Bodleian Library Friends’ NEWSLETTER Summer 2015 – Winter 2015/16

12 MILLIONTH BOOK

n the evening of 10 November staff, OVIPs, students, scholars, and mem- bers of the public gathered in the Weston Library to learn the identity of the Bodleian Libraries’ 12 millionth printed book. It is Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things by a ‘Gentleman of the University of Oxford’, published in 1811. This gentleman was the acclaimed poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792– 1822), who wrote the poem in his first year at the University of Oxford. The poem was written as a response to Britain’s involvement in the Napoleonic war and, more specifically, in support of Irish journalist Peter Finnerty, who was accused of libel by the government and was imprisoned after criticising British military operations. This rediscovered piece shows a young Shelley engaging with the polit- ical and social issues that coloured much of his later work. The themes addressed by Shelley in his Poetical Essay – press freedom, dysfunctional political institutions, and the global impact of war – remain as relevant today as they were 200 years ago. Vanessa Redgrave CBE reading excerpts from Percy Bysshe Shelley’s The event was celebrated in the Weston Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things Library where Bodley’s Librarian, Richard Ovenden, revealed the identity of the book. pamphlet retains its original format with- Vanessa Redgrave CBE, a long-time friend out covers, still stitched at the side, and is of the Libraries, introduced the pamphlet generally in a good state. and read the preface to a packed audience in This Poetical Essay remains the only copy the Weston Library’s Blackwell Hall. English known in existence and was purchased by literature students from University College, the Bodleian Libraries with the support which was Shelley’s college, read the poem of a generous benefactor. The work was together with Nick Halmi, Professor of attributed to Shelley 50 years after his death, English and Comparative Literature at the and the copy acquired by the Bodleian was University of Oxford. Michael Rossington, only identified in 2006 – some 195 years Professor of Romantic Literature at after its publication – having been previ- Newcastle University, then explained more ously held in a private collection. It has only about the poem’s context. To celebrate this ever been read by a handful of people, but is special acquisition, Simon Armitage CBE, now available for all to read on a dedicated Oxford University’s Professor of Poetry, pro- website at http://poeticalessay.bodleian. vided his own response to Poetical Essay by ox.ac.uk/. The site includes a digitized ver- reading from his new translation of Book VI sion of the poem as well as a downloadable of Virgil’s epic poem, the Aeneid. transcription which has been encoded with The pamphlet is substantial in content but Extensible Markup Language (XML). small in format. The 10-page poem of 172 lines is accompanied by another 10 pages Richard Ovenden Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Poetical Essay on the of preface and notes by the author. The Bodley’s Librarian Existing State of Things, London, 1811 (Shelley adds. d. 14) ACQUISITIONS

A PSALTER FROM MEDINGEN, 15TH CENTURY

he Library has been successful – with Tgenerous support from the Friends of the Bodleian, the Art Fund, the Friends of the National Libraries, and private donors – in acquiring a 15th-century Latin manu- script Psalter from the convent of Medingen (now shelfmarked MS. Don. e. 248 ). This is a new addition to the corpus of surviving manuscripts from this reformed house of Cistercian nuns in Lower Saxony, joining the two examples (an Easter prayer book and a Manual for the Provost) already in the Bodleian. The individual nuns at Medingen appear to have been responsible for the production of their own liturgical manuscripts, from the choice of devotional texts to the pictures (which include marginal images inspired by particular words and phrases in the text), and also to physical and material features such as the silk veils which serve to protect the illuminations. This personal quality gives a Psalter from Medingen, Germany – with a separate ivory plaque, 15th century (MS. Don. e. 248) rare and fascinating insight into the lives of members of a late medieval female religious and the plaque had been separated, we have of Medieval German at Oxford, for her community. been exceptionally fortunate in managing inspiration and advice with this acquisi- The manuscript survives in a binding of to acquire them both. Further research may tion. Professor Lähnemann’s website on the blind-stamped brown leather over wooden allow us to ascertain whether the plaque was Medingen manuscripts is to be found at boards which may be original. Attached to inserted as an act of piety in the convent, or http://medingen.seh.ox.ac.uk/. the verso of the upper board was once a as an act of romantic antiquarianism by a bone or ivory plaque, also 15th-century but later collector. Dr Martin Kauffmann of separate origin, depicting Pontius Pilate The Library is particularly grateful to Head of Early and Rare Collections and washing his hands. Though the manuscript Henrike Lähnemann, the new Professor Tolkien Curator of Medieval Manuscripts

NINE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS OF MARIA EDGEWORTH, 1818–45

ine autograph letters of the novelist philosophers, and intellectuals, among Nand educationalist Maria Edgeworth whom was Richard Lovell Edgeworth. (1768-1849) to Jules Paul Benjamin Delessert After Richard’s death, Maria maintained the (1773-1847) or Madame François Delessert friendship, visiting the Delesserts when she (1796-1877), dated 1818-1845, were pur- was in France. In the present correspon- chased in May 2015 with the help of the dence Maria Edgeworth addresses herself Friends. The letters provide evidence of a to Benjamin Delessert or Julie Elisabeth remarkable friendship which began when Sophie Delessert, née Gautier, the wife of Maria Edgeworth met the Delessert fam- Benjamin’s brother François Marie Delessert ily in Paris in 1802 in the company of her (1780-1868). The letters join the major father Richard Lovell Edgeworth. Jules Paul archive given by Christina Colvin between Benjamin Delessert was a philanthropist, 1982 and 1987 comprising papers of Maria industrialist, and innovator. Among many Edgeworth and the Edgeworth family, from other enterprises, he developed the sugar the 17th to 19th century. beet refining process and founded the first French savings bank, the Caisse d’Epargne. Mike Webb In his youth he had met Adam Smith, David Curator of Early Modern Archives Hume and James Watt in England, and and Manuscripts knew many members of the Lunar Society, a circle of enlightened industrialists, natural Maria Edgeworth’s letter to Madame François Delessert, 28 May 1838 VERONICA FRANCO, LETTERE FAMILIARI A DIVERSI, VENICE, [1580]

