James Freeman – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

On a Roll: A New Acquisition

Posted on 28 September 2018 by James Freeman

Cambridge University Library is delighted to announce the acquisition of a late 13th-century rental roll originally made for the Augustinian priory of Holy Trinity, Ipswich. […]

Acquisitions, Cambridge Digital Library, Digitisation, Manuscripts, Uncategorized

Pembroke College’s Benefactors’ Book

Posted on 1 June 2018 by James Freeman

A guest post from Jonathan Nathan, who is studying for his PhD in History. He is investigating the circulation of underground atheist literature through pre-modern […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Christian Works, Digitisation, Manuscripts, Pembroke College

Englishing the Papacy: The Liber Pontificalis and MS Kk.4.6

Posted on 21 May 2018 by James Freeman

A guest post from Thomas Langley, who completed his MPhil on wealth and authority in early medieval Italy in 2017, and has continued studying at […]

Christian Works, Events, Manuscripts

The Transmission of Knowledge in the Early Middle Ages

Posted on 24 January 2018 by James Freeman

A guest post from Johanna Jebe, Maximilian Nix, Luise Nöllemeyer, Bastiaan Waagmeester and Elena Ziegler, PhD students from the University of Tübingen.

Manuscripts

The Digital Recovery of a Lost Page of Codex Bezae

Posted on 14 November 2017 by James Freeman

A guest post by Elijah Hixson. Elijah is currently finishing his PhD on 6th-century Greek manuscripts of the Gospels at the University of Edinburgh.

Cambridge Digital Library, Christian Works, Manuscripts, Uncategorized

Henry Bradshaw and the Foundations of Codicology

Posted on 27 October 2017 by James Freeman

In 2015, the Sandars Reader in Bibliography was Richard Beadle, Professor of Medieval English Literature and Palaeography at the Faculty of English. The subject of […]

Manuscripts, Sandars Lectures, Special Collections

The Fluctuating Fortunes of the University Library during the 15th and 16th Centuries

Posted on 1 September 2017 by James Freeman

While elucidating finer points of library administration and the placing of manuscripts on the shelves, the early catalogues of the University Library additionally bear witness […]

Cambridge University Archives, Library history, Manuscripts, Subject guide, Uncategorized

Comings and Goings: The Movement of Manuscripts at the University Library before 1600

Posted on 1 August 2017 by James Freeman

A new subject guide has been published on the University Library website on the subject of the handwritten and printed registers, inventories and catalogues of […]

Cambridge University Archives, Library history, Manuscripts, Subject guide, Uncategorized

The Early Catalogues of the University Library: A New Subject Guide

Posted on 10 July 2017 by James Freeman

Perhaps the most common enquiry regarding our medieval manuscripts concerns their provenance: in particular, when they might have arrived at the University Library. Our manuscripts […]

600th anniversary, Cambridge University Archives, Manuscripts, Subject guide