Martin Bucer and the Reformation in Cambridge
Between 17th and 19th March, a number of Cambridge librarians – along with a host of academics – spent a happy time in the Parker […]
Continue reading »Between 17th and 19th March, a number of Cambridge librarians – along with a host of academics – spent a happy time in the Parker […]
Continue reading »This week is Museum Week, which seems like an excellent occasion to look at books in the University Library with connections to our national museum […]
Continue reading »Thanks to a recommendation of Dr Rodrigo Cacho, Reader in Spanish Golden Age and Colonial Studies, the Rare Books department of Cambridge University Library has […]
Continue reading »The virtuoso composer, musician and organ builder John Bull (who probably spent some time at the University of Cambridge) died on this day in 1628. […]
Continue reading »On this day in 1766 – 250 years ago – was born Thomas Robert Malthus, for whom bells rang out in Cambridge yesterday. A scholar, cleric and […]
Continue reading »We have a new collection coming to Rare Books. It will take some time before it will be available to see in our reading room, […]
Continue reading »A. N. L. ‘Tim’ Munby (1913-1974), who has featured on these pages before, has at least two connections with Christmas. Most importantly, he was born […]
Continue reading »Cookery books are not, as one might expect, a modern phenomenon. Before Nigella, Delia and the great Fanny Cradock taught us all how to make […]
Continue reading »This guest post is written by Cliff Webb, a generous donor to the Library in recent years. Since leaving Cambridge I have spent some 40 […]
Continue reading »About sixty years before the University had its own purpose-built library, William Bateman (Bishop of Norwich) founded Trinity Hall in Cambridge. It remains one of […]
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