/ en /doodles-and-dry-point-initial-exploration-additions-new-college-ms-287 <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/2024-07/Digitally%20annotated%20dry-point%20addition%20to%20New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20MS%20287%2C%20f.%202v.jpg.webp?itok=aLhLOBxT" width="655" height="435" alt="Digitally annotated composite ARCHiOx recording of the dry-point addition to °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 287, f. 2v" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Doodles and Dry Point: An Initial Exploration of Additions to °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ, MS 287 </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Jessica Hodgkinson</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">(2024): 21</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/88" hreflang="en">Library Manuscript</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/372" hreflang="en">MS 287</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/193" hreflang="en">King Henry VIII</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/373" hreflang="en">Bernard André</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/571" hreflang="en">Dry-point</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/572" hreflang="en">ARCHiOx</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/573" hreflang="en">Analysis and Recording of Cultural Heritage in Oxford</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>This article focuses on three intriguing additions made to Oxford, °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ, MS 287, a small 16th-century book which, though outwardly inconspicuous, was made for King Henry VIII. &nbsp;Dry-point is a mode of writing or drawing with a pointed tool, such as a stylus, to create inkless impressions on a surface. &nbsp;Occasionally, readers and owners added their names to their books in dry-point. &nbsp;Discussed here for the first time, these additions offer tantalising clues as to the manuscript’s provenance, which is shrouded in mystery. &nbsp;And it is possible to make the case that the dry-point addition reads ‘Henr[y? or ricus?] viii’.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Digitally annotated composite ARCHiOx recording of the dry-point addition to °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 287, f. 2v [detail]</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/2024-07/21NCN4%20%282024%29%20Hodgkinson%20on%20Doodles%20and%20Dry%20Point.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=982503" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">21NCN4 (2024) Hodgkinson on Doodles and Dry Point.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">959.48 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 29 Jul 2024 17:51:48 +0000 Christopher 3148 at /pleyyng-mays-age-oxford-new-college-ms-314 <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%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20MS%20314%2C%20f.%2082v%20%5Bdetail%5D.jpg.webp?itok=hTSIjIeO" width="655" height="435" alt="°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 314, f. 82v [detail]" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Pleyyng with May’s Age in Oxford, °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ MS 314 </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Lucy Fleming</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/88" hreflang="en">Library Manuscript</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/245" hreflang="en">MS 314</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/244" hreflang="en">Geoffrey Chaucer</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/519" hreflang="en">The Merchant’s Tale</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/520" hreflang="en">The Canterbury Tales</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>MS 314 (<em>c</em>. 1450–70) is something of an infamous manuscript among Chaucer scholars. At first glance, it seems like a fairly standard copy of the <em>Canterbury Tales</em>, Chaucer’s famous unfinished poem. Absent the illuminations and gilding of more celebrated manuscripts such as the Ellesmere, the simple rubrication of MS 314 might even strike readers as plain. However, it takes only a brief page-through to realise that this manuscript is hardly as tight-laced as its stiff binding would suggest.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 314, f. 82v [detail]</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/2023-12/20NCN4%20%282023%29%20Fleming%20on%20MS%20314.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=383274" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">20NCN4 (2023) Fleming on MS 314.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">374.29 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 28 Dec 2023 20:26:58 +0000 Christopher 2922 at /mappa-mundi-oxford-new-college-ms-274-and-aristotelian-theory-elements <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/Trinity%20College%20Library%2C%20Cambridge%2C%20MS%20R.9.23%2C%20f.%2060v.jpg.webp?itok=TGoyn4Mv" width="655" height="435" alt="Trinity College Library, Cambridge, MS R.9.23, f. 60v [detail]" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> The Mappa Mundi in Oxford, °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ, MS 274 and the Aristotelian Theory of Elements </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Alfred Hiatt</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/88" hreflang="en">Library Manuscript</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/52" hreflang="en">Library Manuscripts</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/510" hreflang="en">MS 274</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/511" hreflang="en">Pliny the Elder</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/512" hreflang="en">Mappa Mundi</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/412" hreflang="en">Maps</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/513" hreflang="en">Macrobius</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/514" hreflang="en">14thC history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/515" hreflang="en">Richard de Bury</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/516" hreflang="en">Aristotle</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>One of several intriguing features of MS 274 is the map of the world that appears prior to the manuscript’s copy of the first nineteen books of Pliny the Elder’s <em>Natural History</em>. It was clearly designed to express the Aristotelian theory that only the known world, comprising Asia, Europe, and Africa, protruded above the ocean, in opposition to theories that proposed the possibility of antipodal lands beyond and beneath the known world.