Bodleian Library

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The Bodleian Library is the historic main research library of the University of Oxford and one of the oldest and largest libraries in Europe.


Statements (52)
Predicate Object
instanceOf academic library
historic building
legal deposit library
research library
affiliation University of Oxford NERFINISHED
architectureStyle English Gothic
collectionSize over 13 million printed items
collectionType archives
books
incunabula
manuscripts
maps
music
rare books
country United Kingdom
foundedBy Thomas Bodley
hasAlternativeName Bodley
The Bod
hasCatalogue SOLO (Search Oxford Libraries Online)
hasCollectionStrength British history
classical studies
early printed books
medieval manuscripts
theology
hasOnlineResource Bodleian Libraries website
hasPart Clarendon Building
Divinity School
Duke Humfrey’s Library
Old Schools Quadrangle
Radcliffe Camera
Weston Library
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building
inception 1602
legalDepositStatus one of six legal deposit libraries in the United Kingdom and Ireland
locatedIn England
Oxford
locatedOnStreet Broad Street, Oxford
motto “Quarta perennis” (attributed motto in some contexts)
namedAfter Thomas Bodley
notableFor extensive special collections
historic reading rooms
one of the largest libraries in Europe
one of the oldest libraries in Europe
ownedBy University of Oxford NERFINISHED
partOf University of Oxford NERFINISHED
predecessor University of Oxford library founded in the 15th century
serves researchers
students of the University of Oxford
the general public (for reference and exhibitions)
significantEvent became a legal deposit library in 1610
refounded and reopened in 1602
visitorPolicy non-circulating library


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