Learning letterpress at the Bodleian: Dominus illuminatio mea

Students on the English Master of Studies course at the University of Oxford have produced this pamphlet of Psalm 27 (or 26, depending on your version), which begins ‘The lord is my light,’ in Latin, ‘Dominus illuminatio mea,’ the motto of the University. The students completed a six-week class in historical printing at the Bodleian Bibliographical Press. Helped by Richard Lawrence, the teacher of printing, and by curators from Bodleian Special Collections, they produced a quarto booklet of the psalm in Latin and English (KJV).

Courses for students run in the autumn and winter terms, and shorter workshops are held throughout the year. The workshop is located in the Old Bodleian Library.

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