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>World map in a 12th-century English manuscript of Macrobius’s <em>Commentary on the Dream of Scipio</em><br>Trinity College Library, Cambridge, MS R.9.23, f. 60v [detail]<br>© The Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>Trinity College Library, Cambridge</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/2023-12/20NCN2%20%282023%29%20Hiatt%20on%20MS%20274.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=374397" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">20NCN2 (2023) Hiatt on MS 274.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">365.62 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 28 Dec 2023 19:11:38 +0000 Christopher 2920 at /tale-two-iliads-oxford-new-college-298-and-trinity-college-dublin-922 <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/Trinity%20College%20Library%20Dublin%2C%20MS%20922%2C%20f.%2031v%20%5Bdetail%5D.jpg.webp?itok=8fP8Awaj" width="655" height="435" alt="Trinity College Library Dublin, MS 922, f. 31v [detail]" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> A Tale of Two Iliads: Oxford °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ 298 and Trinity College Dublin 922 </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Mateu Portells Watson</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/52" hreflang="en">Library Manuscripts</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/88" hreflang="en">Library Manuscript</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/349" hreflang="en">MS 298</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/364" hreflang="en">Homer</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/509" hreflang="en">Trinity College Library, Dublin</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/365" hreflang="en">John Tzetzes</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>Of all the ancient texts that have shaped history, the <em>Iliad</em> is among the most widely read, copied, and studied. Whilst the broad impact of the <em>Iliad</em> across macroscopic physical and temporal spaces is well-documented, the propagation of the texts themselves may offer cultural and historical insights on a more microscopic scale, where individual scholars can be found leaving their mark on history and our understanding of Homeric work. This is a tale of two <em>Iliads</em>, Trinity College Dublin MS 922 and Oxford °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ MS 298.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Trinity College Library, Dublin, MS 922, f. 31v [detail]<br>© The Board of Trinity College Dublin</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>Trinity College Library, Dublin</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/2023-12/20NCN1%20%282023%29%20Portells%20Watson%20on%20A%20Tale%20of%20Two%20Iliads.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=475927" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">20NCN1 (2023) Portells Watson on A Tale of Two Iliads.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">464.77 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 28 Dec 2023 18:42:21 +0000 Christopher 2919 at /node/2341 <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/2021-12/New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20MS%20143%2C%20f.%203r_0.jpg.webp?itok=6Oe_f-WG" width="655" height="435" alt="°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 143, f. 3r" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Information Structures in °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ MS 143 Codex of Philo of Alexandria </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Sean A. Adams</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">(2021): 16</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/88" hreflang="en">Library Manuscript</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/267" hreflang="en">MS 143</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/266" hreflang="en">Philo of Alexandria</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>Among the many manuscripts held at Oxford is a large Greek codex containing works composed by Philo of Alexandria (<em>c</em>. 20 BC–<em>c</em>. 50 AD). One of the most interesting aspects of °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ MS 143 is that it is a combination of two groups of Philo treatises that come from different manuscript families. Although the compilation of what came to be MS 143 is not known, it appears that this book is a secondary binding of two already-completed codices.&nbsp;</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 143, f. 3r</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/2021-12/16NCN4%20%282021%29%20Adams%20on%20MS%20143.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1246213" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">16NCN4 (2021) Adams on MS 143.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">1.19 MB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Sun, 26 Dec 2021 20:53:03 +0000 Christopher 2341 at /node/2339 <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/2021-12/fig.%201_0.jpg.webp?itok=C4L_j13c" width="655" height="435" alt="°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 298, f. 110r [detail]" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ MS 298: A Story of the Manuscript </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Alberto Ravani</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">(2021): 16</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/88" hreflang="en">Library Manuscript</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/349" hreflang="en">MS 298</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/364" hreflang="en">Homer</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/365" hreflang="en">John Tzetzes</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>What is now kept in a protective blue box in °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, at shelfmark MS 298, is actually two manuscripts in one, plus later additions—one, written at the beginning of the 13th century which contained the <em>Iliad</em>, and another, written a century later with Homeric exegetical material. At some point in the 15th century, a group of—at least two—scribes decided to merge the manuscripts.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 298, f. 110r [detail]</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/2021-12/16NCN2%20%282021%29%20Ravani%20on%20MS%20298.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1015505" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">16NCN2 (2021) Ravani on MS 298.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">991.7 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Sun, 26 Dec 2021 20:47:16 +0000 Christopher 2339 at /node/2338 <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/2021-12/New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20MS%2098%2C%20f.