What an absolutely lovely chap. I have tattoos of the Knife and the Spyglass and it's great to see, that the man who forged these fantasies, that are such a big part of my imagination, is such a likeable person. Thank you so much for the video, greatly enjoyed it!

Thank you very much for sharing !

Thank you !

Thank you for curating this beauty. These iitems kept in Oxford were not purchased or but stolen using British military force, essentially it is a pirate culture. I would not be comfortable to own a museum with them and would return many of the artifacts back to museums in Iran.

Fuck's room mate in Navada was Richard Feynman. Another fun fact was Richard Feynman was a Safecracker in New Mexico Los Alamos .

Thank you very much for informations !

dominic janes is idiot

Why couldn't the Opposition Party of the day put forward those arguments against the 'selling off' of 'National Treasures'. The main one of course is the National Health Service. That is a classic example of there being more chiefs than Indians. Where one has the ludicrous situation of an Administrator being in charge of a Medical Professional.

Tch, so I was doing my USPS mail route, had Stand and Deliver come on my iPod, and I wondered if anyone did a cover called "Scan ans Deliver" with that theme. Well, this works too!

Husyan the Golden pen ❤❤❤❤❤

One of the most insightful books I have ever read.

It was very beautiful manuscript I wish one day they go back to their origin and people enjoying them🥹👏🌷🌹🌺

such priceless documents should be really preserved , translated for all, so people know what earlier generations were all about and what culture heritage means to them.

Thank you so much for this interview. I could listen to him for hours. Does anyone know what the book on story motifs he mentioned at the beginning of the video is?

These are so fine & lovely but not as blooms🌺🤭

Bravo to Folio Society for keeping book printing and book binding in the UK well into the 21st century...

Interesting research. Many thanks for uploading.

Very nice

Just re-read His Dark Materials trilogy. It gets better the more one reads it. Thank you for this interview & a chance to hear the greatest living writer speak.

You are on a wondrous, wonder-filled journey. Thank you for sharing. Peace to you along the way.

cool asf dude

Most enlightening but very sad.

Fascinating talk. Thank you, Professor Qureshi.

You're doing excellent work! ❤

Thank you I wish I were close enough to view the exhibition (from the USA)!

Why is the music Indian ?? 🤔

What about Anna Atkins? Her Wikipedia entry says "Very early botanical photographs, 1843 book Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions (1st book illustrated with photographic images)"

Is the collection he’s talking about at the beginning the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature?

Those manuscripts are in the Arabic alphabet, back thousands of years ago they used their tradition numerals that Cyrus would have been able to reed. Then they had middle Persian, modern Persian and it's alphabet were not used until the rise of Islam in the Persian region. Old school Persian writing is very different, there was 2 of them before Islam, like I said, traditional Persian, Middle Persian and the Arabic numerals they use today. In Turkey after the Ottoman Empire was defeated they went from using Arabic numeral to the Latin one that they use today. I think that in Mongolia they are now converting to using their cultural numerals, they used Russian Cyrillic's in the past, now their going to use tradition Mongol writing, er I think at least!

Wonderful paintings and amazing explanations thanks 👌✨✨✨

I love ancient Persia, and it's art, culture, food and music. I have a Persian restaurant in my home town. The food there is delicious, the Persian were sophisticated and civilised back in the day, if only we could get Cyrus II the great back in power, none of this beheading and stoning crap in Iran today. I'm glad the Persian people are waking up and starting to rise up against the regime of Iran today. Persia was a truly great empire, now sadly gone! Greeting from Europe!

I just love the Bodleian libraries...💚

Really interesting lecture! I would like to mention, however, some further information on the question asked by the woman with the American accent. The German doctor, Heiko Schöning, was indeed arrested... following an anti-vaccine protest where he was among a number of individuals spreading misinformation about the COVID pandemic in the middle of it. While I do see censorship as a problem; I consider that to be a poor example given the importance of reducing the spread of misinformation at the best of times, and especially mid-crisis.

Amazing

Lt Col Boden's niece donated his life's savings (£25+K) to Oxford University to open a separate department for Sanskrit learning, with following aims:- * Christian priests to learn Sanskrit to know about Indian scriptures and religious beliefs. * Translate, corrupt and print in order to subvert Hindu philosophies. * Max Müller did exactly that despite failing to become this department's Chair. * Overall, a library of criminality, theft and deceit, typical of the British.

Ancient manuscripts from all over the world, especially from India, kept as "stolen goods". This is the real "loot" the British had made. It's a "Library of Stolen Books".

loved this, thank you for sharing!!

Whats the name of the manuscript at 1:01

Wonderful interview, thank you so much!

Philip Pullman is a treasure.

Absolutely love these intimate moments with Philip! Wish he didn’t narrated all of his books; it’s such a pleasure listening to his voice.

Excellent! More videos, please! The presentation is just right--great dancers, superb musicians and just the right amount of introduction. Thank you! San Antonio's English Country Dance group has recently re-started ("after Covid") and these videos really help!

So helpful, clear and beautiful! Thank you!

Charming !

I never fail to be impressed by the early photographic pioneers. They wanted to permanently fix images with some sort of process - and proceeded to create that process. What they accomplished is analogous to Bach having a concept for what music could be - and having to invent the harpsichord in order to play it. Best wishes from Vermont 🍁

Merci beaucoup from Paris France 👍.

Yes. It is rejuvenating for young people. Still, a lot more are away these days

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I was intrigued by the title of this book. Thanks for this very brief, yet valuable introduction.