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Aldus Manutius (1452? – 6 February 1515) : A humanist printer for humanist readers. Aldine editions at Cambridge University Library

Posted on 9 February 2015 by Laura

The 500th anniversary of Aldus Manutius’s death on 6 February 1515 (Incunabula Project Blog) is celebrated this year by libraries and institutions all over the […]

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Exhibitions, Incunabula, Manuscripts, Rare Books, Special Collections

Cambridge Incunabula Masterclass – An Early Printed Herbal in Context: Illustration of the Herbarius latinus

Posted on 26 August 2014 by Laura

On Tuesday 2 September 2014 Cambridge University Library will be holding its 16th masterclass as part of the Incunabula Project. The masterclass, entitled “An Early […]

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Incunabula, Rare Books

’Text and illustration in early books and manuscripts: A comparative study” conference report from Ed Potten and Laura Nuvoloni

Posted on 29 January 2014 by Laura

In December 2013, Ed Potten and Laura Nuvoloni travelled to Japan, at the invitation of Keio University, to participate in the international conference Text and […]

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Incunabula

Abbreviationes online

Posted on 29 November 2013 by Laura

New on eresources@cambridge A-Z : Abbreviationes online Abbreviationes Online is a database designed to help researchers in the identification and expansion of abbreviations of Latin […]

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Digital Resources, Incunabula, Manuscripts, Rare Books

Pietro Bembo and the University Library’s copy of De Aetna (1496)

Posted on 11 August 2012 by Laura

Autograph variants and corrections of the Venetian humanist Pietro Bembo (1470-1547) have been identified in Cambridge University Library’s copy of his dialogue De Aetna published in Venice by […]

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Incunabula

Epidemic print: medical incunabula and their readers – Incunabula Masterclass – 2 February 2012

Posted on 14 January 2012 by Laura

On Thursday 2 February 2012, the Library will be holding its third masterclass as part of the Incunabula Project. The masterclass, entitled ‘Epidemic print: medical […]

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