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A photo looking out of the window of the Duke Humphrey's Library, part of of the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The glass could maybe do with a bit of a clean but then the photo wouldn't be half as interesting.....

This is normally available only on guided tours and even then you're not allowed to take photos. Luckily I secured a place on the first ever Photographers tour during which we were encouraged to take as many photos as we possibly could...... as well as the libraries themselves there were also opportunities to photograph views of Oxford and the University which are normally only reserved for Bodleian readers.

Click here to see more photos of Oxford University : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157629194588410

From Wikipedia, "Duke Humfrey's Library is the oldest reading room in the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford. It is named after Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester, who donated 281 books after his death in 1447. Sections of the libraries were restored and expanded in the 16th and 17th centuries, including the addition of a second storey, an east wing and a west wing. The library currently functions as a reading room.

Humphrey of Lancaster, a younger son of Henry IV of England, was a connoisseur of literature and commissioned translations of classical works from Greek into Latin. When he died in 1447, he donated his collection of 281 books to the University. This was considered a very generous donation, as the university at the time only had 20 books and all classes were taught via oral lectures; prior to Gutenberg's circa 1450 invention of the movable type press, books were hand-copied and were only for the very wealthy."

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