Celebrating 20 Years of the Aoi Pavilion
Celebrating 20 Years of the Aoi Pavilion: Home of the East Asian Collections at the University of Cambridge On 8 June, 1998, Lord Broers, then […]
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Lectures: A material history of the Bible in England 1200-1600
A forthcoming public lecture series at Cambridge University Library: A Material History of the Bible in England, 1200-1600 by Dr Eyal Poleg, Senior Lecturer in […]
Continue reading »Award for the UL’s Honorary Keeper of Japanese Books
In March, the Japanese embassy in London held a reception for Professor Emeritus Peter Kornicki, who has received one of Japan’s highest honours: the Order […]
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Smelly Remedy: Womb Fumigation Illustrated in Seventeenth Century Print
Swelling, shifting and releasing noxious vapours, the Early Modern womb was deemed to be an unruly organ and the cause of numerous ailments. The symptoms […]
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Talk on the Liberation Collection, 22nd February
On Thursday 22nd February Sir Charles Chadwyck-Healey will give a talk to the Cambridge Bibliographical Society on ‘The power of the image in liberated France, […]
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Puzzling Scribes and Medieval Puzzles: Guest post by Dr Eleanor Jackson
Note: readers of this post may be interested to learn that, since its publication, MS Gg.5.35 has been digitised in full and the images are […]
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Living the Gothic Revival: William Burges and Tower House
William Burges (1827-81) identified himself throughout his prolific career as an ‘art-architect’1. Richard Popplewell Pullan (1825-88) was also an artist and architect, and like Burges […]
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Arthur Schnitzler digital: new resources. Guest post by Andrew Webber
The leading Austrian Modernist writer, Arthur Schnitzler, died on 21 October 1931. Marking the anniversary of the author’s death, the digital portal constructed for the […]
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A chance discovery: Guest post by Jason Scott-Warren
One of the newest arrivals in the University Library’s Rare Books department was a chance find on Ebay. The History of Our B. Lady of […]
Continue reading »Festival of Ideas 2017 at the University Library
The Special Collections team are once again taking part in the University’s Festival of Ideas, a public engagement initiative that celebrates the arts, humanities […]
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