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Regents Park College Oxford

March 2012

Disco Babe

Above is the illustrated title page of one of our editions of  Richard Baxter’s, The saint’s everlasting rest, 1677. You may ask what the title Disco Babe, has to do with a work by Richard Baxter on the saint’s…..the answer is in the picture. I will buy a coffee for person with the first correct guess, I’ll… Read more »

Our first discovery!!

This is the title page to the New Testament of the so-called Matthew Bible, first printed in 1537 from an edited version of William Tyndal’s translation of the New Testament and of parts of the Old Testament, supplemented by Coverdale’s 1535 Old Testament translation. Because William Tyndal had been executed in 1536 as a result… Read more »

Let’s go!

Welcome to the new Angus Library and Archive blog. The main reason for starting this blog at this time is that it is a very exciting time in the life and development of the Angus. We have a Conservation Project being undertaken alongside a Heritage Lottery Fund Project for more information about them please click… Read more »

From the blog

9th October 2020

Mantantu Dundulu, N’lemvo. Linguist, pioneer, man of faith.

To celebrate Black History Month, Dr Daniel Gerrard , Lecturer in Medieval History here at Regent’s, is jumping ahead a few centuries from the...
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