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The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)

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Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt
The Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford is the largest university library system in the United Kingdom. It includes the principal University library - the Bodleian Library - which has been a legal deposit library for 400 years; as well as 28 other libraries across Oxford including major research libraries and faculty, department and institute libraries. Together, the Libraries hold more than 12 million printed items, over 80,000 e-journals and outstanding special collections including rare books and manuscripts, classical papyri, maps, music, art and printed ephemera. Members of the public can explore the collections via the Bodleian’s online image portal at digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk or by visiting the exhibition galleries in the Bodleian's Weston Library. For more information, visit www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk.

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Paradise Lost Book One: Satan's first speech Satan's first speech. Sam Dastor 29 April, 2008
Samson Agonistes The Biblical hero Samson bewailing his political and personal state. Sam Dastor 29 April, 2008
Aeropagitica Milton's defense of the freedom of the press written to Parliament. Sam Dastor 29 April, 2008
Magna Carta at Oxford Richard Sharpe explains that the seventeen surviving manuscripts on the Magna Carta are engrossments, not copies: official documents from Royal Chancery bearing the ruler's seal. Prof. Sharpe also reveals why so many examples of the Magna Carta survive. Richard Sharpe 29 April, 2008
The origins of 'Archipelago' The origins of 'Archipelago'. Andrew McNeillie 29 April, 2008
Introduction to the Archipelago Poetry Evening Introduction to the Archipelago Poetry Evening. Chris Fletcher 29 April, 2008
Seamus Heaney reading two contributions Two contributions to the first issue of "Archipelago". Seamus Heaney 29 April, 2008
Citizen Milton Exhibition Talk Citizen Milton Exhibition Talk Philip Pullman 29 April, 2008
The Creation as told in the Qu'ran World Book Day 2008 Talk. Professor Yahya Michot 29 April, 2008
The Creation as told in the Bible World Book Day 2008 Talk. Alister McGrath 29 April, 2008
The Creation as told in the Torah World Book Day 2008 Talk. Norman Solomon 29 April, 2008

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