Sir Henry Savile

‘A Quintissence of Woes’: In Search of Robert Pink and William Twisse

Christopher — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 06:09:29 +0000

‘A Quintissence of Woes’: In Search of Robert Pink and William Twisse

Patrick Maxwell

Issue number

(2024): 22

Notes category

In the late 17th century Anthony Wood set forth his view of the ‘Wykehamist academic trajectory’: ‘Golden Scholars, silver Bachelors, leaden Masters and wooden Doctors.’ Yet in the cases of Robert Pink (1573–1647) and William Twisse (1576/7–1646) this is quite plainly untrue. Yet Wood’s adage can highlight the extent to which ��Ƶ provided an academic community in which ‘Golden Scholars’ could find a base for their non-academic pursuits. Both Pink and Twisse can be seen as emblematic figures in the ambiguities of religious-political divergence during the decades before the English Civil War.

Robert Pinke (oil on panel) by Paul van Somer (c. 1572–1621) (circle of), New College, Oxford, NCI 631 [detail]

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22NCN3 (2024) Maxwell on Robert Pink and William Twisse.pdf279.38 KB

Where Old Meets New: Commemorating the Savilian Professorships in an Online Exhibition

Christopher — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 05:50:05 +0000

Where Old Meets New: Commemorating the Savilian Professorships in an Online Exhibition

William Shire

Issue number

(2024): 22

Notes category

Exhibitions

Geometry

Astronomy

Savilian professorships

Sir Henry Savile

In recent years, the library has expanded its digital presence greatly, making full use of the latest technology. An extensive programme has been launched to digitise the library’s manuscripts, rare books, and most important archives items. The library’s social media presence has also grown from strength to strength and a video series, Curators’ Choice, has been developed to bring ��Ƶ’s unique collections to as large an audience as possible. The creation of a set of online exhibitions is the obvious next step to complement these initiatives, as such exhibitions have the potential to bring together the library’s digitised images and video content on one site and dedicated to one particular theme—a goal achieved during the creation of the library’s first online exhibition, English Literature Through the Ages. This Note highlights the second online exhibition produced this year by the library, Geometry and Astronomy, which focuses on the Savilian professorships in both subjects, based at ��Ƶ.

Geometry and Astronomy Exhibition (six webpage feature boxes)

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22NCN9 (2024) Shire on Where Old Meets New.pdf1.14 MB

Anniversaries, Alumni, and Acquisitions: ��Ƶ Library in 2019

Christopher — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 11:13:05 +0000

Anniversaries, Alumni, and Acquisitions: ��Ƶ Library in 2019

Christopher Skelton-Foord

Issue number

(2019): 12

Notes category

Savilian professorships

2019 was a year of notable anniversaries, marking as it does both the 400th anniversary of the Savilian Professorships in geometry and astronomy, and the 40th anniversary of women students at ��Ƶ. In 1619, the scholar and diplomat Sir Henry Savile (1549–1622) founded two university chairs bearing his name, which have long been associated with ��Ƶ. And if we fast-forward from 1619 in Oxford some 360 years to 1979, women students are for the first time ever matriculating at ��Ƶ.

Paula Wilson, Portrait of Ruth Mazo Karras and Caroline Kay (2019)
Oil on board, 100 x 90 cms, ��Ƶ, Oxford

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12NCN10 (2019) Skelton-Foord on Anniversaries.pdf2.11 MB

Christopher Saxton’s 1579 Atlas of England and Wales: An Unexpected Savilian Book Among ��Ƶ Library’s Treasures

Christopher — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 11:05:42 +0000

Christopher Saxton’s 1579 Atlas of England and Wales: An Unexpected Savilian Book Among ��Ƶ Library’s Treasures

Alexandra Plane

Issue number

(2019): 12

Notes category

Christopher Saxton

Sir Henry Savile

Savilian professorships

Library Antiquarian

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Christopher Saxton’s 1579 Atlas of the Counties of England and Wales is one of ��Ƶ Library’s finest early printed volumes. The atlas was originally in the possession of the Savile family—a wealthy, academically inclined Yorkshire dynasty. It was first owned by John Savile, the older brother of the Elizabethan scholar and courtier Sir Henry Savile, who founded the Savilian Professorships in Geometry and Astronomy, both of which are attached to ��Ƶ.

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12NCN6 (2019) Plane on Saxton.pdf715.56 KB

Sir Henry Savile

‘A Quintissence of Woes’: In Search of Robert Pink and William Twisse

‘A Quintissence of Woes’: In Search of Robert Pink and William Twisse

������Ƶ, Oxford

Where Old Meets New: Commemorating the Savilian Professorships in an Online Exhibition

Where Old Meets New: Commemorating the Savilian Professorships in an Online Exhibition

������Ƶ Library and Archives, Oxford

Anniversaries, Alumni, and Acquisitions: ������Ƶ Library in 2019

Anniversaries, Alumni, and Acquisitions: ������Ƶ Library in 2019

������Ƶ, Oxford

Christopher Saxton’s 1579 Atlas of England and Wales: An Unexpected Savilian Book Among ������Ƶ Library’s Treasures

Christopher Saxton’s 1579 Atlas of England and Wales: An Unexpected Savilian Book Among ������Ƶ Library’s Treasures

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��Ƶ, Oxford

��Ƶ Library and Archives, Oxford

Anniversaries, Alumni, and Acquisitions: ��Ƶ Library in 2019

Anniversaries, Alumni, and Acquisitions: ��Ƶ Library in 2019

��Ƶ, Oxford

Christopher Saxton’s 1579 Atlas of England and Wales: An Unexpected Savilian Book Among ��Ƶ Library’s Treasures

Christopher Saxton’s 1579 Atlas of England and Wales: An Unexpected Savilian Book Among ��Ƶ Library’s Treasures

��Ƶ Library and Archives, Oxford