%2059v%20%5Bdetail%5D_1.png.webp?itok=xUcHKM2z" width="655" height="435" alt="°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 98, f. 59v [detail]" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> ‘On love and friendship, either true or false’: Ordinatio of Text and of Meaning in Oxford, °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ, MS 98 </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Samira Lindstedt</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">(2021): 16</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/88" hreflang="en">Library Manuscript</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/255" hreflang="en">MS 98</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/363" hreflang="en">William de Montibus</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/366" hreflang="en">Lucius Annaeus Seneca</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/367" hreflang="en">Virgil</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>Dating to the first quarter of the 13th century, MS 98 contains the only complete version of the <em>Proverbia</em> of William de Montibus (d. 1213). What visual and interpretative effects did the <em>ordinatio</em> of this manuscript have on the envisioned reception and use of its texts?&nbsp;</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 98, f. 59v [detail]</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/2021-12/16NCN1%20%282021%29%20Lindstedt%20on%20MS%2098.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=283576" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">16NCN1 (2021) Lindstedt on MS 98.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">276.93 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Sun, 26 Dec 2021 20:40:16 +0000 Christopher 2338 at /book-price-world-new-college-ms-274 <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/2019-07/New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20MS%20274%2C%20f.%20iii%20verso.jpg.webp?itok=5ZapVT8c" width="655" height="435" alt="°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 274, f. iii verso" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> A Book with a Price in the World: °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ MS 274 </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Jenny Adams</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): 11</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/88" hreflang="en">Library Manuscript</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/510" hreflang="en">MS 274</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/2019-07/11NCN2%20%282019%29%20Adams%20on%20MS%20274.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=895747" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">11NCN2 (2019) Adams on MS 274.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">874.75 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Sun, 28 Jul 2019 21:14:46 +0000 Christopher 1880 at /node/1631 <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/2018-06/Newton%27s%202%20prisms%20diagram.jpg.webp?itok=oGS7-X5i" width="655" height="435" alt="Isaac Newton's sketch of his experiment with a camera obscura and two prisms, °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, MS361/2" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Seeing the Light: Being the story of Sir Isaac Newton’s prisms and papers and the means by which they came to °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Jason Morgan</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/88" hreflang="en">Library Manuscript</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/89" hreflang="en">MS361/2</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/90" hreflang="en">MS361/4</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Archives</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/91" hreflang="en">NCA2844</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/92" hreflang="en">Isaac Newton</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/93" hreflang="en">Jeffrey Ekins</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/94" hreflang="en">Newton bequest</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"><p><em>Isaac Newton<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Garamond&quot;,serif">’</span></span>s sketch of his experiment<br> with a camera obscura and two prisms</em></p> <h5>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, MS 361/2</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/2019-08/9NCN10%20%282018%29%20Morgan%20on%20Seeing%20the%20Light.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1144699" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">9NCN10 (2018) Morgan on Seeing the Light.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">1.09 MB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 12 Jun 2018 08:03:37 +0000 Sam 1631 at /node/795 <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/2021-11/MS%20348%2C%20f.%202v%2C%20New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford.JPG.webp?itok=Z2cui6VE" width="655" height="435" alt="°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 348, f. 2v [detail]" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Daniel Vivian’s Grand Tour, 1636–37 (°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ, MS 348) </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">William Poole</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">(2017): 08</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/88" hreflang="en">Library Manuscript</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/133" hreflang="en">MS348</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/134" hreflang="en">Daniel Vivian</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>In late 1636 a young °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ fellow named Daniel Vivian was given leave by the college to travel abroad for a year. This was an unusual but not unknown academic digression. We know in granular detail about this early version of the ‘Grand Tour’ because Vivian kept careful notes on every single place he visited, and then wrote these up as an extended, literary prose narrative of 350 quarto pages, preserved in his own calligraphic manuscript, complete with a sheaf of commendatory poems by his friends tipped into the front of his manuscript.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Daniel Vivian’s Grand Tour, 1636–37<br> °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 348, f. 2 v [detail]</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/2018-07/8NCN1%20%282017%29%20Poole%20on%20Vivian_0.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=229747" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">8NCN1 (2017) Poole on Vivian.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">224.36 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 01 Jun 2017 09:46:04 +0000 Anonymous 795 at