eronica Franco was a prominent fig- us more about the publication of Franco’s Vure in 16th-century Venice, famed works: Venice has been attributed as the as a writer and courtesan. Her work was place of the printing, but close examination included in contemporary anthologies, and of watermarks, type, and woodcuts will assist volumes of her verse and letters – Terze in confirming the location and identifying rime and Lettere familiari – were published the printer. in 1575 and 1580 respectively. The recipients of her letters included Henry III of Valois Dr Francesca Galligan and Tintoretto, for whom she sat. Montaigne Rare Books & Printed Ephemera notes that he acquired a copy of the Lettere in Venice in 1580. The purchase of this rare first (and only early) edition of the Lettere was supported fully by the Friends. The book, a slim vol- ume bound in 19th-/early 20th-century decorated paper over boards, is the only copy recorded in the UK. Franco has been a subject of research for recent Oxford doc- toral students, and academic interest in her writing has grown considerably over the last century. We hope that the book itself will tell Veronica Franco’s Lettere familiari a diversi, Venice, [1580] (Vet. F1 e.366)

DONATIONS

DANDY ROLLS

atermarks, the design seen when Wa sheet of paper is held up to the light, are the most obvious way to differ- entiate between papers, often helping to date them. The Bodleian recently received a collection of dandy rolls that illustrate the process of watermarking in modern papers. Dandy rolls were developed in the 1820s so that paper could be watermarked on the newly introduced papermaking machines. Four large rollers from Sawston Mill in Cambridgeshire, a paper mill operated by Edward Towgood and Sons until its closure in 1974, have been donated to the Bodleian through its Friends by Colin Cohen. The rolls date from the early to mid-20th century and were each used to produce a specific watermarked paper. The rolls are wonderful examples and represent the two main types of papers (laid and wove), as well as having examples of line, shadow, individual, and security watermarks. The first roll was used to produce Andrew Honey examining the donated dandy rolls ‘Towgood’s Extra Fine’ laid foolscap ledger paper, the second for Phoenix Assurance mark in Arabic and was used to produce for teaching and join a small collection of Company insurance certificates, and the repeats of three large sheets. The watermark papermoulds in the Bodleian conservation .H. uku¯mat Wila¯yat Barqa), studio) ”حكومة والية برقة“ third has been recycled with its second or is possibly third watermark, now a repeating which refers to the short-lived Principality security watermark. The final roll can be of Cyrenaica, that proclaimed indepen- Andrew Honey dated more accurately. It has a shadow water- dence in 1949. The dandy rolls will be used Book Conservator, Research and Teaching EXHIBITIONS

REMEMBERING RADCLIFFE: 300 YEARS OF SCIENCE AND PHILANTHROPY, 28 NOVEMBER 2014 – 20 MARCH 2015

emembering Radcliffe celebrated the life Rand legacy of John Radcliffe, the leading physician of his day. Radcliffe was a student at University College, and on his death in 1714 he bequeathed the bulk of his fortune to his old university. The exhibition explored the history of the buildings in the city which bear his name: the Radcliffe Observatory, the Radcliffe Infirmary, John Radcliffe Hospital, the Radcliffe Science Library, and in partic- ular the Radcliffe Camera. Radcliffe stipulated that the residue of his estate be used for charitable purposes, and Remembering Radcliffe also looked at his ongoing legacy in the work of the Radcliffe Trust, which generously supported the exhibition. Radcliffe was a practical man. He owed his success, wrote Thomas Hearne, not to learning but to a ‘strange sagacity’. His leg- acy to Oxford, however, has not only given the city some of its finest buildings, but fur- thered three hundred years of medical and scientific research.

Stephen Hebron Curator The Oxford Almanack, 1716, with an engraving by Michael Burghers, depicting a design for the Radcliffe Library

MARKS OF GENIUS: MASTERPIECES FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE BODLEIAN LIBRARIES, 21 MARCH – 20 SEPTEMBER 2015

arks of Genius was the first exhi- degrees. It also explored the ways in which Mbition in the new gallery spaces of the works of genius found in the Bodleian the Weston Library. The items on display Libraries have been collected, acquired, and were selected from the millions of books consulted over 400 years, according to the and manuscripts in the Bodleian collections constantly changing ideas of what genius both for their remarkable intrinsic qualities is and how it should be represented in a and for what they tell us about genius – how library’s collections. it is expressed, what it can achieve, and why it is so admired. Stephen Hebron The first part of the exhibition considered Curator genius in relation to the magic of handwrit- ten manuscripts, and the ingenuity of the great printed books. It looked at the work of geniuses who, like Isaac Newton, stood ‘on the shoulders of giants’, and displayed some exceptional manuscripts that owe their existence to enlightened patronage. The second section of Marks of Genius considered how individuals of genius have been received by Oxford University, from Pliny the Elder, Natural History, Venice, 1476 undergraduates to distinguished profes- (Arch. G b.6, fol. 6r, detail) sors and celebrated recipients of honorary MAGNA CARTA 800, LECTURE AND DISPLAY

