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The Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, Mandan, Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota
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Oxford's Bodleian Library agrees to lend two portraits of Hugo Grotius to the Dutch government, breaking a long-standing rule against removing items, despite their unclear history before 1727.
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Oxford, England, July 13.-(A. P.)--The Oxford House of Congregation has been persuaded to lend to the Dutch government the two supposed portraits of Hugo Grotius, the founder of international law, which have hung in the Bodleian Library for 200 years. It has long been the rule that no book may go out of the library, even at the request of the King himself, or on any manner of condition or bond, but while books contained pictures often enough, yet pictures
These portraits are alike in general features, showing a middle aged man, ruddy and full-faced with brown hair and mustache and small pointed beard. Both resemble the authentic portraits of the great lawyer, poet and theologian.
The history of the portraits, prior to their coming to the university, in 1727, is not clear.
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oxford house of congregation lends two portraits to dutch government
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The Oxford House of Congregation has been persuaded to lend to the Dutch government the two supposed portraits of Hugo Grotius, which have hung in the Bodleian Library for 200 years. It has long been the rule that no book may go out of the library, even at the request of the King himself, or on any manner of condition or bond, but while books contained pictures often enough, yet pictures. These portraits are alike in general features, showing a middle aged man, ruddy and full-faced with brown hair and mustache and small pointed beard. Both resemble the authentic portraits of the great lawyer, poet and theologian. The history of the portraits, prior to their coming to the university, in 1727, is not clear.