The Oxford Almanack was an annual almanac published by the Oxford University Press for the University of Oxford from 1674 through 2019.[1][2]
The Oxford University Press originally held a monopoly on publishing almanacs. The almanacs traditionally included engravings and information about Oxford University, including the Heads of Colleges and a university calendar. No almanack appeared in 1675, but it had been published annually since 1676.[1]
Engravers and artists have included James Basire, Michael Burghers, J. M. W. Turner, and John Piper.
List of almanacks since 1992
Petter's The Oxford Almanacks lists the scenes depicted and their illustrators up to 1973, and the list is continued to 1991 in Bradshaw's article in Oxoniensia (see Further Reading for both references).
| Year | Illustration | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Sir Geoffrey Arthur Building, Pembroke College | |
| 1993 | St Hilda's College | Hugh Casson |
| 1994 | Oxford University Press | |
| 1995 | St John's College | Ilana Richardson |
| 1996 | Tom Tower and the Radcliffe Camera | Jonathan Pike |
| 1997 | Covered Market | Michele Tranquillini |
| 1998 | North Oxford | Matthew Cook |
| 1999 | University College | Ron Sandford |
| 2000 | University Church | Sarah McMenemy |
| 2001 | Oxford in summer | David Mach |
| 2002 | High Street | David Prentice |
| 2003 | Folly Bridge | Oliver Warman |
| 2004 | Harris Manchester College | Philip Atkins |
| 2005 | Linacre College | Ben Pritchard |
| 2006 | Saïd Business School | Chris Andrews |
| 2007 | St Edmund Hall | Joseph Winkelman |
| 2008 | Magdalen College | Michael Chaplin |
| 2009 | Radcliffe Observatory | John Walsom |
| 2010 | Wadham College | Francis Hammel |
| 2011 | Oxford Canal & St Barnabas Church | John Newberry |
| 2012 | Botanic Garden | John Lawrence |
| 2013 | Balliol College | Ivan Green |
| 2014 | Exeter College | Tim Steward |
| 2015 | St Cross College | Robin Wilson |
| 2016 | St Catherine's College | Cathy Read |
| 2017 | Corpus Christi College | Ceri Allen |
| 2018 | Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies | Chris Fothergill |
| 2019 | Oxford University Press | William Monk |
References
- 1 2 Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Oxford Almanacks". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. pp. 298–299. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
- ↑ @OxUniPress (2 January 2020). "Hi, unfortunately there isn't an Oxford Almanack for 2020. The University of Oxford and OUP have agreed to stop producing the Almanack from 2020 onwards due to dwindling interest" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
Further reading
- Helen Mary Petter, The Oxford Almanacks (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1974)
- J.R. Bradshaw, 'A Classification by Subject of the Oxford Almanacks 1674-1991', Oxoniensia 56 (1991), pages 131-144
- Paul Luna & Martyn Ould, 'The Printed Page', chapter 17 in Ian Gadd (editor), The History of Oxford University Press. Volume I: Beginnings to 1780 (Oxford University Press, 2013), pages 520-527 (online with subscription)