/ en /tale-two-books-naturall-and-morall-historie-east-and-west-indies-new-college-library <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/2023-12/New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20BT3.204.16%20%5Bdetail%5D.jpg.webp?itok=nYkYt-eq" width="655" height="435" alt="New College Library, Oxford, BT3.204.16, title page [detail]" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> A Tale of Two Books: The Naturall and Morall Historie of the East and West Indies at New College Library </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">William Shire</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): 20</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/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/521" hreflang="en">BT3.204.15</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/522" hreflang="en">BT3.204.16</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/523" hreflang="en">José de Acosta</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/85" hreflang="en">Library Benefactors' Book</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/73" hreflang="en">Arthur Lake</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>What is the history of two copies (BT3.204.15 and BT3.204.16) of the same text held at New College Library—an English translation of José de Acosta’s <em>The Naturall and Morall Historie of the East and West Indies</em>, first published in 1604? &nbsp;The readership, marginalia, binding, and provenance of these two copies are not only unique, but also provide insight into the history of Ï㽶ֱ²¥, that of its alumni, and the development of its extensive library over the centuries.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>New College Library, Oxford, BT3.204.16, title page [detail]</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/2023-12/20NCN5%20%282023%29%20Shire%20on%20East%20and%20West%20Indies.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1312912" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">20NCN5 (2023) Shire on East and West Indies.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">1.25 MB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 28 Dec 2023 23:11:03 +0000 Christopher 2923 at /node/2344 <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/2021-12/BT3.214.14.jpg.webp?itok=AhN873y1" width="655" height="435" alt="A volume of the Philosophical Transactions donated to the college library by the Oxford bookseller Richard Davis, BT3.214.14" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> William Musgrave (1655–1721): An Early Modern Ï㽶ֱ²¥ Natural Philosopher, Physician, and Antiquary </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">William Poole</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">(2021): 16</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/357" hreflang="en">William Musgrave</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/358" hreflang="en">BT3.214.14</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/359" hreflang="en">BT3.215.1</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/85" hreflang="en">Library Benefactors' Book</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/84" hreflang="en">Benefaction Book</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/61" hreflang="en">Ï㽶ֱ²¥ history</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>William Musgrave donated to the college library the <em>Philosophical Transactions</em> for 1683–87 in four volumes. The Oxford bookseller Richard Davis also presented the <em>Philosophical Transactions</em> for its inception in 1665 up to 1677. The two gifts were probably synchronised.&nbsp;</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>New College Library, Oxford, BT3.214.14</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/2021-12/16NCN7%20%282021%29%20Poole%20on%20Musgrave.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=680916" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">16NCN7 (2021) Poole on Musgrave.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">664.96 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Sun, 26 Dec 2021 21:05:10 +0000 Christopher 2344 at /node/2342 <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/2021-12/New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20BT3.187.1%282%29%E2%80%94the%20monstrous%20races.jpg.webp?itok=6HaRP7Bi" width="655" height="435" alt="New College Library, Oxford, BT3.187.1(2)—the monstrous races" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> A Changing World: Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographia from 1544—BT3.187.1(2) </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">William Shire</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">(2021): 16</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/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/352" hreflang="en">BT3.187.1(2)</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/353" hreflang="en">Sebastian Münster</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/273" hreflang="en">John Owen</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/85" hreflang="en">Library Benefactors' Book</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/354" hreflang="en">BT3.187.1(1)</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/355" hreflang="en">Albert Krantz</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/84" hreflang="en">Benefaction Book</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>Sebastian Münster’s <em>Cosmographia</em> (1544) may be an attempt to describe all knowledge, but this knowledge becomes less and less exact the further one travels from Münster’s German homelands. As the descriptions focus on the faraway lands of Asia and Africa, monstrous races appear.&nbsp;</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>New College Library, Oxford, BT3.187.1(2)</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/2021-12/16NCN5%20%282021%29%20Shire%20on%20Cosmographia.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1816093" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">16NCN5 (2021) Shire on Cosmographia.