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contain the university- library, whilst the adjoining " Galleries " afford accommo-
dation to the famous Pomfret marbles and a collection of paintings and drawings,
most precious amongst which are 162 original designs by Eaphael and 79 by
Michael Angelo. Eadcliffe Library, named after its founder, the physician of
"William III., to whom the university is likewise indebted for its observatory,
occupies a handsome rotunda, surmounted by a dome rising from an octagonal base.
Fig. 85.
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The Exvirons of Oxford.
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The buildings known as the "Schools," which were once used for lectures, in
which a suite of rooms is set apart for public examinations, are now mainly occu-
pied by the famous Bodleian Library, thus named after its founder. Dr. Bodley,
who died in 1612. This collection, one of the largest in the world, for it contains
400,000 printed volumes and 25,000 MSS., is more especially rich in oriental
literature, and possesses the MSS. collected by Dr. Clarke on Mount Athos. It is
entitled to a copy of every work printed in England ;
but, like other collections in