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a r c h it e c tu r a l o r d e r s , r is in g in su c c e s s iv e storeys
s e m i-c ir c u la r ty m p a n u m a n d p a ra p e t, h ig h ly e n ric h e d ;
a b o v e th e o th e r, t o g e t h e r w ith a s it t in g sta tu e of th*
u n d e r e a c h of th e w in d o w s on th is an d t h e o th e r sid es
k in g p r e s e n t in g c o p ie s o f h is w o rk s to F a m e and to th
o f th e in t e r io r fro n t a r e c a r v e d in s u n k e n p a n e ls th e a r m s
U n iv e r s it y . In tw o u p p e r ro o m s in th e tow er are
of th e d iffe r e n t c o lle g e s , w ith f ig u r e su p p o rte rs. T h e
s e rv e d th e r e c o r d s of t h e U n iv e r s it y , in ch arg e of tb
c lo c k s t h r o u g h o u t th e b u ild in g — o f w h ic h t h e r e are
k e e p e r of th e A r c h iv e s , R e g in a ld L a n e Poole M A f
tw e n ty — a re all e le c tr ic a l, an d in e v e r y ro o m t h e r e are
M a g d a le n C o lle g e . T h e w e s te rn fa ç a d e of the q^J
e le c tr ic b e lls c o m m u n ic a t in g w ith a co m m o n in d ic a to r in
ra n g le is p a n e lle d a n d is p ie rc e d w ith a doorw ay adiu't
th e h a ll, b y w h ic h t h e o fficials m a y w it h o u t tro u b le le a rn
t in g to a lo ft y r e c ta n g u la r g ro in e d an d vau lted corr
in w h a t d ire c tio n t h e ir s e r v ic e s a re re q u ir e d .
S tr a n g e r s ,
d o r, p r o p e r ly c a lle d th e “ P r o s c h o liu m ,” but m0!'
u n le ss a c c o m p a n ie d b y a m e m b e r of t h e U n iv e r s it y in
g e n e r a lly k n o w n as th e “ p ig m a r k e t ,” a t th e north end
a c a d e m ic a l d re s s , are r e q u ir e d to p a y a fe e of 3d. e a c h . of w h ic h is an open a r c h w a y le a d in g to a sm aller quad
T h e office of th e C le r k o f th e S c h o o ls is a t th e e a st end r a n g le in c lo s e d on th e n o rth b y th e Sheld o n ian Theatr
of th e w a it in g h a ll.
on th e w e s t b y th e a n te - c h a m b e r of t h e Convocatk’
A d jo in in g th e e a s t end of th e E x a m in a t io n S c h o o ls,
H o u se, an d on th e s o u th b y t h e D iv in ity S ch o o l, a magi/
and fa c in g t h e H ig h s t r e e t , is th e n ew b u ild in g , e re c te d
(icen t a p a r tm e n t, in th e P e r p e n d ic u la r s ty le ,'b e g u n in
d u r in g t h e y e a r s 1887-8, fo r t h e D e le g a c y of N o n -C o lle g ia te
1445 an d c o m p le te d in 1480, c h ie fly b y th e munificence
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In sp e c tio n
and o f H u m p h re y , D u k e of G lo u c e s te r and T h o m as Kemn
E x a m in a tio n o f S c h o o ls, fro m th e d e s ig n s o f T . G .
B ish o p of L o n d o n ; a lt h o u g h d e sp o ile d in th e reign of
J a c k so n esq. M .A ., R .A ., F .S .A . ; i t a c co rd s in s ty le
E d w a r d V I. o f a ll th e s ta in e d g la s s w h ich originally
w ith t h a t of th e S c h o o ls, and is a r r a n g e d in th re e flo o rs, a d o rn e d it s sp a c io u s w in d o w s, it s sp le n d id groined roof
w it h t h r e e g a b le d b a y s to w a rd s H ig h s t r e e t ; th e M erton
w it h e la b o r a te ly c a r v e d p e n d e n ts an d shields of arms'
s t r e e t f ro n t b e in g r e lie v e d a t th e a n g le b y a fin e c ir c u la r s t ill re m a in s ; in 1625, th e H o u se of C om m ons, driven
o rie l su p p o rte d on o cta g o n a l c o r b e llin g , and te rm in a tin g
fro m L o n d o n on a c c o u n t o f th e p la g u e , h e ld its sittings
u p w a rd s in a c u p o la w ith fin ia l ; on th e g ro u n d floor are h e re ; a n d d u r in g th e C iv il W a r i t w as u sed as a store­
th e offices of th e N o n -'C o lleg ia te
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h o u se fo r c o rn , b u t w a s r e s to r e d in 1669 b y S ir Chris­
S ch o o ls E x a m in a tio n D e le g a c y ( th e O x fo rd office o f th e
t o p h e r W r e n , w h o c o n s tr u c t e d th e n o rth ern entrance1
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first flo o r is m a in ly d e vo ted to th e lib r a r y o f th e N o n - s itio n s b y ca n d id a te s fo r d e g r e e s in D iv in ity and occa­
C o lle g ia t e D e le g a c y , 3 r b y 35 fe e t, d ivid ed b y an arcad e sio n a lly fo r g e n e ra l e x a m in a tio n s. T h e Convocation
o f th re e b a y s , w ith fine p illa r s on m o u ld e d b a s e s, and H o u se, e n te r e d fro m th e w e s te r n en d of th e Divinity
co n ta in in g o v er 5,000 v o lu m e s ; th e r e m a in in g sp a c e is S c h o o l, w a s e r e c te d in 1639 an(* is a la r g e apartm ent with
o cc u p ie d b y a ce n so r’ s r o o m ; on th e top flo o r is a t u t o r s ’ h ig h p a n elle d w a in sco t an d a g o o d tra ce ried roof, in
ro o m , an d in t h e b a s e m e n t th e p o rte r’ s lo d g in g s , a w h ich th e m e e tin g s o f C o n v o ca tio n are held and degrees
co m m o n -ro o m fo r n o n -c o lle g ia te stu d e n ts and offices.
