Classical & medieval manuscripts
Special collections subject guides
On this page you will find links to our special collections subject guides, which provide an overview of the Bodleian Libraries' collections and links to further information.
The Bodleian Library's special collections are divided into two main groups:
- Western manuscripts and rare books, maps and music;
- Asian and Middle Eastern manuscripts and rare books.
Oxford University humanities theses also form a part of the Bodleian Library's special collections.
For more complete guides to the Bodleian's special collections, please see the catalogues and finding aids, or consult: The Bodleian Library: a subject guide to the collections, edited by Gregory Walker, Mary Clapinson and Lesley Forbes (Oxford: Bodleian Library, 2004).
Western collections
Asian and Middle Eastern collections
Hebraic, Judaic and Semitic manuscripts and rare books