Documenting what we do, what we see and how we feel, the first donations have arrived for the University Library’s COVID-19 Collection. Launched in April 2020, this initiative seeks to document the disease’s impact on the […]
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The Battle of Passchendaele, or Third Ypres was fought one hundred years ago between July and November 1917. One of the regiments involved was the […]
Continue reading »Cambridge University Library is delighted to announce that we have reached our appeal target and secured the purchase of Codex Zacynthius. We are extremely […]
Continue reading »For early medieval Christian communities, a gospel book was a treasured possession and, according to an Anglo-Saxon riddle, ‘a thing useful against evils’. The most […]
Continue reading »We are delighted to announce the publication of a detailed on-line catalogue for the archives of the Royal Commonwealth Society. This collection is composed of […]
Continue reading »The items described here are on display in the Anderson Room cases at Cambridge University Library until 10 May 2013 The erhu epitomises Chinese music; […]
Continue reading »In the world in general mention of the Wright Brothers brings to mind the pioneers of controlled powered manned flight, Orville and Wilbur Wright. In […]
Continue reading »Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister, was shot dead in the House of Commons lobby on 11 May 1812. His killer was John Bellingham, described by P.J. […]
Continue reading »Cambridge University Library holds a rich collection of botanical studies printed in the Low Countries, many of which were originally part of the collection of […]
Continue reading »Among the numerous treasures at Cambridge University Library are the private documents of the explorer John Lewis Burckhardt, who rediscovered the ancient city of Petra […]
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