/ en /node/1981 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2019-12/Paula%20Wilson%2C%20Portrait%20of%20New%20College%2C%20Oxford%27s%20first%20women%20JCR%20and%20MCR%20Presidents%2C%20Caroline%20Kay%20and%20Ruth%20Mazo%20Karras%20%282019%29.jpg.webp?itok=QK9Fk5LL" width="655" height="435" alt="Paula Wilson, Portrait of °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ, Oxford's first women JCR and MCR Presidents, Caroline Kay and Ruth Mazo Karras (2019)" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Anniversaries, Alumni, and Acquisitions: °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library in 2019 </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Christopher Skelton-Foord</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2019): 12</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/57" hreflang="en">°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/61" hreflang="en">°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/299" hreflang="en">21stC history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/232" hreflang="en">Geometry</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/233" hreflang="en">Astronomy</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/231" hreflang="en">Savilian professorships</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/228" hreflang="en">Sir Henry Savile</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/234" hreflang="en">Women students</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/230" hreflang="en">Kate Mosse</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/137" hreflang="en">Reginald Pole</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/229" hreflang="en">Lodovico Beccadelli</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>2019 was a year of notable anniversaries, marking as it does both the 400th anniversary of the Savilian Professorships in geometry and astronomy, and the 40th anniversary of women students at °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ.&nbsp; In 1619, the scholar and diplomat Sir Henry Savile (1549–1622)&nbsp;founded two university chairs bearing his name, which have long been associated with °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ.&nbsp; And if we fast-forward from 1619 in Oxford some 360 years to 1979, women students are for the first time ever matriculating at °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Paula Wilson, Portrait of Ruth Mazo Karras and Caroline Kay (2019)<br> Oil on board, 100 x 90 cms,&nbsp;°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ, Oxford</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2020-10/12NCN10%20%282019%29%20Skelton-Foord%20on%20Anniversaries.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=2216712" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">12NCN10 (2019) Skelton-Foord on Anniversaries.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">2.11 MB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 24 Dec 2019 11:13:05 +0000 Christopher 1981 at /node/1977 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2019-12/BT1.70.2%20t.p..JPG.webp?itok=RgtbBrvl" width="655" height="435" alt="Peter Apian, Astronomicum Cæsareum, °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, BT1.70.2" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Stephen Standish and the Provenance of the °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Astronomicum Cæsareum (1540) </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">William Poole and Daniel Fried</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2019): 12</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/236" hreflang="en">Stephen Standish</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/237" hreflang="en">Peter Apian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/231" hreflang="en">Savilian professorships</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/233" hreflang="en">Astronomy</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h5><strong>One of °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ</strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Garamond&quot;,serif">’</span></span><strong>s most visually striking printed books, that came into the hands of the Savilian Professor of Astronomy almost four centuries after its publication . . .</strong></h5> <h5>&nbsp;</h5> <p>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, BT1.70.2, title page</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2020-10/12NCN5%20%282019%29%20Poole%20and%20Fried%20on%20Stephen%20Standish.pdf" type="application/pdf; 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