n 5 June 2015 Professor A. E. Dick franchises, and immunities’ they would OHoward of the University of Virginia have had in England. In the years leading gave the Friends of the Bodleian’s inaugural up to the Revolution, Americans invoked lecture in the Weston Library’s new Lec- Magna Carta in contesting British policies. ture Theatre. Professor Howard has close And Magna Carta found its place when ties with Oxford: he read PPE as a Rhodes Americans framed their first state constitu- Scholar, returns frequently for lectures, and tions and the founding federal documents, is an honorary member of High Table at especially the Bill of Rights. Christ Church. Professor Howard saw Magna Carta as Professor Howard, a widely respected having left an indelible mark on American authority on American and compara- constitutionalism down to the present day. tive constitutionalism, lectured on ‘Magna For Americans Magna Carta is an iconic Carta’s American Journey’. Marking the symbol of a dedication to the rule of law. The 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, the notion of Magna Carta as being superior lecture highlighted the Weston Library’s to ordinary law has helped shape the prin- exhibition, Magna Carta 800. The Bodleian ciple of constitutional supremacy embodied Library holds four of the surviving engross- in John Marshall’s famous 1803 Supreme ments of Magna Carta dating from before Court decision in Marbury v. Madison. 1300. Charters from 1217 and 1225 were A core thesis of federal and state consti- on display, a special treasure being the tutions in the United States is the guarantee ‘Gloucester Charter’ of 1217. of due process of law – a notion that can Magna Carta of 1217 from Gloucestershire In his lecture Professor Howard traced be traced back to Magna Carta’s assur- (MS. Ch. Gloucs. 8) the remarkable impact Magna Carta has ance of proceedings according to the ‘law had on constitutionalism in America. The of the land’. Noting how the uses of due Carta have yielded, in America, the idea of Great Charter’s assurances were implicit in process in America have evolved over the an organic, evolving Constitution – a ‘living the guarantee in the earliest colonial charters years, Professor Howard submitted that the Constitution’ to which each generation can that colonists would enjoy the ‘privileges, interpretations placed over time on Magna bring its own insights.

LIBRARY NEWS

OPENING OF THE WESTON LIBRARY

he public opening of the Weston TLibrary on 21 and 22 March was a run- away success, with over 11 thousand visitors enjoying sold-out tours, talks on our collec- tions, an opportunity to operate a printing press, and the Marks of Genius exhibition – as well as the new Bodleian Café, The Zvi Meitar Bodleian Shop, and the beautiful Blackwell Hall. The £80 million refurbishment of the Grade II listed building has put the Bodleian firmly in the public eye in Oxford and beyond while still providing the highest service to students and scholars. The strik- ing and aesthetically pleasing architectural vision extends even to the chairs, which were designed by BarberOberby and won the prestigious Icon Award. The architects of the Weston Library, WilkinsonEyre, were presented with the Sheldon Medal usually reserved for those who make a strategic dif- ference to the life of the University. If you have not seen the Weston yet do visit us, or even better, sign up for the The Marks of Genius exhibition was opened by Professor Stephen Hawking behind-the-scenes tour with the Friends – and Sir David Attenborough following the Founder’s Lunch in March 2015 please see the enclosed flyer for details.

Richard Ovenden Bodley’s Librarian NON-PRINT LEGAL DEPOSIT – A MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY s our readers will know, the Bodleian Library of Wales, Cambridge University The Bodleian Libraries can now provide ALibrary is a Legal Deposit Library, Library, and Trinity College Library, Dublin, their readers with access to more than a benefiting from a law which has existed have the right to receive a copy of every million electronic journal articles, over 41 in England since 1662 and which has UK electronic publication on the same thousand electronic books, and several thou- allowed the Bodleian to accumulate vast basis as they have previously received print sands of archived websites from our on-site and important collections over the last four publications such as books, magazines, and reading room facilities. Figures from the centuries. newspapers. British Library suggest that as a result of the On 6 April 2013 regulations came into The regulations will also ensure that Non-Print Legal Deposit, readers already force which enable the Bodleian Libraries – ephemeral materials can likewise be col- benefit from a 32% increase in receipt of along with five other copyright libraries – to lected, preserved, and made available to journals. collect, preserve, and provide long-term future generations of researchers, providing For more information about Non-Print access to the increasing proportion of the the fullest possible record of life and soci- Legal Deposit and the UK Legal Deposit nation’s cultural and intellectual output that ety in the UK in the 21st century. In 2015 Web Archive visit http://www.bodleian. appears in digital form, including blogs, the UK Legal Deposit Web Archive curated ox.ac.uk/finding-resources/legal-deposit. e-books, and the entire UK web domain. collections of websites relating to the UK From this point forward, the Bodleian General Elections, the 800th anniversary of Isabel Holowaty Libraries, along with the British Library, the Magna Carta, and the Centenary of the First History Subject Librarian National Library of Scotland, the National World War.

