/ en /some-notes-new-college-hunters <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2023-07/Misericord%2C%20late%2014th%20century%20%28wood%29%20English%20School%2C%20New%20College%20Chapel%2C%20Oxford.jpg.webp?itok=TMEudi1f" width="655" height="435" alt="Misericord [detail], late 14th century (wood) English School, Ï㽶ֱ²¥ Chapel, Oxford" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Some Notes on Ï㽶ֱ²¥ Hunters </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Christopher Skelton-Foord</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2023): 19</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/421" hreflang="en">Hunting</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/457" hreflang="en">George Turbervile</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/458" hreflang="en">Philip Herbert, First Earl of Montgomery and Fourth Earl of Pembroke</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/459" hreflang="en">Peter Beckford</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/422" hreflang="en">Robert Lowth</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/460" hreflang="en">Robert Lowth, Jr.</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/461" hreflang="en">Richard Greville Verney, 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/462" hreflang="en">Cyril Hare</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/463" hreflang="en">Alfred Alexander Gordon Clark</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/464" hreflang="en">Raymond Carr</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>Hunting has been woven into the very fabric of our college since the earliest days. The most celebrated and widely read of hunting poems, <em>The Chase</em> (1735), was penned by our alumnus William Somervile. But what of other Ï㽶ֱ²¥ hunters whose writings have appeared in print?</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Misericord [detail], late 14th century (wood) English School, Ï㽶ֱ²¥ Chapel, Oxford</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>Ï㽶ֱ²¥, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2023-08/19NCN3%20%282023%29%20Skelton-Foord%20on%20Hunters.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1822301" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">19NCN3 (2023) Skelton-Foord on Hunters.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">1.74 MB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 31 Jul 2023 12:50:06 +0000 Christopher 2763 at /node/2598 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2022-12/New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20NB.66.33.jpg.webp?itok=z-8yxQE6" width="655" height="435" alt="New College Library, Oxford, NB.66.33" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Chasing Somervile, Ï㽶ֱ²¥â€™s Poet of the Hunt </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Christopher Skelton-Foord</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2022): 18</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/420" hreflang="en">William Somervile</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Archives</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/119" hreflang="en">Poetry</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/421" hreflang="en">Hunting</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>The two principal passions in the life of William Somervile (1675–1742) appear to have been hunting and poetry, which together combined in his most celebrated work, the four-volume hunting georgic poem <em>The Chace</em> (1735). Somervile was schooled in Stratford-upon-Avon, and thereafter Winchester College, before proceeding to Ï㽶ֱ²¥, where he later became a fellow. New College Library’s holdings of his works are extensive, varied, and remarkable.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>New College Library, Oxford, NB.66.33</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>New College Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2022-12/18NCN6%20%282022%29%20Skelton-Foord%20on%20Somervile.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=800585" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">18NCN6 (2022) Skelton-Foord on Somervile.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">781.82 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 29 Dec 2022 21:01:16 +0000 Christopher 2598 at