Radcliffe Camera
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The Radcliffe Camera is a building of the University of Oxford, England, designed by James Gibbs in a Baroque style and built in 1737–49 to house a library, ultimately becoming a reading room of the B
Radcliffe Camera, viewed from the University Church
Radcliffe Camera from street level in Radcliffe Square
The Camera, as viewed from outside the Bodleian Library on Catte Street, with St Mary's obscured behind left.
Night view
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
Radcliffe Camera
…of Oxford, England, designed by James Gibbs in a Baroque style and built in 1737–49 to house a library, ultimately becoming a reading room of the Bodleian Library, not open to the public, after the original library moved out. It is sited to the south of the Old Bodleian, north of the Church of St Mary the Virgin…
Bodleian Library
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