Sir Thomas Bodley – linguist of the month of October 2019

Of libraries and librarians – two bibliophiles span six centuries in an imaginary interview in Oxford   Frank Egerton{Photo Miriam Berkley)L'interviewer   Sir Thomas Bodley(1545 – 1613)l'interviewee “There are few greater temptations on earth than to stay permanentlyat Oxford in meditation, and to read all the books in the Bodleian.”Hilaire Belloc Preface : The Bodleian Library […]

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