Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

The legacy of Francis Jenkinson: a symposium

Posted on 7 August 2023 by James Freeman

‘The care of books is a difficult business’, remarked Francis Jenkinson in his presidential address to the annual meeting of the Library Association in 1905 […]

Anniversaries, Archives, Collectors and collecting, Conservation, Digital Resources, Events, Fragments, Incunabula, Library history, Manuscripts, Rare Books, Special Collections, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

Printing, Paper, and Provenance Projects in the Post-Medieval Genizah Collection

Posted on 19 July 2022 by Special Collections

Guest post by Dr Nick Posegay. One of the special collections here at the CUL is the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection. It contains over 190,000 […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Fragments, Hebrew, Manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern, Special Collections, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

LGBT History Month at the UL

Posted on 19 March 2018 by Liam Sims

During February the University Library joined with a number of colleges and other institutions across town and University to mark LGBT History Month, an annual […]

Archives, Cambridge University Archives, Cambridge University history, Collectors and collecting, Japanese, Library history, Manuscripts, Rare Books, Special Collections, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection, Uncategorized

Treasures of the University Library: don’t miss out!

Posted on 30 September 2016 by James Freeman

Would you like the opportunity to come face-to-face with some of the most precious items from Cambridge University Library’s collections? To celebrate our 600th anniversary, […]

600th anniversary, Cambridge Digital Library, Chinese, Darwin Correspondence Project, Events, Incunabula, Manuscripts, Maps, Music, Near and Middle Eastern, Rare Books, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

Cambridge Digital Library – latest update

Posted on 7 September 2015 by Special Collections

This release includes an important addition to our Royal Commonwealth Society collection. Thomas Dalrymple’s extraordinary photographs of the the former British Cameroons (now Nigeria) in 1937-1942 give […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Lewis-Gibson Collection, Royal Commonwealth Society, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

Y30448U: 19 - Whale shot by a man-of-war at Cape Coast

Cambridge Digital Library – latest update

Posted on 24 July 2015 by Special Collections

This release sees the launch of our new Lewis-Gibson collection with an initial selection of the 1700 medieval Jewish manuscripts jointly purchased by Cambridge University […]

Archives, Cambridge Digital Library, Conservation, Digitisation, Lewis-Gibson Collection, Manuscripts, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

Conservation of the Lewis-Gibson Collection: re-treatment of manuscript fragments from the Cairo Genizah

Posted on 20 July 2015 by Emma Nichols

by Mary French, Rebecca Goldie and Emma Nichols Cambridge University Library (the UL) contains the largest collection of medieval Jewish writings in the world. Around […]

Conservation, Lewis-Gibson Collection

BBC Radio 3: Life in Fragments: Stories from the Cairo Genizah

Posted on 24 May 2013 by Special Collections

The Essay Life in Fragments: Stories from the Cairo Genizah BBC Radio 3, 27–31 May 10:45pm The Cairo Genizah is a treasure trove of manuscripts […]

Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

Cambridge Digital Library: Maimonides fragments and Newton’s dispute with Flamsteed released

Posted on 4 March 2013 by Special Collections

A further 8,000 Genizah fragments are being published in the latest release of Cambridge Digital Library, bringing the overall total to 12,000. The Cairo Genizah […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Manuscripts, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

Parisian Nights

Posted on 30 November 2012 by Special Collections

Fragments from the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection were on the move last week, heading to an exhibition on The thousand and one nights at the Institut […]

Exhibitions, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

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