This week's library is the Duke of Humphrey’s Library, Bodleian, Oxford University, England. I'm having trouble finding out too much information on this one, but as I like to leave you with a little something, I did find this website http://catholicoxford.blogspot.com/2006/06/duke-humphreys-library-and-bodleian.html. Which tells us "In 1444, it was decided to put a second storey on the Divinity School to accommodate a gift of books from Duke Humphrey of Gloucester.[1] The new floor was finished in 1470.
Through the passage at the east end of the school, we get into the Schools Quadrangle of the Bodleian Library. This great collection, which now contains five hundred thousand books and forty thousand manuscripts, was added to the existing library of Duke Humphrey by Sir Thomas Bodley[2] in 1602. There are extensive vaults beneath the building, and an annexe was recently opened on the other side of Broad Street. Since 1610, the Bodleian has enjoyed the right of receiving a copy of every book published in the kingdom. (From Goulder, Pilgrimage Pamphlets: Oxford & Cambridge, 1963)"
This information does coincide with other writings I have found on the inernet, there just doesn't seem to be a whole lot written.
But without further ado...
Duke of Humphrey’s Library, Bodleian, Oxford University, England.