GOUGH MAP RESEARCH

015 was a busy year for the medieval 2Gough Map of Great Britain and those involved in researching the manuscript. Since 2012 a panel headed by Catherine Delano-Smith has been striving to pull together a framework for the map’s history, and in January the Bodleian had the good fortune to be able to bring three teams simultaneously into the Weston Library basement to conduct scientific tests on the map under the direction of David Howell and Nick Millea. 3-D scanning by Factum Arte of Madrid, hyperspectral imaging by The Gough Map [original 115 x 56 cm] (MS. Gough Gen. Top. 16) Headwall from Boston (Massachusetts), and Raman spectroscopy by Durham the scientific work undertaken in January. of the research into the Gough Map will be a University’s expert team were all employed The topics ranged from Richard Gough summary article in Imago Mundi, and it is the when it was removed from its protective case himself; the map’s cartographic ancestry group’s intention to create a web presence to and made available to the scientists as well as and ecclesiastical connections; its depiction further academic investigation of this most Catherine’s research panel. of coasts and rivers, sands and estuaries, and enigmatic of cartographic artefacts. By November there was sufficient data place names; the twin mysteries of its red and demand to deliver a one-day sym- lines and pinholes; and how future research Nick Millea posium attracting over 70 attendees to the into the map might develop. Map Librarian Weston Library. Twelve speakers discussed The most immediate expected outcome

FILMING OF IEYASU’S SHUINJO

n 11 September a crew of the NHK – It explored in some detail the conflicting close after only ten years. An article on the Othe Japan Broadcasting Corporation interests of the major European powers in Shuinjo, co-authored by Derek Massarella – came to the Bodleian Japanese Library to Japan at a time of intense diplomatic and and Izumi Tytler, ‘The Japonian Charters: film Shogun Ieyasu’s Shuinjo MS.( Jap. b. 2), a commercial competition. While England’s the English and Dutch Shuinjo’ was origi- vermillion-seal document which constitutes East India Company viewed Japan as a major nally published in Monumenta Nipponica and the first trade agreement between England opportunity for development, the Dutch, is now available to Bodleian readers in the and Japan (1613). Spanish, and Portuguese were already on the Oxford Research Archive. As a result of their visit, the Bodleian scene attempting to ingratiate themselves manuscript featured prominently in ‘Sekai with the Shogun and displace their rivals. Izumi Tytler e Go Part II: the Shogun and Anglo- In the end it was the Dutch who gained Bodleian Japanese Library Japanese Relations’, a programme broadcast the upper hand, at least in the short term, in October 2015 on NHK’s main channel. forcing the Company’s trading house to THE OXFAM ARCHIVE

he Oxfam archive cataloguing project aimed at minimising future deterioration. Tis nearing the end of its second phase Items such as rusting paper clips and plas- and January 2016 will see new and expanded tic folders from the 20th-century office catalogues published online. In these, environment, which damage and dis colour researchers will discover descriptions of the paper, are being replaced with archival- records of Oxfam’s appeals and fundraising quality alternatives. Ephemeral documents activities from its earliest days, including such as campaigns and appeals leaflets, often appeals mailings, press advertisements, fund- printed on low-quality paper, are at risk from raising materials such as collection boxes, handling by staff and researchers, and will be and reports relating to market research car- housed in protective envelopes. Photographs ried out by or for Oxfam from the late 20th are particularly vulnerable to damage and century onwards. Additions to the catalogue placing them in individual archival polyester of programme records will include descrip- sleeves minimises the risk and makes them tions of further sources relating to Oxfam’s safely accessible for users. Through Duke policy and advocacy, its interventions in Humfrey’s Night, a Conservation Fund for humanitarian crises from the 1970s into the this work has been established, but additional 21st century, and the work of the Gender donations are welcome. To make a donation, and Development Unit, set up in 1984, and please contact the Friends’ Administrator. Flag for a ‘European Relief’ street collection, 1946 its successors. Alongside the appraisal and cataloguing Chrissie Webb tasks, a programme of preventive conserva- Archivist (Saving Oxford Medicine) tion of archive materials is being undertaken,

EVENTS

FRIENDS’ AGM, 25 JUNE 2015 day after Encaenia in June 2015, the date. Overall, the Friends donated more AFriends held their 70th Annual General than £106,000 for acquisitions, and a further Meeting in the Sheldonian Theatre with £80,000 was given by individual members Professor Anne Trefethen, the new Pro- in sponsorship of the award-winning chairs Vice-Chancellor for Academic Services in the Weston Library. The Friends’ support and University Collections, presiding. was gratefully acknowledged by Bodley’s Professor Richard McCabe, Chairman of Librarian, Richard Ovenden. the Friends, presented the Report of the We were delighted to welcome as our Council of Management and paid tribute guest speaker Professor Henry Woudhuysen, to two Council members who had passed Rector of Lincoln College and member of away the previous summer: his immediate the Friends’ Council, who delivered a lec- predecessor, Professor Jon Stallworthy, a ture about Sir Walter Oakeshott (1903–87), noted scholar and a distinguished poet, and librarian, book collector, schoolmaster, Anthony Hobson, a leading authority on and college and university head. It was bookbindings. The Friends had benefited Oakeshott who had discovered the unique immensely from their knowledge and manuscript of Malory’s Mort d’Arthur and Sir experience. The Chairman also thanked Walter Raleigh’s autograph of The History of Dr Fram Dinshaw for his diligent service the World (1614). Oakeshott seemed to have as the Society’s Treasurer from 1997 to 2015. had the right combination of qualities to The meeting appointed Jonathan Anelay, make such discoveries: a keen eye, knowl- Professor Henry Woudhuysen addressing the former Director of Legal Services in the edge, and luck. Using the words of the man meeting in the Sheldonian Theatre University, as the new Honorary Treasurer himself and some striking images, Professor of the Friends. Woudhuysen transported us in time as if The Chairman recalled various events we were making the discoveries ourselves. Oakeshott’s career provided a wonderful our members had enjoyed in the past year, We heard that Oakeshott also had a sense example of a notable person’s achievements of which the trip to Rome and the Vatican of principle for ‘the right things being in deeply embedded in the world of books Library was undoubtedly the most mem- the right places’. This related to buildings and manuscripts. The meeting ended with orable. He also reviewed the manuscripts he was in charge of, and all the treasures traditional English tea in the magnificent and books the Friends helped to acquire. they contained. His endeavours were pro- Divinity School, where lively discussions These included an important medieval pelled by aesthetic as well as moral reasons, about Oakeshott’s legacy continued. manuscript ‘The Chastysing of Godde’s and included, for example, the return to Children,’ towards which the Friends pro- the original documents of illuminated ini- Margaret Czepiel vided £90,500, its largest contribution to tials cut out from medieval manuscripts. Secretary of the Friends of the Bodleian FRIENDS’ TRIP TO WADDESDON MANOR, 6 AUGUST 2015

