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London Review of Books @londonreview.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 15, 2024 at 13:02 UTC

‘In the shifting, centuries-long history of his reception, Chaucer has been read as both irreverent and pious, experimental and traditional, cosmopolitan and quintessentially English.’

Philip Knox visits the @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social:

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 02, 2024 at 09:52 UTC

Hi there, The lectures aren't being streamed, however following the series, recordings will be available here: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/the-ly...

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 27, 2024 at 12:51 UTC

The Lyell Lectures return to the Weston Library!

Five lectures will explore how works of different kinds – the military histories written by Julius Caesar, the poetry of Catullus, and the teachings of early Christians – were passed down over time.
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/apr24/...

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 25, 2024 at 14:56 UTC

The Bodleian’s highest honour, the Bodley Medal is awarded to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the worlds of books and literature, libraries, media and communications, science and philanthropy.

Photos: Cyrus Mower

www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/librar...

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 25, 2024 at 14:55 UTC

Another wonderful Oxford Literary Festival is over. During this year’s programme, we had the pleasure of welcoming writer Ali Smith to the Sheldonian Theatre to hear about her life and work! Bodley’s Librarian Richard Ovenden then presented Smith with the Bodley Medal.

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 25, 2024 at 09:34 UTC

Join our free online talk today:

Manuscripts with Chaucer’s pilgrims
🕟 4.30–5.30pm (GMT)

Experience pilgrimages, both real and imagined, through discussion and sharing of medieval manuscripts from the Bodleian collection live under the visualiser!
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/mar24/...

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 16:58 UTC

Bonus tattoo! Here's one from Kelly, a bookbinder from Rhode Island who visited our 'Meet the Conservator' stall today at the Oxford Literary Festival! Let us know if you have any lovely literary tattoos!

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 16:58 UTC

It features: - lilacs from Pratchett's 'Glorious Revolution of 25th May' (Night Watch) - bees - particularly associated with Granny Weatherwax (Nicole is a beekeeper and Librarian of the Oxfordshire Beekeeping Association) - a hare and flame motif from 'I Shall Wear Midnight'

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 16:57 UTC

Head of Book Conservation Nicole Gilroy definitely knows about pigments! Her tattoo is artfully shown here by a skin of parchment (which our medieval manuscripts are written on) - a kind of post-mortem tattoo process! The design might resonate with Terry Pratchett fans...

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 16:56 UTC

Meanwhile, this was one of Helen's first tattoos and is still her most asked about. It's the main theme from Holst’s 'Jupiter' (from The Planets), which is one of Helen's favourite pieces to play on the cello.

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 16:55 UTC

One of our most inked colleagues has to be Helen Worrell, Archaeology and Anthropology Subject Librarian and EDI Co-ordinator. Helen's sleeves are influenced by the Arts and Crafts style, particularly C.R. Mackintosh and William Morris - like this bird from a Morris print.

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 16:55 UTC

Alison also has this design inspired by the Ripley Scroll - an extraordinary manuscript, almost six metres long, that gives the recipe for the fabled Philosopher's Stone. Ideal for any immortal-in-the-making.
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/a776...

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 16:53 UTC

It's #WorldTattooDay, so let's take a look at the tats on some of our ink-redible Bodleian colleagues!

Medieval project cataloguer Dr Alison Ray has this fiery phoenix on the pyre. Here it is alongside a 13th c. Bestiary
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/ecf9...

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 16:37 UTC

It is one of only four Bach autographs in the UK. The three others are held at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social and Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

A performance commemorating the 300th anniversary of the cantata’s original performance is being planned!
www.development.ox.ac.uk/news/bodleia...

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 16:36 UTC

The manuscript itself has been placed in our free ‘Write, Cut, Rewrite’ exhibition at Weston Library – a celebration of first drafts, edits and deletions.

Come along to gaze at the writing of one of the greatest musical geniuses to have walked the earth!
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/cut

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 16:35 UTC

Nevertheless, it has been exceptionally well cared for and is one of the best-preserved autographs of J.S. Bach.

