![]() The 19th and early 20th centuries brought further opportunities for acquisitions, notably of books belonging to Francis Douce and Matteo Luigi Canonici. The collection was further enhanced by donations through the 17th and 18th centuries, such as those of William Laud, Sir Kenelm Digby, and Elias Ashmole. Many manuscripts originated from the dissolved monasteries of Great Britain. Some were lost with the destruction of Duke Humfrey’s Library in the 16th century, but Sir Thomas Bodley's re-establishment of the university library in 1602 brought in more manuscripts from around the world than the medieval university itself possessed. The Bodleian’s collection of medieval manuscripts originates with the first books that the University of Oxford acquired. Images from over 2,500 medieval manuscripts from the Bodleian and Oxford colleges, with 500 fully digitized items. ![]()
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