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Hope you enjoyed the superstar blogs we shared this morning?
Here are more intriguing posts from over the years: From Tolkien's study habits, to Hans Christian Andersen's reflections on slavery, to manuscripts hidden in dresses.
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#BodUnlocked
Here are more intriguing posts from over the years: From Tolkien's study habits, to Hans Christian Andersen's reflections on slavery, to manuscripts hidden in dresses.
Read on...
#BodUnlocked
1. Ever wanted to learn a little more about the Bodleian’s history as a legal deposit library and the impact its status still has today? Here’s the place to find out. http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtrainees/2015/02/13/legal-deposit
2. This is a story of a very rare object.
But what’s really interesting is what is missing from it.
These ‘select’ parts of the Bible omit ‘the first 18 books of Exodus, in which the Israelites escape slavery in Egypt.’ http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/the-slave-bible-of-1807
But what’s really interesting is what is missing from it.
These ‘select’ parts of the Bible omit ‘the first 18 books of Exodus, in which the Israelites escape slavery in Egypt.’ http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/the-slave-bible-of-1807
3. On a related subject, this post from the @thelawbod looks at 'The Law of the Territories' (1859).
A note written in the inside of a book gives an insight on the attitudes towards slavery at the time. http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lawbod/2020/11/09/an-artefact-of-the-age-of-slavery/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lawbod%2Fblog+%28Law+Bod+Blog%29
A note written in the inside of a book gives an insight on the attitudes towards slavery at the time. http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lawbod/2020/11/09/an-artefact-of-the-age-of-slavery/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lawbod%2Fblog+%28Law+Bod+Blog%29
4. The Peyton Harding collection includes a letter from Queen Victoria, travel diaries of Hans Christian Andersen, memorabilia from Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind, and more. http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/taylorian/2017/05/12/royals-writers-and-musicians-highlights-of-the-peyton-harding-collection/
5. A chance encounter with a book of fairytales requested from the Book Storage Facility sets one former trainee on the trail of a certain J. R. R. Tolkien’s study habits... http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtrainees/2017/12/21/a-piece-of-bodleian-history-clues-from-the-stacks/
6. Here's a funny little map: William Hole’s map of the archery marks in Finsbury Fields.
Some of the archery targets are named after physical features - such as 'Sonday Hill' and 'Stone in ye plaine', or people. http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/2018/02/20/a-funny-little-map
Some of the archery targets are named after physical features - such as 'Sonday Hill' and 'Stone in ye plaine', or people. http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/2018/02/20/a-funny-little-map
Two bonus blogs:
A post about sharing manuscripts online, and the impact on education: http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/six-medieval-manuscripts-two-laptops-a-curator-and-a-document-camera/
Manuscripts found in the hems of dresses: http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/texts-and-textiles-finding-manuscripts-in-unusual-places/
A post about sharing manuscripts online, and the impact on education: http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/six-medieval-manuscripts-two-laptops-a-curator-and-a-document-camera/
Manuscripts found in the hems of dresses: http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/texts-and-textiles-finding-manuscripts-in-unusual-places/