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">1.73 MB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Sun, 26 Dec 2021 20:55:33 +0000 Christopher 2342 at /node/2218 <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/2021-07/Principia.jpg.webp?itok=eiyPotzg" width="655" height="435" alt="Isaac Newton’s Principia Mathematica (London, 1687), New College Library, Oxford, BT1.128.26" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Bonfoy Trimnell (d. 1691): Birthday Poet, and Donor of Newton’s Principia </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">William Poole</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">(2021): 15</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/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/85" hreflang="en">Library Benefactors' Book</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/316" hreflang="en">Bonfoy Trimnell </a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/92" hreflang="en">Isaac Newton</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/317" hreflang="en">BT1.128.26</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/318" hreflang="en">BT3.191.12</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>Ï㽶ֱ²¥â€™s copy of the first edition of Isaac Newton’s <em>Principia Mathematica</em> (London, 1687) was donated to the college library shortly after its publication by the otherwise obscure Bonfoy Trimnell (BA 1686, MA 1690).&nbsp; Who was Bonfoy Trimnell and why is so very little known about him?&nbsp;&nbsp;</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>New College Library, Oxford, BT1.128.26</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/2021-07/15NCN8%20%282021%29%20Poole%20on%20Trimnell.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=443835" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">15NCN8 (2021) Poole on Trimnell.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">433.43 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 19 Jul 2021 11:40:36 +0000 Christopher 2218 at /node/2144 <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/2020-12/New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%20-%20BT3.55.12.png.webp?itok=EJ-TRZ-s" width="655" height="435" alt="New College Library, Oxford, BT3.55.12" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Edward Bernard (1638–1697) and Ï㽶ֱ²¥ </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">William Poole</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">(2020): 14</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/289" hreflang="en">Edward Bernard</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/231" hreflang="en">Savilian professorships</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/85" hreflang="en">Library Benefactors' Book</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> <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/2020-12/14NCN3%20%282020%29%20Poole%20on%20Edward%20Bernard.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=656725" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">14NCN3 (2020) Poole on Edward Bernard.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">641.33 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 31 Dec 2020 01:19:19 +0000 Christopher 2144 at /node/1883 <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/default_images/Fellows%20placeholder_0.jpg.webp?itok=Ldi7pvRW" width="655" height="435" alt class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> New College Library Benefactors’ Book 1611-1615 </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Anna-Lujz Gilbert</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">(2019): 11</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/85" hreflang="en">Library Benefactors' Book</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> <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/2019-07/11NCN5%20%282019%29%20Gilbert%20on%20Library%20Benefactors%27%20Book_0.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=512288" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">11NCN5 (2019) Gilbert on Library Benefactors' Book_0.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">500.28 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Sun, 28 Jul 2019 21:27:50 +0000 Christopher 1883 at /node/1647 <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/default_images/Fellows%20placeholder_0.jpg.webp?itok=Ldi7pvRW" width="655" height="435" alt class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> New College Library Benefactors’ Book 1601-1610: An Edition </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">William Poole</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">(2018): 09</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/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/84" hreflang="en">Benefaction Book</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/85" hreflang="en">Library Benefactors' Book</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/72" hreflang="en">17thC history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/86" hreflang="en">Library history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/87" hreflang="en">NCA3582</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> <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/2018-12/9NCN6%20%282018%29%20Poole%20on%20New%20College%20Library%20Benefactors.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=477743" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">9NCN6 (2018) Poole on New College Library Benefactors.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">466.55 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 12 Jun 2018 14:54:09 +0000 Christopher 1647 at /node/779 <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/default_images/Fellows%20placeholder_0.jpg.webp?itok=Ldi7pvRW" width="655" height="435" alt class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Thomas Tanner (1630-1682): A Cosmopolitan Fellow of the Interregnum and his Donations to the Library </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">William Poole</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">(2015): 06</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/111" hreflang="en">Thomas Tanner</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/84" hreflang="en">Benefaction Book</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/85" hreflang="en">Library Benefactors' Book</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> <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/2018-10/6NCN7%20%282015%29%20Poole%20on%20Tanner.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=339282" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">6NCN7 (2015) Poole on Tanner.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">331.33 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 19 May 2015 14:31:39 +0000 Anonymous 779 at