We have digitised the manuscript and you can view it on Digital Bodleian!
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/e400...

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 16:35 UTC

Bach’s relentless schedule of composing a new cantata every week means that the manuscript shows characteristic signs of being written in great haste. The corrosive iron-gall ink has eaten away at the paper in a few places, particularly where notes have been corrected or amended.

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 16:33 UTC

The item comes to us thanks to the generosity of the family of the Leipzig-born scientist and collector Sir Ralph Kohn, through the Acceptance in lieu scheme. Out of love for his adopted home, he wanted it to go to a UK institution.

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 16:33 UTC

We are delighted to announce a spectacular, new acquisition: the autograph manuscript of Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantata ‘Auf Christi, Himmelfahrt allein’!

The piece was written for performance in Leipzig on the feast of #AscensionDay, 10 May 1725.

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 20, 2024 at 09:34 UTC

Both #spring and autumn equinoxes mark the point when the sun’s path is directly above the equator.

In their latest blog post, our Map Room team showcase a few cartographic wonders for this hopeful time of year!
#SpringEquinox
blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/2024/03...

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 13, 2024 at 12:32 UTC

The Oxford Literary Festival kicks off this Saturday! The Bodleian Libraries is a proud cultural partner to the festival.

From Chaucer to conservation; and the Bodley Medal presentation to a book exchange; check out the talks and events we're hosting! visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/olf

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 12, 2024 at 16:57 UTC

Hurray!

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 12, 2024 at 13:30 UTC

We're looking for a Reader Services Manager (F/T, perm) for our iconic Radcliffe Camera and Old Library.

📩 Deliver operations and services like onsite scanning
📚 Help develop services for readers with disabilities
👇 Work here!
Apply by 27 March
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/jobs

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 14:10 UTC

Free online Chaucer event!

'Exploring Chaucer Here and Now'
📅 Thursday 14 March
🕔 5pm–6pm (GMT)
💻 Online

Professor Marion Turner will discuss some of the ways in which readers have responded to and reimagined the medieval writer's works. visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/mar24/...

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 10:41 UTC

An upcoming event, open to Oxford University staff and students:

ORA collection on AI & Machine Learning launch

A series of lightning talks from researchers, with Q&A and networking session. 
📍 Taylor Institution
🕙 10-11.30am
📅 Tuesday 19 March.
Book here 👇
ox-ac.libcal.com/calendar/rsl...

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 04, 2024 at 11:48 UTC

This year, a programme of University-wide events and activities will celebrate the literary works and enduring global legacy of Franz Kafka and mark the 100-year anniversary of his death.
#OxfordKafka2024
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-03...

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 29, 2024 at 11:22 UTC

Brilliant - which ox have you designed?

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 29, 2024 at 11:22 UTC

Looking forward to welcoming you!

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 29, 2024 at 11:08 UTC

Happy #LeapDay, from these two lively dancers!

Bible, 13th century.
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/b4b3...

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 26, 2024 at 14:07 UTC

This week sees the opening of 'Write, Cut, Rewrite', an exhibition dedicated to the creative importance of editing in literature!

Come and see ideas, notes and scribbles from Jane Austen, James Joyce, Raymond Chandler, Ian Fleming, Samuel Beckett, John le Carré...
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/cut

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 26, 2024 at 10:16 UTC

Members of the University of Oxford: come and explore the human body with virtual reality!

Embark on an immersive journey and solve riddles about bones and organs.

Where: Radcliffe Science Library
Date: 4 March
Time: Book a slot!
ox-ac.libcal.com/calendar/rsl...

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 23, 2024 at 10:49 UTC

Free lecture: Modernist Photobooks

Explore the way photobooks portray the ‘everyday’ - and its intersection with the visual languages of politics and propaganda.
🗓️Tue 27 Feb
🕐1–2pm
📍Weston Library
Booking and info ⬇️
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/feb24/...

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 13, 2024 at 12:11 UTC

A delightful child, crying and reaching out for pancakes.

(From the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera, 1890s.)

Happy Pancake Day!
www.proquest.com/johnjohnson/...

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