he Friends of the Bodleian enjoyed an Tinteresting day at Waddesdon Manor, the Renaissance-style chateau built by Ferdinand de Rothschild in 1874. More at home on the banks of the Loire than in the Buckinghamshire countryside, the chateau is today a National Trust property. On arrival, the Friends enjoyed refresh- ments followed by a one-hour private tour of the ground floor. The rooms on view combine French furniture and decorative arts from the 18th century with English portraits by Gainsborough and Reynolds, and Dutch Old Masters. Highlights included Beaumarchais’s roll top desk, a Boulle long Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire case clock, a fine collection of Sèvres porcelain, Guardi paintings of the Grand distinction, works of art in themselves. The views across the sunlit Vale of Aylesbury. The Canal in Venice, and Reynolds’s Elizabeth Friends saw books with rare mosaic and archive building is located on the footprint Linley, Mrs Richard Brinsley Sheridan as Saint dentelle leather bindings and fine engravings of an old dairy farm. The diamond motif Cecilia. contained within them. Rothschild eagerly created by the ivy on the chateau tower is After a tasty lunch served in the Manor collected association copies such as Madame replicated in the drainage channels on the Restaurant, the Friends had a private view- de Pompadour’s book, L’Histoire de l’Abbaye roofs. Functional pieces designed by the ing of books of both English and French Royale de Saint Denys en France, with her coat Campana Brothers also drew our atten- provenance in the Rothschild library, where of arms in the centre of the front cover. tion: the Harumaki chairs, part of the ‘Sushi 800 books were amassed over a ten-year The Friends were then free to explore the Series’ formed out of rolls of lino, rubber and period. The group had the opportunity to iconic parterre with its fountains and statu- carpet lining, as well as two Broken Dream see close-up a diverse selection, ably assisted ary, rose garden and aviary. After this, a short lamps, a collage effect created from frag- by the curatorial team who were on hand drive through the landscape park brought ments of classic Venini designs. Rothschild to answer any questions. The broad spec- us to the new Windmill Hill Archive was a great patron of modern art, and his trum of subjects reflects Rothschild’s own and Reading Room of The Rothschild legacy – like the collection in the chateau – interests, ranging from the political to the Foundation. The building was designed by continues to grow. theatrical: from Sir Robert Walpole to Stephen Marshall Architects, and now sits the Ballet Royale. Items were also added to on a hill from which the Friends were able Annette Arter the collection for their intrinsic beauty and to take full advantage of the uninterrupted Member, Friends of the Bodleian

DUKE HUMFREY’S NIGHT 2015

n 3 October 2015 Bodley’s Librarian Oxford journal (1819); rare printed works by Night events to £180,000 – a wonderful Oand I had the pleasure of co-hosting female authors, such as Mary Ann Kilner’s testimony to the generosity of our friends the fourth Duke Humfrey’s Night celebra- The Adventures of a Pincushion (1781); the first and supporters. tion. Generously sponsored by Quaritch edition of Beethoven’s Grand concerto pour Both Humfrey Duke of Gloucester and and Maggs Bros., the event was designed to le piano forte (1834); numerous scarce carto- Sir Thomas Bodley hoped that their ini- commemorate one of our greatest benefac- graphical items; and even the first edition tiatives would inspire other benefactors to tors, Humfrey Duke of Gloucester (on his of Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress in Cantonese. follow in their footsteps. On 3 October a 625th birthday), display a diverse selection Of the items in urgent need of conservation great number did. To them, and the many of recently acquired items, and raise funds perhaps the most remarkable were a col- others who contributed but were unable to towards the costs of their acquisition and lection of 9th-century Gospels from Fulda attend, we are immensely grateful. conservation. Abbey in Germany and precious ephemera At 4.30pm over 100 guests gathered for from the vast Oxfam archive currently being Professor Richard McCabe, FBA a reception in the Divinity School before catalogued by Bodleian staff. On hand for Chairman of the Friends of the Bodleian moving upstairs to view the wonderful every item were specialist curators and con- exhibition mounted by the Library staff. servators eager to share their knowledge and On display in Duke Humfrey’s Library, engage in conversation. and meticulously described in a beautifully The viewing closed at 6. 50pm with the produced catalogue, were materials ranging ceremonial ringing of Bodley’s Bell, and the from the 9th to the 21st centuries. Among company returned to the Divinity School many other treasures, there were manu- to hear Richard Ovenden announce that scripts richly illustrative of academic life we had raised some £30,000, bringing at the University, such as Henry Fletcher’s the overall total for all our Duke Humfrey DUKE HUMFREY’S NIGHT DONORS

