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#Miniature #books pt 5: Early printers would make miniature books as a practical challenge to showcase their skills. Apprentices also trained by creating mini books, based on the theory that it would improve their precision and care when printing full-sized volumes. #minibooks

#Miniature #books pt 5: Early printers would make miniature books as a practical challenge to showcase their skills. Apprentices also trained by creating mini books, based on the theory that it would improve their precision and care when printing full-sized volumes. #minibooks

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51,241 views • 2 years ago

TFW: it’s 1,800 years ago and your mum writes to your fella offering to pay for your camel-taxi so you can give birth with her by your side. This ancient artefact can currently be seen as part of our free exhibition, Treasured, from now until 26 October in the Weston Library.

TFW: it’s 1,800 years ago and your mum writes to your fella offering to pay for your camel-taxi so you can give birth with her by your side. This ancient artefact can currently be seen as part of our free exhibition, Treasured, from now until 26 October in the Weston Library.

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31,556 views • 1 year ago

Q) What’s better than a 14th Century medieval manuscript? A) What about a 14th Century medieval manuscript that’s concealing a 5TH CENTURY manuscript? Find out more at our exhibition, Treasured. Open now until February 1. Admission free.

Q) What’s better than a 14th Century medieval manuscript? A) What about a 14th Century medieval manuscript that’s concealing a 5TH CENTURY manuscript? Find out more at our exhibition, Treasured. Open now until February 1. Admission free.

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17,180 views • 10 months ago

Who do you turn to when you need advice – your therapist? A trusted friend? What about a literal demon 👹? Michelle Pfeffer decoded this 15 Century necromancer's Journal for us and it's fascinating stuff.

Who do you turn to when you need advice – your therapist? A trusted friend? What about a literal demon 👹? Michelle Pfeffer decoded this 15 Century necromancer's Journal for us and it's fascinating stuff.

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21,970 views • 1 year ago

Duke Humfrey's Library is our oldest Reading Room. Parts of it date back to the 15th century. You might recognise it from Harry Potter or A Discovery of Witches. And if you visit, you might just get the eerie feeling that you're being watched. Happy Halloween, booklovers.

Duke Humfrey's Library is our oldest Reading Room. Parts of it date back to the 15th century. You might recognise it from Harry Potter or A Discovery of Witches. And if you visit, you might just get the eerie feeling that you're being watched. Happy Halloween, booklovers.

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21,524 views • 2 years ago

Our new exhibition ‘Listen In’ opens to the public tomorrow (Friday Feb 7). Pop along to learn how the cutting edge technology that wireless represented changed lives in the early 20th Century. Free at Blackwell Hall in the Weston Library! #ListenIn #BodleianExhibitions

Our new exhibition ‘Listen In’ opens to the public tomorrow (Friday Feb 7). Pop along to learn how the cutting edge technology that wireless represented changed lives in the early 20th Century. Free at Blackwell Hall in the Weston Library! #ListenIn #BodleianExhibitions

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11,392 views • 1 year ago

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