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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

‘A Trunk of Writings’: The Fate of Samuel Ward’s Papers

Posted on 1 June 2017 by James Freeman

A month ago, we announced the digitisation of the earliest known draft of part the King James Bible, MS Ward B of Sidney Sussex College. […]

Archives, Cambridge Digital Library, Digitisation, Manuscripts, Sidney Sussex College, Uncategorized

The Earliest Known Draft of the King James Bible

Posted on 1 May 2017 by James Freeman

It is rare that archival research makes the national news. Jeffrey Alan Miller’s identification of a draft of a portion of the King James Bible […]

Archives, Cambridge Digital Library, Digitisation, Manuscripts, Sidney Sussex College

The ‘Album amicorum’ of Abraham Ortelius

Posted on 4 March 2017 by James Freeman

The latest addition to the Cambridge Digital Library is the Album amicorum of Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598). The Album amicorum – literally ‘book of friends’ – […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Digitisation, Manuscripts, Maps, Pembroke College, Poetry, Science

Reading Between the Lines: An 11th-Century Bilingual Psalter

Posted on 22 October 2016 by James Freeman

The sixth of our ‘Treasures of the University Library’ talks was given by Dr James Freeman, Medieval Manuscripts Specialist:

Cambridge Digital Library, Events, Manuscripts

Treasures of the University Library: don’t miss out!

Posted on 30 September 2016 by James Freeman

Would you like the opportunity to come face-to-face with some of the most precious items from Cambridge University Library’s collections? To celebrate our 600th anniversary, […]