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Tag Archives: Oxford University
Forgotten Books, Forgotten Stories
Last month, I found a very interesting piece in Smithsonian Magazine titled “How Much Medieval Literature Has Been Lost Over the Centuries,” which linked to six-minute video from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the journal Science … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Tech
Tagged illuminated manuscripts, Literature, medieval manuscripts, Oxford University
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A trip to Middle Earth
Serious JRR Tolkien fans should begin planning a visit to Oxford next summer for the groundbreaking exhibition Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth. The show, which will be created by the Bodleian Library, will explore the world of Tolkien’s literary imagination through the largest … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Libraries, Maps
Tagged JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Oxford University, Silmarillion, the Hobbit, UK
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Back to Middle Earth
Last year, I posted on the surprise discovery of a previously unknown annotated map of Middle Earth that J.R.R. Tolkien had created while working on the 1970 reissue edition of The Lord of the Rings (Allen & Unwin). The map … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Libraries, Maps, Writing
Tagged Bodleian Library, England, J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Oxford University
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