Read more on the BJP's website: https://t.co/yLsxGNutL0 📸 | Francis Augusto 4/4

The project combines history and photography to spotlight individuals across Oxford whose work is driving meaningful change. Their stories explore discovery and human connection - from challenging narratives to reshaping education, climate, global health and access. 3/4

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“I’m interested in how people become who they are, how they attach meanings to things in themselves,” says Augusto. “...For me, it was about asking ‘Can I be in that space?’ and ‘What would it look like if somebody like me is part of their permanent collection?’” 2/4

We are delighted to share the second artist from the @bjp1854 commission, Francis Augusto, who brings his observational approach to create portraits exploring themes of representation and spaces sparking change. The sitters: Alexis McGivern/Clarissa Salmon Prof Steve Strand 1/4

Is there a book or a poem that helped you explore what neurodiversity means? The Weston Library’s Space for Reading is changing themes - next up: Neurodiversity. 📚 Submit your (anonymous) suggestions here: https://t.co/WswjSrTbOk

Read more on the BJP's website: https://t.co/QLzdCOgzTz 📸 | Leia Morrison 4/4

The first of three artists commissioned as part of this remarkable collaboration, Leia Morrison, brings her signature warm, collaborative style to capture some of the biggest change makers of our age. 3/4

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The initiative will add 19 photographic portraits to the Bodleian’s permanent collection, expanding and diversifying its historic iconography while capturing the breadth and real-world impact of Oxford’s research. 2/4

The Bodleian Libraries and The British Journal of Photography (@bjp1854) have today unveiled Catalysts, a new portrait series celebrating Oxford University's leading innovators whose work is reshaping health, society and the environment worldwide. 1/4

The 1178 Ranshofen Gospels give big Monday energy: three evangelists turn up to work missing key tools: no pen, wrong ink, no parchment.... only St John is prepared for the day. A medieval reminder that some Mondays haven’t changed! MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 60 #MedievalMonday

St Andrew appears all over our collections. Artists across centuries reimagined the saint who became Scotland’s patron: MS. Gough drawings-Gaignières 16, fol. 60r MS. Douce 311, fol. 115v MS. Canon. Liturg. 388, fol 267r MS. Laud Misc. 165, fol 121r #StAndrewsDay

Born #OTD in 1898: C. S. Lewis, creator of Narnia! This hand-drawn map is his own sketch, later redrafted by Pauline Baynes for Prince Caspian. Spot Aslan’s How, Cair Paravel and Lantern Waste on the map. 🦁 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 220/1, fol. 160

Oxford, but... Upside Down 🔃 #RadcliffeCamera

Why do you read (or not read)? Take part in this survey about #reading practices, experiences & habits & you can enter a prize draw to win one of six £100 prizes in book tokens. Responses will inform Prof Marion Turner’s research.

What book would you recommend to someone learning about neurodiversity for the first time? We’re updating our Space for Reading at the Weston Library and this time, the theme is Neurodiversity. Share your book recommendations here: https://t.co/WswjSrTbOk

Which one are you feeling like on this Monday morning? Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264, found on Digital Bodleian! Explore the manuscript and what other characters it has to offer: https://t.co/l4SiUzyYtu #MedievalMonday

EVENT: Christmas Shopping with Moleskine 🗓️ 28 November, 2:30 - 7:30PM Join us at the Weston Library for a free hot-foil personalisation by a professional calligrapher to any Moleskine product purchased in our shop. More info: https://t.co/qowTqROmYv

A fruity find! 🍎 This practical guide to fruit varieties, now known as The Tradescant’s Orchard, was made for gardeners, not as fine art. Later bound by Elias Ashmole, it joined Oxford with his collections and moved to the Bodleian in 1860. Shelfmark: MS. Ashmole 1461

One place, two creative visions. Clarendon Quad brought to life through pen and photo. Photograph by spiralling_oxford (Instagram) Illustration by https://t.co/qmsvdcCeMv (Instagram)

Surprise someone special with a Friends of the Bodleian membership this Christmas! 🎁 They’ll enjoy exclusive access to events while helping to preserve the Bodleian Libraries extraordinary collections for future generations. Learn more: https://t.co/rpiHzDEujg