Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Duke Humfrey's Library

Duke Humfrey's Library Interior, Bodleian Library, Oxford University

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Looking west along the original medieval section to the Selden End
Looking north in the Arts End
Looking east in the medieval section to the Arts End
Looking north in the Arts End
Looking south in the Arts End

Reason: This collection of images of the Bodleian Library in Oxford, while not of the most impressive library interior (certainly not as aesthetic as my photo of the Long Room at Trinity College Dublin), are actually extremely rare, and most likely the best images of the interior available anywhere online. Photography of this library, which dates as far back as 1487 during the Medieval period, is usually completely prohibited as it contains many priceless original books, including manuscripts of the gospels of the Bible from the 3rd century, a Shakespeare First Folio and a copy of the Gutenberg Bible (one of 42 left in the world). I was only allowed to publish these images on the condition that they be limited to 4 megapixels in resolution so unfortunately this is as detailed as they get. Although I do have 40 megapixel images on my hard drive, that's where they will have to remain.
Articles in which this image appears: Duke Humfrey's Library
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator: User:Diliff

Support as nominator – Ðiliff «» (Talk) 16:04, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Lovely. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:35, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Holy (censored)! Fairly amazing EV (oh, and pretty too). I was wondering about the size, but you take any deal they offer to shoot inside the Bodleian. Impressive.--Godot13 (talk) 23:39, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose It's just a load of old books and brown furniture; brown furniture is sooo out of fashion, darling; Belle (talk) 00:59, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support I think it is just as impressive as the Long Room; maybe not so imposing, but more interesting. Are there any more shots? I don't seem to be able to build this up in my imagination just from these; satnav generation problem, no visiospatial skills. Belle (talk) 00:59, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- I know what you mean, I'd have trouble visualising the layout myself if I hadn't been there. I suppose I could give the images captions, although a diagram would probably be useful for the article. I don't have any maps or online information to refer to though, so I'm not sure if I'm in a position to create one without possibly violating policies (eg Wikipedia:No original research). In short though, the library is shaped like the letter H. The original medieval section (1487) is in the middle of the library (shown in the first and third image). Running perpendicular are two wings at each end of the medieval section: the Arts End (1612), and the Selden End (1637). The second, fourth and fifth images show the Arts End from various angles. In the fourth image, you can see the entrance of the medieval section half way down the corridor on the left and in the first image, you are looking from the Seldon End towards the Arts End. I didn't take any photos of the Selden End as there were some changes going on in the library and many of the shelves were empty. It also has a few desks with computers (modern intrusions!) so I figured it spoiled the aesthetic a bit. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 08:50, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Tremonist (talk) 12:45, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Time to read... Brandmeister^talk 16:52, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- DreamSparrow ^Chat 17:36, 11 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Yann (talk) 12:49, 13 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Impressive. Magnificently impressive... How did you get the pics with nobody there? Dusty777 02:42, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- I organised special permission to shoot it at 8am before it opened to public. Actually it's never really open to the public - it's a very specialised library and only (I think) post-grads with a specific reason to access the books are allowed in. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 11:40, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Stunning photographs,especially given the restrictions on photography there.Behind one of these cupboards lurks a ghostly caretaker and his terrifying cat... Lemon martini (talk) 22:58, 17 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Duke Humfrey's Library Interior 6, Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:13, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Duke Humfrey's Library Interior 2, Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:13, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Duke Humfrey's Library Interior 1, Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:13, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Duke Humfrey's Library Interior 3, Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:13, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Duke Humfrey's Library Interior 5, Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:13, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]