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ALT A white satin cope embroidered with flowers, part of the Laudian Vestments.
ALT an open book in a display case, with words and drawings interspersed across two pages. The caption above the book indicates that it is titled 'Semantic Divertissements' and was written by Franciszka and Stefan Themerson and published in 1962 in London.
ALT an open book in a display case, with words and drawings interspersed across two pages. The book is the first English translation of Alfred Jarry's 'Ubu Roi, drama in Five Acts followed by The Song of the Dismembering'.
ALT Poster for a 'Crafting the Book' workshop aimed at current Oxford University students and researchers with an academic interest in the history of the book and material culture of medieval manuscripts and early printed texts, including their production, decoration, and provenance through signs of ownership. They will engage with historic materials and develop a deeper understanding of contemporary artistic and reader practices through taking part in hands-on activities with craft methods. More screen-readable information can be accessed in the Medieval Booklet at https://users.ox.ac.uk/~fmml2152/medieval/MedievalBooklet-MT2024.pdf
ALT A photograph of the entrance to the Taylor Institution Library, in portrait orientation. The photograph shows the wooden doors of the entrance in the middle of the bottom of the photo, with a set of four stone steps leading up to it, and white railings either side. The rest of the photo is of the building itself. It is a large stone building, with columns and windows. At the top of the photo, green leaves from a tree above hang down in the foreground, covering the top of the building.
