/ en /node/1978 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2019-12/New%20²ÝÁñÊÓƵ%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20BT1.47.9.png.webp?itok=V-jScsQU" width="655" height="435" alt="²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, BT1.47.9" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Christopher Saxton’s 1579 Atlas of England and Wales: An Unexpected Savilian Book Among ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library’s Treasures </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Alexandra Plane</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2019): 12</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/235" hreflang="en">Christopher Saxton</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/228" hreflang="en">Sir Henry Savile</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/231" hreflang="en">Savilian professorships</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/61" hreflang="en">²ÝÁñÊÓƵ history</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>Christopher Saxton’s 1579 <em>Atlas of the Counties of England and Wales</em> is one of ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library’s finest early printed volumes.&nbsp; The atlas was originally in the possession of the Savile family—a wealthy, academically inclined Yorkshire dynasty.&nbsp; 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.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, BT1.47.9</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2020-10/12NCN6%20%282019%29%20Plane%20on%20Saxton.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=732736" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">12NCN6 (2019) Plane on Saxton.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">715.56 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 24 Dec 2019 11:05:42 +0000 Christopher 1978 at