Books of Beasts: From Cambridge to California
Two Cambridge University Library bestiary manuscripts dating from the thirteenth century have made the transatlantic crossing for a spectacular new exhibition that opens today at […]
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Medieval Palaeography Workshop Programme 2019
Every Easter Term, the University Library hosts the Cambridge Medieval Palaeography Workshop.
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Care in the handling of books
A reminder of good practice by Henry Creswick (University Librarian 1949-67), courtesy of the University Archives:
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Family Fun: Manuscripts by Candlelight
Next Wednesday (17th April) sees the return of Manuscripts by Candlelight at the University Library. This event first took place as part of Twilight at the Museums […]
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On a Roll: A New Acquisition
Cambridge University Library is delighted to announce the acquisition of a late 13th-century rental roll originally made for the Augustinian priory of Holy Trinity, Ipswich. […]
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Pembroke College’s Benefactors’ Book
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 […]
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Englishing the Papacy: The Liber Pontificalis and MS Kk.4.6
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 […]
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The Transmission of Knowledge in the Early Middle Ages
A guest post from Johanna Jebe, Maximilian Nix, Luise Nöllemeyer, Bastiaan Waagmeester and Elena Ziegler, PhD students from the University of Tübingen.
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The Digital Recovery of a Lost Page of Codex Bezae
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.
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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 […]
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