FW: [lord of the rings 87] LotR manuscripts in the Bodleian Library,
FW: [lord of the rings 87] LotR manuscripts in the Bodleian Library,
2008-03-08 20:38:06
Hi, All!
This is forwarded with permission. I think it should be of interest to the
history buffs/bibliophiles on this list. I envy those of you who can manage
a trip to the Bodleian in the near future to view the new displays!
Johanne
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Subject: [lord_of_the_rings_87] LotR manuscripts in the Bodleian Library,
Oxford
£5m donation to university library
(The Press Association)
12 hours ago
A rare collection of books and artefacts will be open to the public
for the first time after a £5million donation was made to the famous
Bodleian Library at Oxford University.
Original manuscripts from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein will be among a number of national
treasures put on display in a new exhibition hall.
The donation by Julian Blackwell, president of the Blackwell's
academic bookshop chain, is the largest yet made to a university
library in the UK.
The redevelopment, called the New Bodleian Library, will enable
priceless 400-year-old collections, which have previously only been
accessible to a limited number of specialist scholars, to be put on
permanent public display.
They include rare books, maps, manuscripts and artefacts from around
the world that have been accumulated by the University since its
foundation nearly 800 years ago.
Amongst the new exhibits will be the earliest complete book written in
the English language, Gregory the Great's Pastoral Care, one of only
eight Gutenberg Bibles, four of the original copies of the Magna Carta
written in the 13th Century and original hand-written texts of many
popular classics.
Artefacts include Sir Francis Drake's chair made from the beams of his
ship the Golden Hind and Shelley's pocket watch.
The new exhibition hall will be named the Blackwell Hall in
commemoration of the donation.
Julian Blackwell said: "The Bodleian is unique. It not only has the
largest and most important university collections in the world, but it
is leading the development of cutting-edge information services which
are so vital to academic research."
The donation will be officially announced during the Bodleian
Founder's Lunch, an annual event honouring the memory of the library's
founder, Sir Thomas Bodley, and his legacy of philanthropy.
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This is forwarded with permission. I think it should be of interest to the
history buffs/bibliophiles on this list. I envy those of you who can manage
a trip to the Bodleian in the near future to view the new displays!
Johanne
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Johanne L. Tournier
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Email – HYPERLINK
"mailto:jltournier@..."jltournier@...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
_____
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stefan
Hammelstein
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 1:35 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [lord_of_the_rings_87] LotR manuscripts in the Bodleian Library,
Oxford
£5m donation to university library
(The Press Association)
12 hours ago
A rare collection of books and artefacts will be open to the public
for the first time after a £5million donation was made to the famous
Bodleian Library at Oxford University.
Original manuscripts from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein will be among a number of national
treasures put on display in a new exhibition hall.
The donation by Julian Blackwell, president of the Blackwell's
academic bookshop chain, is the largest yet made to a university
library in the UK.
The redevelopment, called the New Bodleian Library, will enable
priceless 400-year-old collections, which have previously only been
accessible to a limited number of specialist scholars, to be put on
permanent public display.
They include rare books, maps, manuscripts and artefacts from around
the world that have been accumulated by the University since its
foundation nearly 800 years ago.
Amongst the new exhibits will be the earliest complete book written in
the English language, Gregory the Great's Pastoral Care, one of only
eight Gutenberg Bibles, four of the original copies of the Magna Carta
written in the 13th Century and original hand-written texts of many
popular classics.
Artefacts include Sir Francis Drake's chair made from the beams of his
ship the Golden Hind and Shelley's pocket watch.
The new exhibition hall will be named the Blackwell Hall in
commemoration of the donation.
Julian Blackwell said: "The Bodleian is unique. It not only has the
largest and most important university collections in the world, but it
is leading the development of cutting-edge information services which
are so vital to academic research."
The donation will be officially announced during the Bodleian
Founder's Lunch, an annual event honouring the memory of the library's
founder, Sir Thomas Bodley, and his legacy of philanthropy.
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