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035 $a(OCoLC)on1198599408
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050 4 $aZ792.M46$bW35 2020
082 04 $a027.742574$223
100 1 $aWalworth, Julia Caroline,$eauthor.
245 10 $aMerton College Library :$ban illustrated history /$cJulia C. Walworth.
264 1 $aOxford :$bBodleian Library ;$bin association with Merton College,$c2020.
264 4 $c©2020
300 $a144 pages :$bcolor illustrations ;$c22 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
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337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
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490 0 $aMerton College guides, past, present, and future
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 8 $aThe Merton library is rightly known for its antiquity, its beautiful medieval and early modern architecture and fittings and for its remarkable and important collection of manuscripts and rare books, yet a nineteenth-century plan to tear the medieval library down and replace it was only narrowly frustrated. This brief history of Europe's oldest academic library traces its origins in the thirteenth century, when a new type of community of scholars was first being set up, through to the present day and its multiple functions as a working college library, a unique resource for researchers and a delight for curious visitors. Drawing on the remarkable wealth of documentation in the college's archives, this is the first history of the library to explore collections, buildings, readers and staff across more than 700 years. The story is told in part through stunning colour images that depict not only exceptional treasures but also the library furnishings and decorations, and which show manuscripts, books, bindings and artefacts of different periods in their changing contexts.
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650 0 $aAcademic libraries$xCollection development$zEngland$zOxford$xHistory.
650 0 $aAcademic librarians$zEngland$zOxford$xHistory.
650 0 $aLibrary architecture$zEngland$zOxford$xHistory.
650 0 $aLibrary users$zEngland$zOxford$xHistory.
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