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Structures of learning

Maps of Oxford, 1578-1751

Five historical maps, spaced at regular intervals -- 1578, 1605, 1643, 1675 and 1751 -- provide a visual record of the process in which the cluster of buildings at the heart of the modern University was constructed.

 

Oxford in 1578
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Oxford in 1605
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Oxford in 1643
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Oxford in 1675
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Oxford in 1751
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Oxford in 1675: Loggan's Oxonia illustrata

Loggan's superb set of 40 engravings captures for the first time the built environment of Oxford in great detail.

 

Engraved title page
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Dedication to Charles II
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Letter to the reader
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Table of contents
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I. Two views of Oxford
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II. Map of Oxford (1675)
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III. Main entrance to the Schools Quadrangle
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IV. Aerial view of the Bodleian Library
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V. Schools Quadrangle
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VI. Divinity School
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VII. Arts End and Selden End
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VIII. Sheldonian Theatre: south facade
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IX. Sheldonian Theatre: north facade
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X. Academic garments
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XI. The Church of St Mary the Virgin
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XII. Botanical Garden
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XIII. University College
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XIV. Balliol College
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XV. Merton College
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XIV. Exeter College
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XVII. Oriel College
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XVIII. Queen's College
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XIX & XX. New College
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XXI. Winchester College
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XXII. Lincoln College
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XXIII. All Souls College
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XXIV. Magdalen College
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XXV. Brasenose College
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XXVI. Corpus Christi College
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XXVII. Christ Church College
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XXVIII. Trinity College
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XXIX. St John's College
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XXXI. Jesus College
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XXXII. Wadham College
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XXXIII. Pembroke College
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XXXIV. St Alban's Hall
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XXXV. Hart Hall
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XXXVI. St Edmund Hall
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XXXVII. St Mary Hall
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XXXVIII. New Inn Hall
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XXXIX. Magdalen Hall
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XL. Gloucester Hall
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Building the Bodleian
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University Church
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Central Oxford in 1578
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Divinity School, 1427-83
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Duke Humfrey's Library before Bodley
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Redesigning the college library: Merton, 1589-90
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Refurbishing Duke Humphrey's, 1598-1602
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Arts End, 1610-12
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Proscholium and its facade, 1610-12
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The Schools Quadrangle, 1613-24
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Upper Gallery, 1618-19
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Tower of the Five Orders, 1613-24
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The King and the Bodleian
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The Bodleian and the King
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Convocation House, 1634-7
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Selden End, 1634-7
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Central Oxford in 1643
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Oxford as a Window on Seventeenth-Century Science
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Images and Objects in the Study of Seventeenth-Century Science
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