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The later addition to Duke Humfrey's Library continues to be known as the "Selden End". By 1620, 16,000 items were in the Bodleian's collection. [ 23 ] Anyone who wanted to use the Bodleian had to buy a copy of the 1620 library catalogue at a cost of 2 shillings and 8 pence.
The medieval section is above the Divinity School and Selden End (named after John Selden a benefactor of the library) is above the Convocation House. A drawing of the medieval section with the Divinity School below in isolation is used as the emblem of the Bodleian Library.
extension to Duke Humfrey’s library was built; still known as Selden End, after the lawyer John Selden (1584–1654) who made a gift of 8,000 books which were housed there, it stands at the far end of the Divinity School, over the Convocation House, the meeting-room for the University’s ‘Parliament’. Below:
The last addition to Bodley’s buildings came in 1634–7, when another extension to Duke Humfrey’s Library was built; it is still known as Selden End, after the lawyer John Selden (1584–1654) who made a gift of 8,000 books.
Duke Humfrey’s Library offers seating in silent study conditions and a historic setting. There is reader seating available in the bays off the main body of Duke Humfrey’s Library and in Selden End.
English jurist, John Selden (1584-1654) added the final addition to Bodley’s collection of buildings when he constructed another extension to Duke Humfrey’s Library, known as Selden End. Gifting around 8000 books, the library was now large enough to receive and house plenty of gifts, books and manuscripts.
27 paź 2024 · The Selden End or W. cross-wing of the building was erected between 1634 and 1637. The N. doorway was inserted in the Divinity School in 1669 by Christopher Wren, and the building repaired and strengthened in 1701–2.
