Bodleian Library
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The Bodleian Library is the main research library of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1602 by Sir Thomas Bodley, it is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. With over 13 million printed items, it
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Door to the Bodleian's main entrance, with the coats of arms of several Oxford colleges
The library in 1566, drawn by John Bereblock and given to Queen Elizabeth I as part of a book when she first visited Oxford
The Library seen from Radcliffe Square
Duke Humfrey's Library
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Duke Humfrey's Library is the oldest reading room in the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford. It is named after Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester, who donated 281 books after his
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…were digitized and put online for public access in 2015. The Bodleian Library occupies a group of five buildings near Broad Street: the 15th-century Duke Humfrey's Library, the 17th-century Schools Quadrangle, the 18th-century Clarendon Building and Radcliffe Camera, and the 20th- and 21st-century Weston Library. Since…
Library interior
Engraving of Arts End, Duke Humfrey's Library
A stained glass depiction of a swordsman in the Bodleian Library's Duke Humphrey library
Duke Humfrey's Library Interior 6, Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK Diliff