The Bodleian Libraries are deeply grateful to C. Fletcher H. Powell the following donors for their generous support L. Forbes L.C.C. Reynolds of Duke Humfrey’s Night 2015: H. Forde P. de Richemont C. Franklin P. Riola A. Abley M. Gardiner P. Rippon E.R. Adams L.K.J. Glassey S.E. Roberts J. & C. Anelay P. Gondhalekar D. Robinson R.G.C. Arridge J. Gould & E. Salisbury J.D. Schmidt W. Arter G. Guinness E. Schneider W.L. Banks N. Halmi D.G. & P.M. Selwyn M. Barritt J. Harker J. Smith C. Blackman B. Harvey Sokol Books A. Buckerfield de la Roche J.R.L. Highfield A. Soskice Lady Bullard I. Hopton-Scott K. Sutherland S. & V. Bullock M. & M. Houghton-Berry N. Titcombe M. Byford R. Jenkyns S. Tomlinson J. Campbell J. & S. Jennison C. Viveash R. Cerratti H. Johnstone M. Warner M. Churchman M.V. Jones B. Wilson M. Colman E. Knowles R. Wilson & J. Crispin-Wilson C. Compton J. Leighfield D.E. Woods J. Cousins G. Leitch H. Woudhuysen M. Czepiel M.C. Loughlin-Chow C. Zvegintzov W.R. van Dijk R. McCabe C. Dondi E.G. McDonald The Bodleian Libraries would also like to W. Drummond C. Michie thank those donors who have chosen to K. Duncan-Jones M.T. Morrell remain anonymous. E. Edmondson M. North G. Eibl-Kaye R. Ovenden While great care was taken to list all donors M.J.G. Elliott C. Pelling according to their wishes, please accept our apol- M.N. Elliott M. & V. Pickwoad ogies if we did not succeed in our endeavours.

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CATRIONA CANNON, DEPUTY LIBRARIAN, BODLEIAN LIBRARIES

he Bodleian Library was pleased to Her duties include aligning the Libraries’ Tannounce Catriona Cannon’s appoint- services with the teaching and research ment as Deputy Librarian in November needs of the University, and overseeing 2014. Catriona was previously Interim the public engagement element of the Deputy Librarian and prior to that, Associate Libraries’ work. This involves sitting on the Director in Collection Support. She has Exhibitions Committee, directing the man- worked at the Bodleian Libraries since 2010. agement of public events, and coordinating Before her career with the Bodleian, the Bodleian’s work across the University. Catriona held posts in the libraries of King’s College London, University of the Arts London, the National Gallery of Ireland, University College Dublin, and the Warburg Institute. She holds a BA in French and Latin from Trinity College Dublin, an MPhil from Oxford, and an MA in Library & Information Science from University College London. Catriona has published and presented on collection management, open access to scholarly publications, and legal deposit. She was joint editor of Transforming the Bodleian, and curated a display of the Barbara Pym Archive. ELAINE GALLAGHER, HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT – BODLEIAN LIBRARIES

laine Gallagher was appointed Head of BBC, Channel 4, and Sky. She held a vari- for the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) EDevelopment – Bodleian Libraries in ety of roles including Producer, Executive Association, Elaine established and devel- September 2014. Producer and Head of Development. oped the organisation’s Ambassador and Elaine began her career as a journal- Elaine’s roles required her to build and Patron’s Programme. She left the MND ist working for Nat Mags and the hugely develop relationships with demanding and Association to move to Arthritis UK where successful women’s magazine Cosmopolitan. high-profile figures, and to raise funds to she focused solely on major gifts fundraising. In a move to television, Elaine worked for finance productions. The Library is already benefitting from a number of the UK’s leading production Having built an interest in philanthropy, Elaine’s vast experience. companies and broadcasters, including the she decided to re-focus her career. Working

RESIGNATION OF DR FRAM DINSHAW, INTRODUCTION OF JONATHAN ANELAY, FRIENDS OF THE BODLEIAN

ram Dinshaw, who has served as the served as a member of the Friends’ Council a member of the Council of Management FHonorary Treasurer to the Friends of the since 1996. Fellow Council members will since 2013. Jonathan read History at New Bodleian since 1997, has recently resigned. He remember his provocative and witty contri- College, and worked for most of his legal has strong links with St Catherine’s College. butions to meetings, always aimed at getting career as a Partner and then Senior Partner Fram reports: ‘I came to St Catherine’s as a the most from the Friends for the Library of Morrell, Peel and Gamlen. In 1997 he left Junior Research Fellow in English Literature for which he cared very much indeed. Our the Oxford firm to head up Legal Services, in 1979 and have been an Official Fellow best wishes to Fram. a position from which he has since retired. since 1984 and Finance Bursar since 1987. Jonathan Anelay, retired lawyer and former He is a Churchwarden at St Ebbe’s Church, My research interests have included George Director of Legal Services at the University Oxford, and Emeritus Fellow of Green Herbert and 17th-century English literature, of Oxford, was elected Honorary Treasurer Templeton College. Welcome, Jonathan! the career of Kenneth Clark, and patronage at the 70th Annual General Meeting of and the arts in the 20th century.’ Fram has the Friends of the Bodleian, having been

