Scholarly Collection

Christ Church Library
The interior of Christ Church Library, Oxford showing ceiling to floor bookshelves. A student is shown working. Two ladies are being given a tour in the background

Portrait of Professor Max Muller
Professor Max Muller (December 1823- October 1900). Born Friedrich Max Muller was a German-born philologist and Orientalist, who lived and studied in Britain for most of his life

CHRISTINA / DESCARTES
Rene Descartes explains his ideas to the scholarly queen Christina of Sweden Date: circa 1650

Tarot Card 2 - La Papesse (The Female Pope). Date: 20th century

Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Master Allwise the Matrons son. 1928

Four men share a meal, China
Four (rather scholarly in appearance) men sharing a meal, China Date: circa 1907

Thomas Pelham Dale
THOMAS PELHAM DALE Scholarly English churchman whose ritualistic practices offended some, leading to legal battles and a brief incarceration in Holloway. Date: 1821 - 1892

Mark Ridley
MARK RIDLEY medical, found favour at the Russian court as doctor to Tsar Boris Godunov, returned to England, wrote scholarly books on magnetism and such Date: 1560 - 1624

Scholarly Monks
The monastic establishments were virtually the only repositories of learning during the Middle Ages. Date: medieval

Printing in Latin 1687
Scholarly magazines intended for an international readership were at this time printed in Latin, with which every well-read person was expected to be familiar

Descartes and Christina
Rene Descartes explains his ideas to the scholarly queen Christina of Sweden

Selling Books, 16th Cent
In a western European town, a travelling bookseller offers treasures from his donkey cart to scholarly customers

Brit Museum Stacks
The Book Stacks, whence books are retrieved for readers, one by one, and carried on a trolley to the Reading Room where readers await them in scholarly patience

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