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Excerpt from The Historical Handbook and Guide to the City and University of Oxford, Noticing Every Point of Interest in the Colleges, Churches, Museums, Gardens, Halls, Chapels, Libraries, Memorials: Also Including Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Eminent Men, Bishops of Oxford, Nonconformists, Printing and Newspaper Presses, Local Events, Etc A carefully-prepared Index is prefixed to the volume, so that immediate reference may be made to any point desired to be known. The utility of such an adjunct to a book, especially one of this nature, wherein so many events are mentioned, is well known. However, it is hoped that Our index has not been so minutely constructed as the one of which the following anecdote is related A searcher after something or the other in a year-book of the Law (deeply interesting), in looking through the classified index, came to the Bs. Two-thirds down the fourth column he arrived at the reference Best, Mr. Justice, his great'mind. 'desiring to be better acquainted-with that remarkable individual, no doubt famous. For his erudition, he turned to the page noted, and there found, Mr. Justice Best said he had a great mind to commit the witness for prevari cation. The volume was hastily laid down. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Oxford's university buildings are world-famous. Over eight centuries, starting in the twelfth century, the University - the third oldest in Europe - gradually occupied a substantial portion of the city, creating in the process a unique townscape containing the Bodleian Library, the Sheldonian Theatre and the Radcliffe Camera. This book tells the story of the growth of the forum universitatis - as the architect Nicholas Hawksmoor called it - and relates it to the broader history of the University and the city. Based on up-to-date scholarship, and drawing upon the author's own research into Oxford's architectural history and the work of Christopher Wren, Nicholas Hawksmoor, James Gibbs and Giles Gilbert Scott, each of the eight chapters focuses on the gestation, creation and subsequent history of a single building, or pair of buildings, relating them to developments in the University's intellectual and institutional life, and to broader themes in architectural and urban history. Accessible and well-illustrated with plans, archival prints and specially commissioned photography, this book will appeal to anyone who wishes to understand and enjoy Oxford's matchless architectural heritage.