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  1. Oubliée pendant des années, cette traduction a été retrouvée par le chercheur Andoni Cossio au milieu de documents conservés par la #BodleianLibrary. Une note de #ChristopherTolkien indique que la traduction avait été découverte une première fois en 1983 par Alan Bliss (par ailleurs éditeur de la traduction de #Tolkien de Finn and Hengest).

    Plus d'informations : forum.tolkiendil.com/thread-11
    Le tapuscrit complet de Tolkien : doi.org/10.1093/res/hgag038

  2. John le Carré’s tradecraft: A writer who was once a spy.

    The Bodleian Library in Oxford brings together manuscripts, photos and notes by the author that demonstrate his meticulousness and research

    mediafaro.org/article/20251018

    #JohnLeCarre #BodleianLibrary #Books #Literature #Espionage #Writing #Oxford #UK

  3. “No, no, you’ve brought the wrong colour shield. We’re the away team today.” - 14th century, Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264, f. 150r @MedMilMedicine #Medieval #BodleianLibrary #humour #humor

  4. Finding another pair of his pants drying by the bed was the last straw for Alice - 14th century, Bodleian Library, MS. Barlow 22, f. 12v

    @MedMilMedicine #BodleianLibrary #medieval #humour #humor

  5. More fun than a barrow of monkeys - 14th century, Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264, f. 98v

    @medmilmedicine.bsky.social #BodleianLibrary #monkeys

  6. Chaucer Here and Now has now opened at the Bodleian Libraries. The new exhibition explores the lasting influence of Geoffrey Chaucer, author of The Canterbury Tales, and charts how this unconventional medieval poet came to be known as the ‘Father of English Literature.’ medievalists.net/2023/12/chauc #Chaucer #CanterburyTales #BodleianLibrary #Oxford

  7. Happy birthday to the
    @bodleianlibs who opened their doors on this day in 1602! ⁠

    This painting depicts the Divinity School, the ground floor hall below Duke Humfrey's Library, right at the heart of the Bodleian #BodleianLibrary #libraries

  8. The Irish in early photography - Maria Edgeworth (1841) and Tom Moore (1844) @ #BodleianLibrary

  9. New imaging tool confirms female scribe etched her name in medieval manuscript - Enlarge / Bodleian MS. Selden Supra 30 open at pp. 18-19. (credit: John... - arstechnica.com/?p=1915258 #photometricstereorecording #forensicarchaeology #bodleianlibrary #medievalhistory #gaming&culture #archioxproject #3dimaging #science #history #physics #optics

  10. Free online event with the Director of the Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford, and Head of Gardens Libraries and Museums at the University, Richard Ovenden.

    "Richard Ovenden looks at the central role that libraries and archives play in ensuring knowledge and history are preserved; how political, religious, and cultural motivations can drive censorship, book banning and other threats to our open and civil society, and how the work of libraries and archives are pillars for open society and in support of democracy."

    #libraries #librarianship #censorship #OpenSociety #archives #BodleianLibrary #UniversityofOxford #Oxford

    eventbrite.ca/e/richard-ovende