/ en /unique-and-distinctive-acquisitions-new-college-library-2023 <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/2023-12/New%20College%20Rowing%20IV%2C%20Cloisters%2C%20New%20College%20%281909%29%E2%80%94showing%20Ernest%20Victor%20Culme-Seymour%20%28second%20from%20left%29.jpg.webp?itok=kQxoOdvy" width="655" height="435" alt="°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Rowing IV, Cloisters, °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ (1909)—showing Ernest Victor Culme-Seymour (second from left), NCA JCR/R/Culme-Seymour/23" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Unique and Distinctive Acquisitions to °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library in 2023 </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">(2023): 20</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/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Archives</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/536" hreflang="en">Thomas Harding</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/537" hreflang="en">George Bate</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/79" hreflang="en">Edward Young</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/538" hreflang="en">Thomas Ken</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/539" hreflang="en">Walter Montagu</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/540" hreflang="en">Sir Joseph Miles Clay</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/541" hreflang="en">Ernest Victor Culme-Seymour</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/300" hreflang="en">William Leonard Courtney</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/529" hreflang="en">John Fowles</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/542" hreflang="en">D. M. Thomas</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/543" hreflang="en">Owen Sheers</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/544" hreflang="en">Duff Cooper</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/545" hreflang="en">John Julius Norwich</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>Ongoing collection development activity ensures we do not rest on our laurels, and 2023 saw us procure important antiquarian items that speak to times of religious and political conflict. Chief among them are: a rare copy of <em>An Answere to Maister Juelles Chalenge</em> (1564) by °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Jesuit theologian Thomas Harding (1516–1572), who fled to Louvain for refuge following the accession of Elizabeth I; a donation by a generous alumnus of <em>Miscellanea Spiritualia: or, Devout Essaies</em> (1648) by Benedictine abbot Walter Montagu (1603?–1677), who as a recusant was banished, then later imprisoned in the Tower of London; a copy of a defence of Charles I during the Civil War period, <em>Elenchus Motuum nuperorum in Anglia</em> (1649), by °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ man George Bate (1608–1668), who extraordinarily was chief physician successively to Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, and Charles II; and four books (at auction) by college fellow Thomas Ken (1637–1711), who refused to comply with the attempts of James II to grant the realm religious freedom and suspend enforced conformity to the Church of England.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Rowing IV, Cloisters, °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ (1909)—showing Ernest Victor Culme-Seymour (second from left)<br>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Archives, Oxford, NCA JCR/R/Culme-Seymour/23</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/2023-12/20NCN10%20%282023%29%20Skelton-Foord%20on%20Acquisitions%20in%202023.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1730828" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">20NCN10 (2023) Skelton-Foord on Acquisitions in 2023.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">1.65 MB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 29 Dec 2023 02:09:49 +0000 Christopher 2928 at /node/1645 <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/default_images/Fellows%20placeholder_0.jpg.webp?itok=Ldi7pvRW" width="655" height="435" alt class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Brotherly Love? Dr Young among the Thespians </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Lucia Quinault</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">(2018): 09</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/77" hreflang="en">Winchester College</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/78" hreflang="en">18thC history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/79" hreflang="en">Edward Young</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> <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/2018-12/9NCN8%20%282018%29%20Quinault%20on%20Brotherly%20Love.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=307560" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">9NCN8 (2018) Quinault on Brotherly Love.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">300.35 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 12 Jun 2018 14:49:20 +0000 Christopher 1645 at