Winchester College Publication Treausry: Collections Bulletin 2019-2020 | Seite 2

Contents
Outreach
Treasury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2–3
The Fellows’ Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Objects in Focus
Winchester College MS 48:
New Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7
Cataloguing Sculpture . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Early Experiments with
Radio Waves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Monty Rendall: A Newly
Discovered Autobiographical
Fragment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–12
Welcome to the first issue of Winchester College
Collections, a record of the activity of all four parts of
the College’s collection—Treasury, the Fellows’ Library, the
Archives, and Science School—in the past year. As well as
offering a glimpse into the latest discoveries and research on
the objects themselves, it covers the life of the collections in
the form of our exhibitions, acquisitions, new online resources,
and engagement with communities beyond the College.
In addition to the developments recounted in the following
pages, a standout event of the academic year has been the
generous gift of Chinese porcelain from Anthony du Boulay
(Du Boulay’s, 1943–46). Plans to display this tremendous
acquisition are well underway, and we look forward to
reporting back next year.
This issue comes at a strange moment. One of the busiest years
for Winchester’s collections was cut short by the coronavirus
pandemic, forcing the College to close its doors in March. In
the meantime, we’ve been working to make our collections
more accessible online and planning for the safe return of our
visitors. We hope you enjoy reading about our year, and
warmly encourage those interested in the collections to get
in touch and find out more.
Sarah Griffin, Assistant Curator (editor)
Richard Foster, Keeper of Collections and Fellows’
Librarian
Suzanne Foster, Archivist
Suzanne Ceiriog-Hughes, Treasury Manager
A Portrait of Rendall by Glyn
Philpot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Life of the Collections
Exhibitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14–15
Recent Acquisitions . . . . . . . . . .16–17
Online Resources and
‘Winchester College at War’ . . .18–19
Cover image: woodcut illustration of Astronomia in John of
Sacrobosco’s Sphaera Mundi (Venice, 1490). Find out more
about this new acquisition on p. 16.
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