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contain the university library, wliilst the adjoining " Galleries " afford accommo- 

 dation to the famous Pomfret marbles and a collection of paintings and drawino-s, 

 most precious amongst which are 162 original designs by Raphael and 79 by 

 Michael Angelo. Radcliffe Library, named after its founder, the phj'sician 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. — The Environs 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 



