‘The Tweed’ in Colombo Harbour, 1888
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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »(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 […]
Continue reading »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. […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »The latest addition to the Cambridge Digital Library is the Album amicorum of Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598). The Album amicorum – literally ‘book of friends’ – […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »Our eighth and final ‘Treasures of the University Library’ talk was given by Dr Emily Dourish, Deputy Head of Rare Books:
Continue reading »The sixth of our ‘Treasures of the University Library’ talks was given by Dr James Freeman, Medieval Manuscripts Specialist:
Continue reading »The second of our ‘Treasures of the University Library’ talks was given by Alison Pearn, Associate Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project:
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