Designing English: Graphics on the Medieval Page at the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries considers how early English manuscripts approached graphic design.
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Digitized Photos by Julia Margaret Cameron, 19th-Century Pioneer of the Soft Focus
Bodleian Libraries digitized over 100 photographs by 19th-century photographer Julia Margaret Cameron, who brought a dreamy softness to her images.
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Earliest Known Zero Symbol Identified in Ancient Indian Manuscript
Carbon dating reveals the earliest known symbol for zero is in a 3rd or 4th century Indian manuscript at the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries.
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An Online Catalogue for All 25,000 of William Henry Fox Talbot’s Photographs
The Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford launched the first complete, digital catalogue for 19th-century photography pioneer William Henry Fox Talbot.
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Researchers Prove Rare Mixtec Codex Is a Palimpsest
Less than 20 known precolonial codices from the area of modern-day Mexico exist, and researchers have recently uncovered hidden imagery beneath the pages of one.
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Playing at Women’s Liberation, World War I, and Colonialism in Vintage Board Games
In the 1917 board game “Suffragetto,” two players compete as either police or suffragettes to defend their political bases.
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The Freaks and Fascinations of 18th-Century Entertainment
Last week, the Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford launched an online portal to over 115,000 open-license images from their collections.
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Oxford’s Bodleian Library Celebrates the Father of Modern Publishing and Italics
This year marks five centuries since the death of Aldus Manutius, an Italian humanist who forever changed the direction of publishing, and got in one of its first copyright squabbles.
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A Historic Manuscript on Aztec Life Is “Virtually Repatriated”
One of the major textual resources on pre-Columbian Mexico is now online in a digital platform launched this month.
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Vatican and Oxford Launch Ambitious Digital Archive of Ancient Texts
The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford and the Vatican Library have some of the richest collections of ancient biblical texts, but most of them are inaccessible to the general public. Now, through a collaborative project, 1.5 million manuscript pages are being digitized for public access online.
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A Trove of Portraiture Once Hidden Away in Oxford’s Library Goes Online
The Bodleian Library acts as something of the University of Oxford’s cerebral hub with over 11 million items, but what has been an inaccessible secret is its large holding of art. Now 300 of its paintings are now viewable on Your Paintings hosted by the BBC.