Today, despite what must have been serious misgivings, I was granted access to one of the oldest libraries in the world, the Bodleian. It's the second largest in Britain (after the British Library), and is one of 6 "legal deposit" libraries in the British Isles, which means that it has the right to request a copy of any book printed in the UK or Ireland. The Radcliffe Camera is part of the system, and that's where the four of us who got our cards today went to sit for an hour or so and do some work. It's not open to the public, so it was pretty freaking cool to be able to go in.
Afterward we went and walked around Christ Church College, where the several scenes from the Harry Potter movies were filmed, including the dining room scenes. All in all, an excellent day in Oxford.
2 comments:
Joe! That is soooo cool! But why where there serious misgivings? I mean, it's not like you've threatened to borrow the books while eating a chocolate bar with half of it smeared on your face or anything.
Doesn't look like you have posted here recently, but I just saw this link after accepting friendship with Java over FB. I took a couple of pictures of Radcliffe Camera in my couple of visits to Oxford while in London in January of 1980. Hope all is well, mi amigo!
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