/ en /quintissence-woes-search-robert-pink-and-william-twisse ‘A Quintissence of Woes’: In Search of Robert Pink and William Twisse Patrick Maxwell Issue number (2024): 22 Notes category Robert Pink William Twisse John Harmar Sir Henry Savile John White 17thC history

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 ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ 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]

 

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, Oxford

22NCN3 (2024) Maxwell on Robert Pink and William Twisse.pdf279.38 KB ]]> Tue, 31 Dec 2024 06:09:29 +0000 Christopher 3263 at /where-old-meets-new-commemorating-savilian-professorships-online-exhibition 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 ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ’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 ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ. 

 

Geometry and Astronomy Exhibition (six webpage feature boxes)

 

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford

22NCN9 (2024) Shire on Where Old Meets New.pdf1.14 MB ]]> Tue, 31 Dec 2024 05:50:05 +0000 Christopher 3262 at /node/1981 Anniversaries, Alumni, and Acquisitions: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library in 2019 Christopher Skelton-Foord Issue number (2019): 12 Notes category ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ history 21stC history Geometry Astronomy Savilian professorships Sir Henry Savile Library Antiquarian Women students Kate Mosse Reginald Pole Lodovico Beccadelli

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 ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ.  In 1619, the scholar and diplomat Sir Henry Savile (1549–1622) founded two university chairs bearing his name, which have long been associated with ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ.  And if we fast-forward from 1619 in Oxford some 360 years to 1979, women students are for the first time ever matriculating at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ.

 

Paula Wilson, Portrait of Ruth Mazo Karras and Caroline Kay (2019)
Oil on board, 100 x 90 cms, ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, Oxford

 

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, Oxford

12NCN10 (2019) Skelton-Foord on Anniversaries.pdf2.11 MB ]]> Tue, 24 Dec 2019 11:13:05 +0000 Christopher 1981 at /node/1978 Christopher Saxton’s 1579 Atlas of England and Wales: An Unexpected Savilian Book Among ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library’s Treasures Alexandra Plane Issue number (2019): 12 Notes category Christopher Saxton Sir Henry Savile Savilian professorships Library Antiquarian ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ history

Christopher Saxton’s 1579 Atlas of the Counties of England and Wales is one of ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ 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 ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ.

 

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, BT1.47.9

 

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford

12NCN6 (2019) Plane on Saxton.pdf715.56 KB ]]> Tue, 24 Dec 2019 11:05:42 +0000 Christopher 1978 at