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Author: Katie

The death of a prince: four hundred years on

Posted on 6 November 2012 by Katie

A national outpouring of grief over the death of a member of the royal family has often in recent times been portrayed and criticised in […]

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Exhibitions, Rare Books

Incunables Masterclass, 1 November 2011

Posted on 4 October 2011 by Katie

On Tuesday 1 November 2011, the Library will be holding its second masterclass as part of the Incunabula Project. Prof. David McKitterick, Librarian at Trinity […]

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Events, Incunabula

Detective work

Posted on 30 August 2011 by Katie

A significant part of rare books cataloguing work is documenting ‘copy-specific’ information—previous ownerships, binding, decoration, or imperfections—about the book in hand. Identifying and describing this […]

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French, Rare Books, Recent acquisitions

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Completed project blogs

  • Incunabula Project blog (2009-2015)
  • Sanskrit Manuscripts Project, Cambridge (2011-2014)
  • Tower Project Blog (2006-2012)

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