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.
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Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic library
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historic building → legal deposit library → research library → |
| affiliation |
University of Oxford
NERFINISHED
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| architectureStyle |
English Gothic
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| collectionSize |
over 13 million printed items
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| collectionType |
archives
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books → incunabula → manuscripts → maps → music → rare books → |
| country |
United Kingdom
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| foundedBy |
Thomas Bodley
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| hasAlternativeName |
Bodley
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The Bod → |
| hasCatalogue |
SOLO (Search Oxford Libraries Online)
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| hasCollectionStrength |
British history
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classical studies → early printed books → medieval manuscripts → theology → |
| hasOnlineResource |
Bodleian Libraries website
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| hasPart |
Clarendon Building
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Divinity School → Duke Humfrey’s Library → Old Schools Quadrangle → Radcliffe Camera → Weston Library → |
| heritageDesignation |
Grade I listed building
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| inception |
1602
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| legalDepositStatus |
one of six legal deposit libraries in the United Kingdom and Ireland
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| locatedIn |
England
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Oxford → |
| locatedOnStreet |
Broad Street, Oxford
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| motto |
“Quarta perennis” (attributed motto in some contexts)
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| namedAfter |
Thomas Bodley
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| notableFor |
extensive special collections
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historic reading rooms → one of the largest libraries in Europe → one of the oldest libraries in Europe → |
| ownedBy |
University of Oxford
NERFINISHED
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| partOf |
University of Oxford
NERFINISHED
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| predecessor |
University of Oxford library founded in the 15th century
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| serves |
researchers
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students of the University of Oxford → the general public (for reference and exhibitions) → |
| significantEvent |
became a legal deposit library in 1610
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refounded and reopened in 1602 → |
| visitorPolicy |
non-circulating library
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Referenced by (11)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Clarendon Building, Oxford
("Bodleian Libraries")
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associatedWith |
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Oxfordshire
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contains |
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Codex Mendoza
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currentLocation |
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Bodleian Library
("Bodley")
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hasAlternativeName |
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Oxford
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hasLandmark |
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University of Oxford
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hasLibrary |
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Bodleian Library
("Bodleian Libraries website")
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hasOnlineResource |
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Gutenberg Bible copies
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haveNotableCopyLocation |
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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manuscriptsHeldAt |
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Clarendon Building, Oxford
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near |
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Sheldonian Theatre
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nearbyBuilding |