Edited by Helen Moore and Julian Reid
Synopsis:
Manifold Greatness: the Making of the King James Bible tells the story of the commissioning and translation of the King James version of the Bible, first published in 1611. It is richly illustrated with early printed books, manuscripts, artifacts and archival material, such as an annotated Bishops’ Bible of [...]
Archive for the tag 'Bodleian Library'
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 23rd 2015
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
Swami Vivekananda
23 Comments CherryPie on Mar 22nd 2015
Filed under Art, Holidays, Oxford 2014
Stone Carvings on the Bodleian Library
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 21st 2015
Filed under Art, Heritage, Holidays, Oxford 2014
King James
Anthony Wood has given us, along with a detailed description of the carvings, the sad story of the shabby treatment which this magnificent spectacle received at the King’s hands.” ‘The effigies of King James’ he writes’ was cut very curiously in stone, sitting in a throne and giving with his right hand a book to [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 19th 2015
Filed under Books, Heritage, Holidays, Oxford 2014
The Bodleian Library
Oxford’s libraries are among the most celebrated in the world, not only for their incomparable collections of books and manuscripts, but also for their buildings, some of which have remained in continuous use since the Middle Ages. Among them the Bodleian, the chief among the University’s libraries, has a special place.
First opened to scholars in [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 18th 2015
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Oxford 2014
Oxford – Day Three
After breakfast, where the correct amount of toast for three people was served, we set off for the Bodleian Library. On our way there we stopped off at the “Oxford University Press” bookshop. I am a fan of their “Very Short Introductions – To Almost Everything” and I was in my element seeing the full [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 19th 2014
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Oxford – Day Two
Breakfast was cooked to order and very tasty, although it was a little odd that we had two rounds of toast for three people. When we had finished the two pieces we asked for a bit more. After breakfast we set off towards Christ Church College and walked through the memorial garden and water meadows [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 18th 2014
