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Books of Beasts: From Cambridge to California

Posted on 14 May 2019 by James Freeman

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 […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Digitisation, Exhibitions, Medieval manuscripts, Special Collections, Uncategorized

Care in the handling of books

Posted on 15 April 2019 by James Freeman

A reminder of good practice by Henry Creswick (University Librarian 1949-67), courtesy of the University Archives:

Cambridge University Archives, Collection Care, librarians, Library history, Uncategorized

“We had a lovely time of it and did good work” – Captain E. D. Ridley and the Battle of Loos

Posted on 15 January 2019 by Frank

26.9.15 – Dear Mother, The great battle began yesterday and we are now full of wild rumours. On the 25th of September 1915 the Loos-Artois […]

Archives, Uncategorized

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Cambridge University Library is delighted to announce the acquisition of a late 13th-century rental roll originally made for the Augustinian priory of Holy Trinity, Ipswich.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

LGBT History Month at the UL

Posted on 19 March 2018 by Liam Sims

During February the University Library joined with a number of colleges and other institutions across town and University to mark LGBT History Month, an annual […]

Archives, Cambridge University Archives, Cambridge University history, Collectors and collecting, Japanese, Library history, Manuscripts, Rare Books, Special Collections, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection, Uncategorized

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

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

A typographical trip to Lyon

Posted on 13 July 2017 by Liam Sims

The University Library has, since the 1970s, maintained an Historical Printing Room, where practical teaching on the history of printing has long taken place. We […]

Historical Printing, Rare Books, Special Collections, Uncategorized