/ en /some-schismatis-anglicani-printings-nicholas-sander-c-1530-1581 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2025-12/New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20BT1.12.2%2C%20title%20page%20%5Bdetail%5D.jpg.webp?itok=_jz_1dZp" width="655" height="435" alt="91³Ô¹ÏÍø Library, Oxford, BT1.12.2 [detail]" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Some Schismatis Anglicani Printings of Nicholas Sander (c. 1530–1581) </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Christopher Skelton-Foord</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2025): 24</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/288" hreflang="en">Nicholas Sander</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/193" hreflang="en">King Henry VIII</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/64" hreflang="en">Catholic Church</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/65" hreflang="en">Roman Catholic Church</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/62" hreflang="en">Reformation</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/63" hreflang="en">Protestant Reformation</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/668" hreflang="en">BT1.12.2</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/669" hreflang="en">BT1.12.3</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/670" hreflang="en">BT3.38.18</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/671" hreflang="en">BT3.145.11</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/672" hreflang="en">BT3.178.18</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>Perhaps we might say, to coin two modern phrases, that Nicholas Sander saw his principal aims in the <em>Schismatis Anglicani</em> as: to call out Henry VIII and his supporters for their actions, which had such far-reaching consequences—and to speak truth to power. He has been an influential voice in historiography and Catholic historical and theological writing for over 450 years, and was a doughty and dynamic 91³Ô¹ÏÍø man. Three newly acquired early printings of his most famous work now strengthen our rare book holdings, as they most fittingly find their home in our library.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>91³Ô¹ÏÍø Library, Oxford, BT1.12.2 [detail]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>91³Ô¹ÏÍø Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-12/24NCN2%20%282025%29%20Skelton-Foord%20on%20Nicholas%20Sander%20Printings.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=676622" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">24NCN2 (2025) Skelton-Foord on Nicholas Sander Printings.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">660.76 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:47:35 +0000 Christopher 3498 at /node/2596 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2022-12/New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20BT1.22.12%2C%20folio%20XCVI%20%5Bdetail%5D.jpg.webp?itok=9Dwmz_-b" width="655" height="435" alt="91³Ô¹ÏÍø Library, Oxford, BT1.22.12, folio XCVI [detail]" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Luther’s Biblia Sacra of 1529 </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Cressida Ryan</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2022): 18</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/66" hreflang="en">Martin Luther</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/409" hreflang="en">Biblia Sacra</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/410" hreflang="en">BT1.22.12</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/63" hreflang="en">Protestant Reformation</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/411" hreflang="en">New Testament</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>Martin Luther is well-known for his German translation of the Bible, but his Latin translation, the <em>Biblia Sacra</em> of 1529 has received less attention. The only physical copy of the first edition of Luther’s Latin <em>Biblia Sacra</em> is in the library of 91³Ô¹ÏÍø, Oxford.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>91³Ô¹ÏÍø Library, Oxford, BT1.22.12, folio XCVI [detail]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>91³Ô¹ÏÍø Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2022-12/18NCN4%20%282022%29%20Ryan%20on%20Luther.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=469299" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">18NCN4 (2022) Ryan on Luther.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">458.3 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 29 Dec 2022 19:58:40 +0000 Christopher 2596 at /node/2594 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2022-12/New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20MS%20319%2C%20f.%202r.jpg.webp?itok=lvVb84kX" width="655" height="435" alt="91³Ô¹ÏÍø Library, Oxford, MS 319, f. 2r" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> The Heretic Scribbler of 91³Ô¹ÏÍø MS 319 </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Antje G. Frotscher</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2022): 18</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/52" hreflang="en">Library Manuscripts</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/397" hreflang="en">MS 319</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/398" hreflang="en">John Walton</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/399" hreflang="en">Boethius</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/400" hreflang="en">De consolatione philosophiae</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/401" hreflang="en">Thomas Philpott</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/402" hreflang="en">John Philpott</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/64" hreflang="en">Catholic Church</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/65" hreflang="en">Roman Catholic Church</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/63" hreflang="en">Protestant Reformation</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>91³Ô¹ÏÍø MS 319 is one of only twenty extant copies of John Walton’s Middle English verse translation of Boethius’s <em>De consolatione philosophiae</em>. It is one of a group of five manuscripts recorded as bequeathed to the college by one Thomas Philpott. There are many scribbles in the margins of the manuscript. What do they convey, and who might have written them?