Medieval manuscripts – Page 3 – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

Salisbury Cathedral’s 800th anniversary and a medieval poem in Cambridge University Library

Posted on 5 May 2020 by Special Collections

Guest post by Dr Francis Young. On 28 April 1220 Bishop Richard Poore laid the foundation stone of Salisbury Cathedral, which is unique among English […]

Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts

The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: The conservators’ challenge – Part 2

Posted on 21 April 2020 by CUL Conservation

Since conservation’s last post we have been very busy. We have continued to work on the Cambridge University Library material, have completed work on Christ’s, […]

Conservation, Digitisation, Greek, Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, Polonsky Greek

The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: Introducing our new conservators

Posted on 3 March 2020 by CUL Conservation

We are Marina Pelissari and Marie Renaudin, the new conservators joining the thrilling Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project team! In 2019 we both qualified as […]

Collection Care, Conservation, Digitisation, Greek, Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, Polonsky Greek, Special Collections

The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: quires reunited

Posted on 10 February 2020 by Special Collections

Cataloguing the Greek manuscripts of Cambridge in the context of the Polonsky Foundation project allows new insight in the collections. By examining the manuscripts one […]

Greek, Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, Polonsky Greek

The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: The conservators’ challenge – Part 1

Posted on 12 December 2019 by CUL Conservation

The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project has been a great support in encouraging continued professional development within the project. In this blog post we will […]

Collection Care, Conservation, Digitisation, Greek, Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, Polonsky Greek, Special Collections

The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: Apart … together

Posted on 12 November 2019 by Special Collections

In a previous #PolonskyGreek project blogpost Conserving fragments, conservators discussed their work on the fragments; this blogpost describes how cataloguers can deal with the challenges […]

Conservation, Fragments, Greek, Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, Polonsky Greek, Special Collections

The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: Medieval Eastern Mediterranean Binding Model – Part 1.

Posted on 7 October 2019 by CUL Conservation

Welcome to another Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Conservation blogpost. Since our last update on conserving fragments we have made great progress with the treatment of […]

Conservation, Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern, Polonsky Greek, Special Collections

The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: It’s not all about pretty pixels

Posted on 20 September 2019 by Special Collections

The Digital Content Unit (DCU) is the Library department responsible for the digitisation of special collections and the creation of other audio-visual content. The earliest […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Digitisation, Greek, Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, Polonsky Greek

The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: Conserving fragments

Posted on 19 August 2019 by CUL Conservation

Since the introductory blogpost from conservation on The Polonsky Greek Manuscripts Project, we have made a lot of progress, having completed the survey of the […]

Collection Care, Conservation, Fragments, Greek, Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, Polonsky Greek, Special Collections

Piecing Together the Evidence: Cataloguing a Greek Manuscript

Posted on 12 July 2019 by Special Collections

Alongside conservation and digitisation, the Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project encompasses the creation of detailed catalogue descriptions for each manuscript, to accompany the images published […]

Greek, Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, Polonsky Greek

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