c o n fe rre d ; r a n g e s o f b e n c h e s o c c u p y th e sides and at
T h e B o d le ia n L ib r a r y , fo u n d e d b y S ir T h o m a s B o d le y , t h e so u th e n d a re r a is e d se ats fo r th e vice-chancellor and
a n d o p en e d in 1602, r a n k s in e x te n t a n d im p o r ta n c e n e x t p ro c to rs ; in t h e “ a p o d y t e r iu m ,” or an te-ch a m b er, at the
a fte r t h e B r itis h M u s e u m a m o n g th e lib r a r ie s o f th e
o p p o site en d , t h e v ic e -c h a n c e llo r 's c o u r t is h e ld ; and it
U n ited K in g d o m . T h e p r e - e x is t in g U n iv e r s it y lib r a r y
is also u se d on d e g r e e d a y s as a ro b in g -roo m .
w as d e sp o ile d in 1550 b y th e C o m m is s io n e rs of E d w a r d
T h e b u ild in g w h ic h fo r m e r ly co n tain ed th e Radeliffe
V I. ; an d S i r T h o m a s B o d le y , on p ro p o sin g , in 1598, to
L ib r a r y , n o w k n o w n as th e “ R a d c liffe C a m e ra ,” was com­
r e fit an d e n d o w it , fo u n d t h e w a lls b a re , an d n o t a
m e n c e d in 1737 an d op en ed w it h g r e a t sta te in 1749, the
v o lu m e o f t h e p re v io u s sto re s r e m a in in g . H e , h o w e v e r, a rc h ite c t b e in g J a m e s G ib b s esq. F .R .S . a Scotchman
r e s to r e d th e ro o m , n o w t h e c e n tr a l p a r t o f t h e g r e a t
an d a m e m b e r of S t. M a r y H a ll : i t is a circu la r building,
r e a d in g -ro o m , a n d fir s t o p en e d a b o u t 1488 ; a n d w it h th e c o n s is tin g o f a b a s e m e n t fo r m in g a d o u b le octagon, 100
h e lp o f frie n d s a g a in fu rn is h e d it w it h b o o ks, b o th p rin te d
fe e t in d ia m e te r, a n d a c ir c u la r su p e rstru c tu re of the
and in m a n u s c r ip t , an d p r o v id e d fo r it s e n d o w m e n t, and
C o rin th ia n o rd e r, t h e w h o le s u r m o u n t e d b y a lofty dome,
it w a s reo p e n e d 8 N o v. 1602. A m o n g t h e c h ie f ea rly
w ith a c u p o la su p p o rte d on a c o n tin u o u s arcade of cir­
b e n e fa c to rs w e re t h e E a r l of P e m b r o k e , S ir K e n e lm
c u la r a rc h e s . T h e m u n ific e n t fo u n d e r, D r John Rad­
D ig b v , A r c h b is h o p L a u d an d J o h n S e ld e n . S in c e 12 D ec.
