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THE Bodleian Library in Oxford is seeking support for its unparalleled and internationally recognised collection of 1.3 million maps. Staff say 2019 is the year of the map at the Bodleian, during ...
The Sheldon Tapestry Map of Oxfordshire, which was woven in wool and silk, is on show at the Bodleian's Weston Library in Oxford. It is only partially complete but has illustrations of 16th ...
The Gough Map, thought to be ... the Factum Foundation uses a prototype photographic system to examine some of Britain’s oldest artefacts held at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, UK.
Over the next 12 months, nearly six million books, as well as more than 1.2 million maps, will be transferred from Oxford to the BSF, in what will be the biggest move in the history of the Bodleian.
The map was only discovered last October when it was put up for sale. It was bought by the Bodleian Library in Oxford for £60,000 and is part of the permanent Tolkein archives. The rare document ...
You likely won’t be lost if you wander into Oxford University’s Bodleian Library on June 23—but if you do, you’ll join a rare fellowship of people who have gazed upon a rare map of Middle ...
Shelf life: the British Library's a'dditional storage' site at Boston Spa holds seven million items. The Bodleian's Swindon depot will store 8.4 million books and maps.
Here be dragons: Rare map of Middle-earth with J. R. R. Tolkien's spidery handwritten notes scribbled on it in green ink is bought by Oxford's Bodleian library for £60,000 ...