I'll name that text in four

[altariel]

It is the 800th anniversary of our local higher education establishment, and there are streetlight banners around town at the moment reminding passers-by of this fact.

I thought you all might enjoy the sufficiently taxing to irritate slightly quiz on this one, which lists a series of publication dates of important texts. Any guesses?

There was also a light show on the Senate House to celebrate the anniversary: see here. Warning: Contains bell-ringing and images by Quentin Blake.