Library Exhibition 17 April – 20 September 2026 Curated by Petra Hofmann (Special Collections Librarian) Contents Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales (1483) Jane Austen, Letters (1814) Manuscript Addition to Book of Common Prayer (1625) William Laud, History of my Troubles (1641-1645) Johannes Kepler, Astronomia nova (1609) Second Folio of William Shakespeare’s Plays (1632) Brittany GospelsContinue reading “Treasures of St John’s College Library”
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Archbishop William Laud’s Qur’ān
by Petra Hofmann (College Librarian) MS 107 is one of St John’s five Qur’ān manuscripts. MS 107 is of North African provenance, probably from Morocco, dating from the late 16th or early 17th century. This is based on the decorations which suggest a production during the Sa’did dynasty (1511-1659) in Morocco. Wikipedia describes the Sa’did familyContinue reading “Archbishop William Laud’s Qur’ān”