{"id":1787513,"date":"2019-07-22T09:13:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T13:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1787513"},"modified":"2019-07-22T09:13:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T13:13:22","slug":"sheldon-tapestry-map-of-oxfordshire-on-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/07\/sheldon-tapestry-map-of-oxfordshire-on-display\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheldon Tapestry Map of Oxfordshire on Display"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Sheldon Tapestry Map of Oxford (detail)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In case the Talking Maps<\/a> exhibition (previously<\/a>) was insufficient cause for you to visit the Bodleian Library in Oxford this year, here’s another. The Sheldon Tapestry Map of Oxfordshire, one of four tapestry maps<\/a>\u00a0of English counties commissioned in the late 16th century by Ralph Sheldon, is on display<\/a> at the Bodleian’s Weston Library<\/a>. The tapestry is partially complete\u2014intact it would have measured 3.5 \u00d7 5.5 metres\u2014and on display for the first time in a century, having gone through a “painstaking” restoration<\/a>. BBC News<\/a>, Londonist<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Oxfordshire tapestry map replaces a display of the Worcestershire tapestry map that had been running for the past four years: both were donated to the Bodleian by Richard Gough in 1809. The Bodleian acquired a sizeable section of the Gloucestershire map in 2007 (it went on display the following year<\/a>); other parts are in private hands. The fourth tapestry map, of Worcestershire, is the only one that is completely intact and not missing any pieces: it’s owned by the Warwickshire Museum, where it’s on display at the Market Hall Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In case the Talking Maps exhibition (previously) was insufficient cause for you to visit the Bodleian Library in Oxford this year, here’s another. The Sheldon Tapestry Map of Oxfordshire, one of four tapestry maps\u00a0of English… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[92,538,184,989,50,550,1354,1353,1275],"class_list":["post-1787513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","tag-1500s","tag-bodleian","tag-bodleian-library","tag-england","tag-exhibitions","tag-oxford","tag-oxfordshire","tag-sheldon-tapestries","tag-tapestry","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1806515,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/03\/a-video-about-the-oxfordshire-tapestry-map\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787513,"position":0},"title":"A Video About the Oxfordshire Tapestry Map","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"24 March 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xU4X9rIkNKs A short video from the Bodleian Libraries on the Sheldon Tapestry Maps\u2014the Oxfordshire map in particular. 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