c liffe , le ft ^40,000 fo r th e s ite a n d ere ctio n of the build­
1610, th e lib r a r y h a s h a d a r ig h t , b y an a g r e e m e n t th en
in g , b e s id e s an e n d o w m e n t fo r t h e lib rarian and for the
m a d e w ith t h e S t a t io n e r s ’ C o m p a n y , to a c o p y of e v e r y
p u rc h a se of b o o k s : t h e n o b le u p p e r room , surrounded
b o o k e n te re d a t t h e ir h a ll (n o t b e in g a m e r e r e p r in t) ,
b y a w id e b a lu s tr a d e d g a lle r y and containing various
a n d it is o n e of t h e s ix lib r a r ie s w h ic h r e c e iv e new
c a s t s fro m t h e a n tiq u e , is n o w u s e d as th e general read­
p u b lic a tio n s u n d e r th e C o p y r ig h t A c t. I t s n a tu ra l ra te in g - ro o m o f th e B o d le ia n , and is open to readers from
o f g r o w th h a s been a c c e le ra te d fro m tim e to tim e b y
10 a .m . to 10 p .m . on a ll w e e k -d a y s w ith certain ex­
a d d itio n a l b e n e fa c tio n s, e s p e c ia lly th o se of R a w lin so n ,
ce p tio n s. T h e b a s e m e n t, o r a m b u la to r y , is now inclosed,
G o u g h , M alo n e, D o u ce a n d (in m o n ey ) M aso n, an d b y
a n d w it h t h e u p p e r ro o m co n ta in s about 200,000
l a r g e p u rc h a se s fro m it s ow n r e v e n u e s. I t n o w co n ta in s v o lu m e s , c o n s is tin g c h ie fly of m o d e rn p rin ted literature
n o t o n ly v a lu a b le t o p o g ra p h ic a l, h isto ric a l an d c la s sic a l
r e c e iv e d sin c e 18 51, t o g e th e r w it h a comprehensive
c o lle c tio n s , b u t also an im m e n se sto re o f O rie n ta l and
s e le c t lib r a r y fo r t h e u se of stu d e n ts ; th e volumes
e s p e c ia lly H e b rew lit e r a t u r e . T h e n u m b e r o f m a n u ­ c o n s tit u t in g th e o r ig in a l R a d c liffe lib ra ry have been
s c r ip t s in t h e lib r a r y m a y b e r o u g h ly e s tim a te d a t 40,000 t ra n s fe r r e d to th e U n iv e r s it y M u se u m : in 1912 an
v o lu m e s a n d 20,000 d e e d s, th e p r in te d v o lu m e s , as u n d e r g r o u n d b o o k s to r e , to h o ld a m illio n books, was
b o u n d u p , a t 800,000, an d th e s e p a ra te t it l e p a g e s a t over c o n s tr u c t e d b y th e O x fo r d U n iv e r s it y Endowm ent Trus­
a m illio n an d a h a lf.
T h e o ld e r p a rt c o n s ists o f a te e s b e tw e e n th e Q u a d r a n g le an d th e C a m era; in 1913
a s u b w a y c o n n e c tin g th e book sto re w ith the Bodleian
la r g e re a d in g - r o o m in th e sh a p e of an H , an d t h e en tire
q u a d r a n g le of t h e old S c h o o ls, d e sig n e d b y T h o m a s H o lt,
p ro p e r w a s ad d e d .
T h e lib r a r y is u n d e r th e m a n a g e m e n t of a board of
a r c h it e c t, of Y o r k ; th e s e c o n s is t o f a ll th e ro o m s s u r ­
c u r a to r s an d a lib r a r ia n , w h o is a id e d b y two sub-librar o u n d in g th e q u a d r a n g le on th e g ro u n d an d f ir s t flo o rs,
ea ch w it h a s e p a ra te d o o r o p e n in g in to it , th e n a m e s of T ians a n d o th e rs. B o th p a rt s of th e lib ra ry are open
th e r e s p e c tiv e sc h o o ls or fa c u lt ie s b e in g in s c r ib e d o v e r th e to a ll g r a d u a te m e m b e rs of th e U n iv e r s ity ; other per­
d o o rs in g i l t le tt e r s ; w ith c e r ta in e x c e p tio n s, t h e lib r a r y is so n s a re a d m it te d to s tu d y in th e m on presenting a
su ffic ie n t re c o m m e n d a tio n . C e rta in pa rts of the library
o pen on w eek d a y s fro m 9 a .m . c lo s in g a t 3, 4 o r 5 p .m .
a re open to v is it o r s on p a y m e n t of a sm all fee (from
a c c o rd in g to th e tim e o f t h e y e a r. T h e T e r c e n te n a r y w as
w h ic h , h o w e v e r, t h e y are e x e m p t if th ey are accom­
ce le b ra ted on O c t. 8 and 9, 1902. T h e a p a rtm e n t k now n
p a n ied b y a m e m b e r of t h e U n iv e rs ity in academic0
o s th e “ O ld Sch o o l ” w as co m p le te ly re n o v a te d and red r e s s ) , an d fro m t h e o u te r g a lle r y of th e Camera one
flo o red in 1890, an d n ew p r e s s e s o f w o o d an d iro n , d e ­
of t h e b e s t v ie w s of O x fo rd can b e obtained. falconer
sig n e d b y J .
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in th e N a t u r a l P h ilo s o p h y S c h o o l is p re s e rv e d th e H ope M ad an M .A ., F .S .A . lib r a r i a n ; A r t h u r Ernest Cowl
M .A ., D .L i t t . an d H e r b e r t H . E . C ra s te r M .A., r.S A .
co lle ctio n o f bo o ks an d e n g ra v e d p o r tra its , open d a ily fro m
11 a .m . to i p .m . e x c e p t on S a t u r d a y , 2 p .m . to 4 p .m . ;
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p la y e d in g la s s c a s e s in t h e re a d in g -ro o m . V is ito r s ,
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a c a d e m ic a l d re ss, a r e r e q u ir e d to p a y a fee. O n th e e a s t
sid e is th e g a t e w a y to w e r k n o w n as th e “ T o w e r o f th e
e d u c a tio n a l in s tit u t io n it is th e r e s u lt of a ^ Afferent
p ro m o ted in 1847, bo b r in g u n d e r one roof the a1
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co lle c tio n s in O x fo rd , illu s t r a t iv e of th e various c g
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