Signs, Symbols… & Secrets in the Library of New College, Oxford

New College Library’s collections of manuscripts and rare books are famous the world over, with the earliest manuscripts dating from the 9th century. More manuscripts survive from the medieval library of New College than from that of any other Oxford college, and New College’s holdings of incunabula and other rare books are likewise extraordinary.

Discover some of the secrets – the signs, signatures, symbolism, and spectacle – of the astonishing books and manuscripts of New College, Oxford, one of Oxford University’s great collections. Come and view its sensational treasures…

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Image: Shell-gold letter C filled with a Tudor rose Bernard André, Annales (1515) New College Library, Oxford, MS 287, fol. 2v (detail).