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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

Royal Commonwealth Society glass negatives and lantern slides

Posted on 23 October 2017 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society department is thrilled to publish on Cambridge Digital Library the first release of its photographic glass plates, generously funded by a […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Digitisation, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society

‘The Tweed’ in Colombo Harbour, 1888

Posted on 2 October 2017 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society Library is thrilled to have acquired a beautiful historical painting from John Weatherstone, who has already generously donated much of the […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Photographs, Recent acquisitions, Royal Commonwealth Society, Special Collections

Farewell to Changi

Posted on 30 June 2017 by Emma Nichols

(Above image – ‘Air Raids’ by Robert Harper, RCMS 103/3/12) After 21 months I have come to the end of my role as project conservator […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Conservation, Royal Commonwealth Society

‘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

Picturesque and prosaic launch to Cambridge University Archives collection in the Digital Library

Posted on 28 February 2017 by Jacky Cox

Cambridge University Digital Library’s newest collection, Cambridge University Archives, is small but choice; a taste of riches to come. The University Archives is responsible for […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Cambridge University Archives, Cambridge University history, Special Collections

#ColorOurCollections

Posted on 7 February 2017 by Emily Dourish

Looking for an outlet for your creativity, or a stress-relieving pastime with a cultural twist? This year the University Library is taking part in the […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Illustration, Manuscripts, Rare Books