Taylor Editions

Taylor Editions are digital texts and images from the collections of the Taylor Institution Library and libraries around the world. Texts have been digitised by members of the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages and the wider University of Oxford digital scholarship community, with the support of library staff, who have provided training on imaging, encoding and preservation.

Creating the Editions provides real-life training in creating digital resources, increases the visibility and accessibilty of research objects in Modern Languages, and gives the ongoing opportunity to submit translations and further resources for any of the texts featured.

The first texts to be created, the Reformation Pamphlets, were launched by the Cultural Attaché of the German Embassy, Ms Charlotte Schwarzer, who remarked:

Competence in a foreign language is far more than linguistic skill. First and foremost, foreign languages are about building bridges between cultures, between people, and broadening one's own horizons. [...] I believe that this website is one of those bridges.

We hope that this website fulfils its promise to be a way of building bridges, by bringing texts of cultural importance to a wider audience, facilitating their translation, and allowing students to comment on their impact and significance.