RESIGNATION OF LEN SWIMMER, INTRODUCTION OF RICHARD TIMMS, SOUTH AFRICAN FRIENDS OF THE BODLEIAN

en Swimmer decided to step down Nkrumah, Nehru, Macmillan, Welensky, the South African Friends of the Bodleian. Lfrom his post as Secretary of the South Menzies, Diefenbaker, and four others. In After National Service in the Royal Artillery, African Friends of the Bodleian, having held 2012 the South African Friends supported Richard studied Natural Sciences and the position from 14 June 2007, in succession the purchase of 16 autograph letters and Honours Botany at Oxford from 1956 to to Cecil Graham. one autograph card, 1910-13, from Herbert 1960. His first job was as a schoolmaster at During Len’s tenure, the South African Gladstone (1854-1930) as Home Secretary Westminster School until 1968. He then Friends of the Bodleian supported two and then the first Governor-General of the joined the British Council and worked in significant acquisitions. In 2009 they Union of South Africa, to his private secre- Tanzania, Turkey, Romania, Zambia, and helped to purchase items from the collec- tary at the Home Office, Maurice Lyndham South Africa until his retirement in 2004, tion of Sir Roy Welensky: photographs, Waller. when he took up residence in the ‘new drawings, and certificates, including a rare Len is succeeded by Richard Timms South Africa’. Welcome, Richard! signed photo depicting ten heads of state: OBE, who is a long-standing member of

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n the Queen’s New Year Honours at St Cross and Mansfield Colleges, and a Ithe beginning of 2015, a member of the Professor of English and Creative Writing Council of Management, Professor Marina at Birkbeck College, University of London. Warner, was recognised for services to higher The Friends of the Bodleian offer their education and literary scholarship when warmest congratulations to Dame Marina. she received the title Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. She is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, an Honorary Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, NOTICES

MEMBER BENEFITS UPDATE

any members will already be aware For the first time, members of the Friends which advertises six tours which are now Mthat a new membership benefit was of the Bodleian are invited to participate in open to members of the Friends of the introduced in 2015. The Oxford University the Oxford Alumni Travellers Programme, Bodleian. One tour focuses on the lives Press Shop now offers a 15% discount to which has been operating for 16 years. Each of the Romans, in contrast to the Friends’ members of the Friends of the Bodleian, tour is joined by a scholar, who provides own tour of Rome in which a group of our on presentation of a Friends’ member- academic lectures and informal discussions. members enjoyed Rome’s libraries and other ship card. Members are now also entitled The Programme works with specialist tour places of interest. to free entry to the Divinity School with operators, who put together itineraries, deal If you would not like to receive further up to four guests! Of course, the 10% dis- with the logistics of running the trips, and notifications about the Oxford Alumni count in the Bodleian Shop and Café is also manage the enquiries and bookings. Travellers Programme, please let the Friends’ to be enjoyed. Enclosed with this mailing is a brochure Administrator know your wish.

VISIT TO DUKE HUMFREY’S LIBRARY mong the many wonderful benefits reading room were made by contacting the Friends of the Bodleian who contact Aof membership of the Friends of the the Bodleian Admissions Office. Effective the Administrator three weeks before the Bodleian is the opportunity to take up to immediately, we have new arrangements, planned visit will be offered a 20-minute four guests to view Duke Humfrey’s Library. which no longer include self-guided visits guided tour. The tours are only available Until recently, requests to view the medieval to Duke Humfrey’s Library. Members of Monday to Saturday.

LUNCHTIME LECTURES ny member lucky enough to have To complement the new lecture venue, Lectures are also advertised online in the Aattended a lunchtime lecture in the we are also updating our means of commu- Bodleian’s What’s On event calendar and Lecture Theatre, Weston Library, will surely nication to you about the talks. Details of our on the Friends’ website. Registration for have noticed the comfortable seating and lectures are incorporated into the Library’s lectures will be primarily taken via online improved quality of sound and projection, as What’s On leaflet, under the heading ‘Talks form, but if you do not have access to a compared to that available in Convocation and Events’. These leaflets will be posted to computer, please continue to register by House. members in lieu of our own lecture flyers. contacting the Administrator.

