We hope you've enjoyed hearing stories from the Chantry Library this year! The Library will be closing for the festive season on December 19th, but we'll be back again in January 2024 to give you a warm welcome to the new year.
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Chantry Library Subject Bibliography No. 8: Greco-Roman Funerary Portraits by Jevon Thistlewood
Greco-Roman Funerary Portraits in the Ashmolean Museum Collections © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford We’re delighted to announce the publication of a new online subject bibliography, ‘Conservation of Greco-Roman Funerary Portraits’ by paintings conservator, Jevon Thistlewood. The earliest unearthing of a mummy portrait was 1615, and these beautiful, naturalistic and near life-sized portraits on panel... Continue Reading →
Paper Conservation titles just in…
Thanks to paper conservator Clare Reynolds, who has kindly donated four titles to The Chantry Library, we can read all about the step-by-step binding, construction and design of books, boxes and portfolios; the Paper Museum of Cassiano Dal Pozzo; bookbinding and the care of books, and leather bookbinding in 1905. Thank you to all our... Continue Reading →
The work of many hands revealed!
Your patience has been rewarded! This is the final image of the linocut print made by the Oxford Conservation Consortium on June 20, 2023 to mark the retirement of Jane Eagan, Head Conservator.
OXFORD CONSERVATION CONSORTIUM: A WORK OF MANY HANDS
To celebrate Head Conservator Jane Eagan’s retirement from OCC, she chose an afternoon printing session with her team at the Bodleian Library’s Bibliography Room. Jane selected a favourite photo, a composite image showing Grove Cottage before it was refurbished and extended for the Consortium in 2000, as a reminder of her time at OCC. ... Continue Reading →
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM CHANTRY LIBRARY!
JUST IN: INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT FOR COLLECTIONS – PROCEEDINGS OF 2021: A PEST ODYSSEY, THE NEXT GENERATION. If, like us, your new year’s resolution includes tackling that pile of conservation reading, you might want to check out this new title. To whet your appetite, see the recent book review by OCC’s Head Conservator, Jane Eagan,... Continue Reading →