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The Oxford Trollomicus is 85% funded, with just 11 days to go!
Cast your eyes over a Curious Guidebook for a Curious City...

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2018-10-23

Soul leaving the body, Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France c. 1450-1470 (Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 47v)

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2018-10-09

The Bods - the tiny little folk who look after the books in are getting ready to welcome a copy of The Oxford Trollomicus into The Bodleian.
https://t.co/BMkwUsMG4n

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2018-10-04

Maps from a 16th century copy of Idrīsī's seminal 12th-century geography of the known world, Kitāb Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq. The 70 maps from this copy, based on the text, can be viewed on Digital Bodleian: https://t.co/pZ6r2X0n2i.

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2018-10-01

The Oxford Trollomicus - A Guide Book to things that might possibly not exist (stop tittering at the back, this is important)

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2018-09-26

It's our Cover Star - Donnington (let's not dwell on the rude and unnecessary things the other Trolls are leaving in his pigeon hole).#oxford

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2018-09-16

Falling stars, Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France ca. 1450-1470 (Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 47r) https://t.co/fkyX7ZGFs1

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2018-08-10

Cats, 'The Ashmole Bestiary', England 1201-1225 (Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1511, fol. 35v) https://t.co/ZbqNbm7yZW

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2018-06-14

Souls leaving the bodies, Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France ca. 1450-1470 (Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 47v)

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2018-03-18

New to Digital.Bodleian: 'Tradescant's Orchard', a series of watercolours of garden fruits from the 1620s, with dates of ripening. Now you know when your 'yollow Nectrions' will be at their best: https://t.co/fOpgQ8jx57

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2017-12-18

We've added a tile for New & Featured items to the front page of Digital.Bodleian. Check it out! Recent additions include a medieval bestiary, 17th century garden fruits, and a Hebrew collection of Aristotle from : https://t.co/9VBcXOvtrS

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2017-12-15

Reports from Rosellini and Champollion's 1828/9 expedition to Egypt are available on Digital.Bodleian: https://t.co/6C3WXxMuB8

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2017-11-06

Unicorns, ‘The Tudor Pattern Book’, England ca. 1520 (Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1504, fol. 37v)

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2016-09-05

Bodleian's new Weston Library becomes top attraction in its 1st year https://t.co/mTTbdbScFB

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2016-03-30

If you are a Tolkien fan you will love this card from the Bodleian Library, this is 'Rivendell'

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2016-01-23

Cockatrice and Crocodile. Dragon with human head in mouth.Bodleian MS. Ashmole 1504, 'The Tudor Pattern Book', 12th c

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2014-10-11