Bodleian
Famous Oxford repository
The Bodleian is the main research library of Oxford University, one of the oldest and largest libraries in Europe.
It functions as a legal deposit library, entitled to receive a copy of every book published in the United Kingdom.
The name appears almost exclusively in the phrase the Bodleian Library or simply the Bodleian: I spent the afternoon researching in the Bodleian.
Historic English university town
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- rare booksUncommon valuable printed works
- reading roomsSpaces designated for books
- stacksVertical arrangements of items
special collections · catalogues · medieval texts · folios · incunabula · reference
Systematic fact-finding effort
- academiaHigher education community
- archivesStored historical documents
- primary sourcesFirsthand historical evidence
- dissertationsExtended academic research documents
paleography · bibliography · scholars · footnotes · citations · historical documents · literary studies · philology
First mass-produced book
- Magna CartaCharter curbing royal authority
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- illuminated manuscriptsHand-adorned medieval book pages
- ShelleyEnglish Romantic surname
Mary Shelley · medieval maps · Lewis Carroll · Austen · Locke · Anglo-Saxon · papyri · codices
Arched overhead interior surfaces
- quadsFront thigh muscles
- JacobeanPertaining to King James's reign
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- spiresTapering architectural towers
courtyards · stained glass · historic building · carved wood · galleries · domed · columns · heritage
Oxford
Historic English university town
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- rare booksUncommon valuable printed works
- reading roomsSpaces designated for books
stacks · special collections · catalogues · medieval texts · folios · incunabula · reference
research
Systematic fact-finding effort
- academiaHigher education community
- archivesStored historical documents
- primary sourcesFirsthand historical evidence
dissertations · paleography · bibliography · scholars · footnotes · citations · historical documents · literary studies · philology · microfilm
Gutenberg Bible
First mass-produced book
- Magna CartaCharter curbing royal authority
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- illuminated manuscriptsHand-adorned medieval book pages
Shelley · Mary Shelley · medieval maps · Lewis Carroll · Austen · Locke · Anglo-Saxon · papyri · codices
vaulted ceilings
Arched overhead interior surfaces
spires · courtyards · stained glass · historic building · carved wood · galleries · domed · columns · heritage · restoration