Gothic ceiling.
The school can be visited either as part of a guided tour of the Bodleian Library or by purchasing a ticket from the ticket office in the Proscholium (the main entrance to the Bodleian Library).
This photo was taken by Glen Bayley with a PENTAX Optio M60. For more about the cathedral city of Oxford, see www.cathedralcityguide.co.uk/oxford
The Sheldonian Theatre was built from 1664 to 1668 after a design by Christopher Wren for the University of Oxford. The building is named after Gilbert Sheldon, chancellor of the university at the time and the project's main financial backer. It is used for music concerts, lectures and university ceremonies. The building seats between 800 and 1000 people and is on the grounds of part of the Bodleian Library.
The Bodleian Library, Oxford, takes the form of a quadrangle and central courtyard.
"The library currently holds over seven million volumes, which occupy 110 miles (180km) of shelving. Each year, the collection grows by more than 100,000 books and nearly 200,000 periodicals; these volumes expand the shelving requirements by about 2 miles (3.3km) annually. Much of the library’s vast storage space is in underground tunnels built in the early 1900s. A system of conveyor belts delivers volumes through the tunnels to 29 reading rooms in the various library buildings."