Humfrey Wanley Fellowships, Bodleian Visiting Fellowships

Title: Humfrey Wanley Fellowships

Institution: Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

Location: Oxford, England

Applicants: “academic researcher of postdoctoral level”

Stipend: £1,800/ month

Duration: 1 month, usually from August – July

Description: “This fellowship supports a period of research in the rare books and manuscripts collections of the Bodleian Library. The fellowship is named after Humfrey Wanley (1672–1726), assistant librarian at the Bodleian from 1695 to 1700, founding member of the Society of Antiquaries, a pioneer in the study of palaeography and library-keeper to Robert Harley, and Edward Harley, Earls of Oxford, two of the greatest book and manuscript collectors of their day.”

Website: here.

Pictured manuscript: Bodleian Library MS. Arm. d. 21; 17th century Sisian manuscript in Classical Armenian.