1 day ago by bonaelitterae

The latest instalment comes once more from the lavatorial nook of an esteemed library: this time, the loos marked ‘Male Readers’ in the Bodleian. There has been, for what seems many moons, a notice on one of the electric hand-dryers, which reads: REGRET TEMPORARILY OUT OF ORDER This has set my mind ...

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17 days ago by badaude

OK, a little while ago, I was telling you a story. Then I broke off for an But now I'm back, and in colour... You might remember, I was living in the Last Affordable Bedsit in Islington, but there was someone I forgot to mention... Check out my back issues by clicking on 'A little light fiction' in ...

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18 days ago by 1websurfer

I just love libraries; I wish I could visit every single one of them. And I love history. So, when I found this website, I just had to share it with you! ____________________________________ 1. The Great Library & Mouseion: The First Universal Library (Alexandria, Egypt) History tells us that the fi ...

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28 days ago by sebastianwilke

Am vergangenen Wochenende hatte ich die schöne Gelegenheit, eine Freundin in Oxford zu besuchen. Obwohl sich das Wetter mit viel Regen leider eher von seiner typisch britischen Seite zeigte, habe ich doch eine Menge Sightseeing gemacht und dabei auch die ein oder andere Bibliothek besucht. Am Sonnta ...

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42 days ago by homepaddock

On November 8: 1602 The Bodleian Library at Oxford University opened to the public 1656 Edmond Halley, British astronomer and mathematician, was born. 1745 Charles Edward Stuart invaded England with an army of ~5000. 1793 The French Revolutionary government opens the Louvre to the public as a museum ...

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47 days ago by notjustagranny

I had the good fortune of paying a fleeting visit to this amazing city today. As I wandered through the streets, along the lanes and stepped through ancient college doors into courtyards filled with history, I marvelled at the exuberance of the ivy-clad architecture, the fine detail of gargoyles and ...

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81 days ago by James F. McGrath

I've just become aware that there is a manuscript in the holdings of the Bodleian Library, catalogued as a "Syriac" manuscript (MS. Syr. f. 2), which is in fact in Mandaic. If you click through, you can see some images that the Bodleian has shared. Click through to see the images. There are notes on ...

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87 days ago by Edward Nawotka

By Liz Bury LONDON: Deep in the Bodleian Library, the scholarly heart of Oxford University, England, is a locked room emitting, I imagine, a low hum. This is Google’s digitization suite, the control center of its scanning operation at the library, into which no Bodleian staffer may enter. That, at l ...

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108 days ago by Gregg

I am very fortunate to love what I do, love the people with which I work, and have the experiences I get to have. My work includes wonderful discussions with very intelligent, interesting people that are very often in interesting academic settings. Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to visit O ...

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131 days ago by haferklee

Die folgende, traditionelle Erklärung muss wie eh und je auch heutzutage jede/r Studierende, die/der die altehrwrdige Bodleian Library in Oxford erstmals nutzen möchte, abgeben: Das Besondere und leicht Schräge daran: das muss man nicht unterschreiben, sondern gleich einem Eid laut sprechen! Wie obe ...

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