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02488aam a2200361 i 4500 001 BFAD23B64F2711EB9A63D65926ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210105012357 008 200922t20202020enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1851245391 020 $a 9781851245390 035 $a (OCoLC)1198599408 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d SINLB $d YDX $d OCLCF $d SILO 043 $a e-uk-en 050 4 $a Z792.M46 $b W35 2020 100 1 $a Walworth, Julia Caroline, $e author. 245 10 $a Merton College Library : $b an illustrated history / $c Julia C. Walworth. 264 1 $a Oxford : $b Bodleian Library ; $c 2020. 300 $a 144 pages : $b color illustrations ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a Merton College guides, past, present, and future 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 8 $a The Merton library is rightly known for its antiquity, its beautiful medieval and early modern architecture and fittings and for its remarkable and important collection of manuscripts and rare books, yet a nineteenth-century plan to tear the medieval library down and replace it was only narrowly frustrated. This brief history of Europe's oldest academic library traces its origins in the thirteenth century, when a new type of community of scholars was first being set up, through to the present day and its multiple functions as a working college library, a unique resource for researchers and a delight for curious visitors. Drawing on the remarkable wealth of documentation in the college's archives, this is the first history of the library to explore collections, buildings, readers and staff across more than 700 years. The story is told in part through stunning colour images that depict not only exceptional treasures but also the library furnishings and decorations, and which show manuscripts, books, bindings and artefacts of different periods in their changing contexts. 610 20 $a Merton College. $b Library $x History. 650 0 $a Academic libraries $z Oxford $z Oxford $x History. 650 0 $a Academic libraries $x History. $z Oxford $z Oxford $x History. 650 0 $a Academic librarians $z Oxford $z Oxford $x History. 650 0 $a Library architecture $z Oxford $z Oxford $x History. 650 0 $a Library users $z Oxford $z Oxford $x History. 830 0 $a Merton College guides, past, present, and future 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210406014352.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BFAD23B64F2711EB9A63D65926ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search