Library Exhibition 24 April – 22 June 2023 Introduction St John’s College Library has over 400 manuscripts, which are the focus of an ongoing digitization project begun in 2020. The aim of this project is to support global research by making catalogue records of our manuscripts accessible online in central databases (the metadata phase) andContinue reading “From Ink to Pixels: Digitizing Manuscripts at St John’s College”
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St John’s Printed Manuscript
by Petra Hofmann (College Librarian) Enchiridion preclare ecclesie Sarum St John’s College holds a remarkable 16th-century book of hours (Use of Salisbury) printed by Germain Hardouyn in Paris in 1530 with the title Enchiridion preclare ecclesie Sarum. The volume is full of decorative features (borders with floral motifs on gold, initials in various colours) andContinue reading “St John’s Printed Manuscript”
Medieval Manuscript Fragments
Sian Witherden, Resource Description Librarian ‘Poirot!’ I cried. ‘This is a fragment of a will!’ […] My brain was in a whirl. What was this complication of a will? Who had destroyed it? The person who had left the candle grease on the floor? Obviously. But how had anyone gained admission? All the doors hadContinue reading “Medieval Manuscript Fragments”
Literary Landscapers: horticulture in the special collections
November’s blog post featured Philip Miller’s Gardeners’ dictionary (1731), collecting names and offering advice for his fellow gardeners. This month the Special Collections blog further explores the theme of horticulture in early printed books.
On This Day – The Laudian Library Opens
25 August 1636: the Opening of the Laudian Library The Laudian Library, St John’s College, Oxford To mark the opening of the new Inner Library, now the Laudian Library, Archbishop Laud held a lavish celebration, attended by King Charles I and Queen Henrietta.