A census of sixteenth-century Venice
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 9461 is one of the more recent additions to our collections of medieval and early manuscripts; a small piece of […]
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Decorated paper wrappers in the University Library
There are many beautiful books in the University Library, from illuminated medieval manuscripts to illustrated private press books of the nineteenth-century. In addition to the […]
Continue reading »Conduct literature for and about women in Italy: a new exhibition
The display cases outside the Map Department are hosting a new exhibition entitled “Conduct literature for and about women in Italy: prescribing and describing life”. The […]
Continue reading »1513–2013: Il Principe is 500 years old
The year 2013 marks the quincentenary of Niccolò Machiavelli’s Il Principe, one of the most widely read political writings of all time. The Italian Collections […]
Continue reading »Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
The Rare Books Department has recently added two significant early sixteenth-century books to the University’s collections, both rare collected writings of the Cistercian Bernard of […]
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