The Divinity School and Duke Humfrey's Library at Oxford - Couverture souple

Gillam, Stanley

 
9780199515585: The Divinity School and Duke Humfrey's Library at Oxford
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0199515581 ISBN 13 : 9780199515585
Editeur : Clarendon Press, 1988

Synopsis

This book is written to commemorate and celebrate the 500th anniversary of the opening of the Duke Humfrey's Library at Oxford University. The author discusses the history and construction of the Library which was started in the early 1420s to house several donations of books given to the University by Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester. It was not finished until 1488. He outlines the problems posed by the lack of adequate finances and by the elaborations of ambitious master masons. Gillam also discusses the subsequent refurnishment and redecoration by Sir Thomas Bodley in the last years of the 16th century.

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Éditeur
Clarendon Press
Date d'édition
1988
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0199515581
ISBN 13 
9780199515585
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
112
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781851240531: The Divinity School & Duke Humfrey's Library at Oxford

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ISBN 10 :  1851240535 ISBN 13 :  9781851240531
Editeur : Bodleian Library, 1988
Couverture souple