Geoffrey Tyack

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. Historic Heart of Oxford University, The tells the story of the growth of the forum universitatis,...

The libraries of the University of Oxford and its colleges are among the most splendid, but also the least-known, buildings in the city. Spanning over 800 years of architectural design and taste, nowhere else boasts such a wealth of libraries in so compact an area. While for centuries, Oxford's libraries were repositories of knowledge in the form of manuscripts and...