NEW MEMBERS

With the opening of the Weston Library the A. & E. Besse, Oxford J. Chesterfield & R. Ebbett, Reading Friends of the Bodleian launched a member- L. Biggs & M. Stone, London G. Child, London ship campaign in March 2015. The campaign N. Blamires, Abingdon, Oxfordshire S. Chorley, Woodstock, Oxfordshire is ongoing, and we have much pleasure in M. Blandford-Baker, Oxford J. Chorley, Reading welcoming the following new Friends (this list C. Blease, Cardiff, Wales R.M. Christie, Oxford continues that published in the Winter 2013/14 A. Bosse, Oxford M. Chung, Oxford – Winter 2014/15 Newsletter): J. Brett, Oxford M.L. Churchman-Davies, Wantage, S. Brodhurst, Oxford Oxfordshire FRIENDS OF THE BODLEIAN D. Brodie, Wallingford, Oxfordshire J. Clark, Oxford W. Ahmed & A. Shannon, Reading A. Brosnan, Abingdon, Oxfordshire R. Clarke, Oxford H. Allen, Oxford C.E. Buckland, Oxford M. & J. Clements, Tingewick, M. & M.O. Amphlett, Chipping Campden S. & V. Bullock, Oxford Buckinghamshire I. & N. Archer, Marcham, Oxfordshire I. Campden & P. Jackson, Uxbridge A. Coates, Oxford C. & E. Ballard, Oxford B. & C. Capper, Steventon, Oxfordshire C. Codsi, Oxford K. Banks, Oxford F.P. Carls, Oxford A. Coles, Oakley, Buckinghamshire E.L. Barber, Chipping Norton D. Carter, Droitwich, Worcestershire M. & C. Coombe, Oxford S. Baskerville, High Wycombe I.H.B. Cathie, Moreton-in-Marsh, J. Cooney, London M. Bauer, Bodelshausen, Germany Oxfordshire The Rt. Hon. Lord Cope of Berkeley, Bath N. Bauman, Hillsdale, MI, USA J. & C. Caunt, Oxford I. & H. Corfield, Oxford N. Bernard & K. Szczudlik, Oxford R. Chen-Wing, Oxford V. Crawford, Oxford J. Crouch, Oxford S. Kidwai, Oxford C. Saunders & H. Saunders-Gill, Oxford M. Croucher, Woodstock, Oxfordshire T. King Stargel, Tacoma, WA, USA C. Schenk, Witney, Oxfordshire C. Dahnke, Oxford M. Kitchener, North Marston, J. Scherer, London A. Dalton, Gerrards Cross, Buckingham P. Schullery, Bozeman, MT, USA Buckinghamshire N. Kundu, Oxford J.M. Seiber Boyd, Cambridge, A.B. & B. Davidson, Oxford H. Lähnemann, Oxford S. Selvarajah & C.N. Rainer, Oxford V. Davies, Oxford S. Lamb, Brussels, Belgium T. Shepherd, Oxford A. Davis, London R. & S. Lambe, Oxford M. Shinozaki, Tokyo, Japan D. Davis, Swindon R. C. Lane, Oxford H. Sims, Didcot, Oxfordshire R. Dodd, Oxford K. Lange & R. Pavey, Oxford M.H. Smith, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, L.M. Dominguez, London V. Larminie, Oxford M. Smith, Oxford A. & H. Evans, Oxford E.J. Law, Ashbury, Oxfordshire L. Smrˇ ka, Prague, Czech Republic P. Evans, Oxford P. and C. Lawrence, Oxford F. Staveley-Taylor, Oxford E. & M. Factor, Oxford D. Lawton, Oxford P. Steedman, Oxford H. Feltham, Oxford D. Leddy & L. Dyment, Thatcham, H. Stenning, Wootton, Oxfordshire C.V. Fennell, Trieste, Italy Berkshire I. Swanson & C. Jones, East Molesey, G. Fentum, Evesham, Gloucestershire K.R. Lehmann, Napa, CA, USA Greater London C.Y. Ferdinand, Oxford J. Little, Oxford N. Tallis, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire P. & M. Flower, Oxford D. Lock, Banbury G. Tapsell & C. Wright, Oxford F. Fossato, Oxford V. Love, London S. Thomas, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire J. Foster CBE & N. Tresilian, Oxford B. Lowe, Oxford R. Thompson & V. Harrison, London Samuel Gedge Ltd., Hanworth, Norwich J. Lowry O’Reilly, Ranelagh, Dublin, T. Thompson, Oxford S. Giffen, Bicester, Oxfordshire Ireland K. Tollis, Oxford J. Graham, Oxford P. & I. Mabey, Wantage, Oxfordshire R. Trainor & M. Dupree, Oxford E. Grass, London G. & A. Macdonald, Banbury S. Trott, Oxford E. Gray, Oxford I. MacFarlane, Faringdon, Oxfordshire D. & G. Turtle, Aldsworth, Gloucestershire J. Gray, Oxford R.A. Main, Leatherhead, Surrey C. Tyerman, Oxford S. Gray, Oxford K. & V. Marsh, Oxford I. Underhill, Oxford C. Greatorex, Oxford V.G. Matassa, Woodstock, Oxfordshire T. Underhill, Cambridge S. Green, Beccles, Suffolk E. Matthews, Doncaster, South Yorkshire P. and J. Venables, Oxford S. Grover, Oxford R. & S.C. May, Witney, Oxfordshire R. Waddle, Oxford E. Guevarra & P. Ariana, Oxford B. McCabe, Oxford A. & R. Walker, Cambridge J. Guy-Davies, Oxford M. McCabe, Oxford D. Wardle, Oxford Jill, Duchess of Hamilton, Oxford M. McCullar, Sugar Hill, GA, USA N. Weatherby, Oxford G. Hammon, Geneva, Switzerland R. Mitchell & A. Currie, Oxford J. Werlin, Seattle, WA, USA J. Hampton, Oxford K. Nash-Gould, Wantage, Oxfordshire R.A. Whistler, Battle, East Sussex H. Hand, Great Milton D. Nouvel, Oxford A. & M. Wilbur, Hillsboro Beach, FL, USA A. Harbour, Hereford J. & G. O’Connor, Oxford E. Wilding, Oxford J. Hart, Binham, Norfolk H.B.A. Olaiya, Bristol B. Wilson, Oxford R. Helsby & S. Whittingham, Oxford A. & G. Oscroft, Oxford R.J. Wilson & J. Crispin-Wilson, Oxford J. Henderson & A. Henderson, Oxford D.J. Patel, Jersey City, NJ, USA C. Wright, Oxford A. Hettich, Chipping Campden, C. Paterson, Upper Basildon, Berkshire E. Wright, Oxford Gloucestershire A. Paton, Buxton, Derbyshire S. Wyatt, Tuffley, Gloucestershire J. & P. 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