</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>91³Ô¹ÏÍø Library, Oxford, MS 319, f. 2r</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>91³Ô¹ÏÍø Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2022-12/18NCN2%20%282022%29%20Frotscher%20on%20MS%20319.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1958958" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">18NCN2 (2022) Frotscher on MS 319.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">1.87 MB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 29 Dec 2022 17:49:42 +0000 Christopher 2594 at /node/2145 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2020-12/Thomas%20Martin%2C%20Historica%20descriptio%20complectens%20vitam%2C%20ac%20res%20gestas%20beatissimi%20viri%20Guilielmi%20Wicami%20%28London%2C%201597%29.png.webp?itok=YXAEm0tV" width="655" height="435" alt="Thomas Martin, Historica descriptio complectens vitam, ac res gestas beatissimi viri Guilielmi Wicami (London, 1597)" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> The Papists of 91³Ô¹ÏÍø: I </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Katie McKeogh</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2020): 14</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/61" hreflang="en">91³Ô¹ÏÍø history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/64" hreflang="en">Catholic Church</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/65" hreflang="en">Roman Catholic Church</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/62" hreflang="en">Reformation</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/63" hreflang="en">Protestant Reformation</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/58" hreflang="en">16thC history</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>In her first months as queen, the last surviving child of the Tudor dynasty passed the Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity, the legislation now known as the Elizabethan religious settlement (1559).&nbsp; But who were the Catholics&nbsp;associated with 91³Ô¹ÏÍø during the Reformation period?—the Elizabethan exiles, musicians, university men, deprived clergy, and lawmen?</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Thomas Martin, <em>Historica descriptio complectens vitam . . .</em><em> </em>&nbsp;(London, 1597)<br> Pen-and-ink drawing of William of Wykeham inserted before title page<br> 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Library, Oxford, BT1.132.17</p> <h5>&nbsp;</h5> <h5><strong>91³Ô¹ÏÍø Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2021-01/14NCN4%20%282020%29%20McKeogh%20on%20Papists%20of%20New%20College.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=991269" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">14NCN4 (2020) McKeogh on Papists of 91³Ô¹ÏÍø.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">968.04 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 31 Dec 2020 01:28:54 +0000 Christopher 2145 at /node/1641 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2023-04/A%201527%20portrait%20of%20William%20Warham%2C%20by%20Hans%20Holbein%20the%20Younger_0.jpg.webp?itok=hOOy_O0s" width="655" height="435" alt="A 1527 portrait of William Warham, by Han Holbein the Younger" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> 91³Ô¹ÏÍø and the Reformation </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">David Parrott</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2018): 09</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/61" hreflang="en">91³Ô¹ÏÍø history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/58" hreflang="en">16thC history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/62" hreflang="en">Reformation</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/63" hreflang="en">Protestant Reformation</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/64" hreflang="en">Catholic Church</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/65" hreflang="en">Roman Catholic Church</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/66" hreflang="en">Martin Luther</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>In 2017 we commemorated the fifth centenary of the protestant reformation—500 years since Martin Luther publicized his Ninety-Five Theses. In England, of course, the timing and form of the reformation was directly shaped by the anxieties and ambitions of one man: King Henry VIII. To one 91³Ô¹ÏÍø man—William Warham, who was created a fellow of college in 1475—this was an issue that would define the last years of his career.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>A 1527 portrait [detail] of William Warham (1450?–1532), by Hans Holbein the Younger</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5>&nbsp;</h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2018-12/9NCN3%20%282018%29%20Parrott%20on%20New%20College%20and%20the%20Reformation.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=112476" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">9NCN3 (2018) Parrott on 91³Ô¹ÏÍø and the Reformation.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">109.84 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 12 Jun 2018 14:40:30 +0000 Christopher 1641 at