Crest and coat of arms of Oxford University in a vaulted exterior arch outside the Bodleian Library, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
Crest and coat of arms of Oxford University in a vaulted exterior arch outside the Bodleian Library, Oxfordshire, England, Great Britain, United Kingdom. The crest bears a Latin inscription from Psalm 27: "Dominus illuminatio mea", meaning "The Lord is my light". The Bodleian Library ( established in 1602 ) is the main research library of the University of Oxford and one of the oldest libraries in Europe. It is in Britain second in size only to the British Library with over 11 million items. Known to Oxford scholars as "Bodley" or simply "the Bod", under the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 it is one of six legal deposit libraries for works published in the United Kingdom and under Irish Law it is entitled to request a copy of each book published in the Republic of Ireland. The Bodleian operates principally as a reference library and in general documents may not be removed from the reading rooms.
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Location: Broad Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, Great Britain, United Kingdom, Europe
Photo credit: © Mieneke Andeweg-van Rijn / Alamy / Afripics
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