The Press @ Bodleian
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Made in 1951 by A.H. Smith at University College London, see history: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/theconveyor/20…
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Columbian eagle is keeping watch over 28 cases of wood type The Press @ Bodleian, used by students to print White Rose resistance postershttp://bit.ly/2Imlpzs , and by schools to print 'Lost Words'
Columbian eagle is keeping watch over 28 cases of wood type The Press @ Bodleian, used by students to print White Rose resistance posters, bit.ly/2Imlpzs , and by schools to print 'Lost Words'
Stove by a whale! this from Andrew Rippeon #letterpress Davidson College #mobydickextracts bit.ly/2m0aV1p
Students are setting a few lines at a time ... hoping to get there gradually in type Bodleian Libraries, text is The Epilogue to the Reader from Margaret Cavendish, The Blazing World. @DigiCavendish compare notes later??
Very much looking frwd to having my Oxford History of the Book students for producing a multilingual mini-anthology of aphorisms. Thx The Press @ Bodleian (and thx Isabel Holowaty for fitting mask!)
The Gough Map held at Bodleian Libraries is thought to be Britain's oldest map. Now, thanks to cutting-edge 3D technology more commonly used in computer games, it has been revealed in unprecedented detail Watch the full film: newscientist.com/article/235949…
🔡 Recently, the trainees learned the basics of setting by hand in the Bodleian Centre for the Study of the Book letterpress workshop. 🔠 They set the poem The Garden by Andrew Marvell and printed a keepsake. 🔤 Are you keen to learn? Bodleian Libraries offers a course starting in May: tinyurl.com/ya5txmj5
New lecture announcement: Making Impressions: Celebrating the Printing Museums of Great Britain and Ireland Thursday 25 May 2023 In-person/Online via Zoom With talks from NationalPrintMuseum Norwich Printing Museum The Press @ Bodleian Cambridge Museum of Technology @stbridelibrary sbf.org.uk/whats-on/view/…
Our call for a second printer-in-residence Bodleian Libraries Bodleian Centre for the Study of the Book is open bit.ly/2DcIVwc. See Russell Maret's blog of his residency russellmaret.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/bodlei…
Our 17th-century composing frames are ready for 21st-century printer-in-residence bit.ly/2DcIVwc Bodleian Libraries Bodleian Centre for the Study of the Book
We are so ready for Oxford Folk Weekend: Oxford on 22 April Bodleian Libraries w this hand-printed poster. Storytelling, talks, and song sharing 11-4 pm, free event, shar.es/1LKdFI
Bodleian Centre for the Study of the Book Bodleian Libraries We did it! With the help of the Director of the Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel who straightaway asked for a visit by The Press @ Bodleian #Marx200
Here's how #KarlMarx200 went Bodleian Libraries: a collaborative effort of linocutting and printing