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Amid species and habitat decline, the Ashmole Bestiary c.1210 remains profoundly relevant, underscoring our duty to study and protect the natural world.
Insights courtesy of Dr Andrew Dunning.
Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1511
Insights courtesy of Dr Andrew Dunning.
Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1511
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Amid species and habitat decline, the Ashmole Bestiary c.1210 remains profoundly relevant, underscoring our duty to study and protect the natural world.
Insights courtesy of Dr Andrew Dunning.
Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1511
Insights courtesy of Dr Andrew Dunning.
Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1511
Our medieval curator Alison Ray introduces Rawlinson Bodleian Library MS. Rawl. D. 252...a 15th Century necromancer's journal.
This manuscript contains spells written in Latin and Middle English, and would have served as a reference for a professional sorcerer.
#MedievalMonday
This manuscript contains spells written in Latin and Middle English, and would have served as a reference for a professional sorcerer.
#MedievalMonday
September 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Our medieval curator Alison Ray introduces Rawlinson Bodleian Library MS. Rawl. D. 252...a 15th Century necromancer's journal.
This manuscript contains spells written in Latin and Middle English, and would have served as a reference for a professional sorcerer.
#MedievalMonday
This manuscript contains spells written in Latin and Middle English, and would have served as a reference for a professional sorcerer.
#MedievalMonday
The Radcliffe Camera: beautiful since 1737.
With thanks to student Shabnam Taghiyeva for the video.
With thanks to student Shabnam Taghiyeva for the video.
September 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The Radcliffe Camera: beautiful since 1737.
With thanks to student Shabnam Taghiyeva for the video.
With thanks to student Shabnam Taghiyeva for the video.
Professor #MaryBeard helped celebrate 100 years of the Friends of the Bodleian in iconic style by delivering their much anticipated Annual Lecture, on the theme 'Risky encounters: the library in fact and fiction'.
Watch the full talk on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VAz....
Watch the full talk on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VAz....
July 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Professor #MaryBeard helped celebrate 100 years of the Friends of the Bodleian in iconic style by delivering their much anticipated Annual Lecture, on the theme 'Risky encounters: the library in fact and fiction'.
Watch the full talk on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VAz....
Watch the full talk on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VAz....