October 8, 1999
Oxford's Bodleian Library, a Landmark of Vast Riches, Has Everything but Space
The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is housed in an astonishing collection of architectural treasures. There's the Old Schools Quadrangle, dominated by a five-story tower that exhibits the five classical styles of architecture. Attached to the quadrangle is the Divinity School building, where the 15th-century Duke Humfrey's Library -- resplendent with dark wooden beams and a ceiling covered with coats of arms -- still serves as a reading room. A few paces away, the circular,
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