In pictures: Masterpieces from the Bodleian Library
The Bodleian Library is currently displaying some 130 remarkable items from its collections, to demonstrate how ideas of genius, people of genius and moments of genius have left their mark on papyrus, parchment and paper
Codex Mendoza, which contains a history of the Aztec rulers and their conquests, c1541 © Bodleian Libraries
Schilflied (Reed Song), by Felix Mendelssohn, Frankfurt, March 1845 © Bodleian Libraries
Historia Naturale (Natural History), by Pliny the Elder, 1476 © Bodleian Libraries
Map of the Holy Land, England, late 14th century © Bodleian Libraries
Flora Graeca (The Flora of Greece) by John Sibthorpe (1758–1796), James Edward Smith (1759-1828) and John Lindley (1799-1865) © Bodleian Libraries
Magna Carta. Issue of 1217, sent by the royal chancery to Gloucester © Bodleian Libraries
Marks of Genius: Masterpieces from the Collections of the Bodleian Libraries is on show at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, until 20 September 2015 and admission is free. For more information, visit the library website
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