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The Fox and the Bees: The Early Library of Corpus Christi College Oxford - The Lowe Lectures 2017 (Hardcover)
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The Fox and the Bees: The Early Library of Corpus Christi College Oxford - The Lowe Lectures 2017 (Hardcover)
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The first book-length study of the famous pre-1600 library at
Corpus Christi College, one of the few college libraries to survive
in its original form and with many of its original books in
contemporary bindings. The library of Corpus Christi College is one
of the most famous of all of those in Oxford and Cambridge. It is
one of the few pre-1600 libraries to survive in something like its
original form, and the only one still in use as a library. Its main
space is still the original room built in 1517, and its furniture,
if not original, is still early, most of it dating from 1604. A
high proportion of its earliest book-stock, whether print or
manuscript, still survives, and there is a wealth of documentation
that makes it possible to chart the process of acquisition,
especially the major donations of the Founder, Bishop Fox, and
first President, John Claymond. And yet there is no modern,
book-length study of the College Library. The present volume is
intended to provide a scholarly but attractive and readable account
of the Library from its conception in the mind of Richard Fox, to
the appearance of its earliest surviving catalogue in 1589. It is
extensively illustrated, highlighting the rarely-seen original
bindings of the early books.
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