Category: University Library Research Institute

Thomas Wort, ‘leech’, and his book of remedies

Posted on 12 April 2024 by Special Collections

This post comes as part of our series from the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project, courtesy of Project Conservator Marina Pelissari and Project Cataloguer Clarck Drieshen.

Curious Cures, Medicine, Medieval manuscripts, Special Collections, University Library Research Institute

John Baskerville’s ‘Small Performances’ project launch

Posted on 8 March 2024 by Liam Sims

This week the University Library was thrilled to host the launch of the AHRC-funded project “Small performances”: investigating the typographic punches of John Baskerville (1707-75) through heritage […]

Historical Printing, Rare Books, Special Collections, University Library Research Institute

Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries: Project Update

Posted on 7 March 2024 by Special Collections

The Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project has been running since May 2022 and, as our two-year anniversary appears on the horizon, we thought followers […]

Curious Cures, Medicine, Medieval manuscripts, Special Collections, University Library Research Institute

Cutting up the archive: reflections on the CVC fellowship

Posted on 5 February 2024 by Sally Kent

In October 2023, CVC fellows Kerstin Hacker and Sana Ginwalla ran a workshop at Cambridge University Library (CUL) entitled ‘Putting our resources to work: transforming […]

Archives, Events, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society, Special Collections, University Library Research Institute

Culinary inspiration and dietary counsel from the Curious Cures project

Posted on 22 December 2023 by Special Collections

Have you ever wondered what food and drink medieval people enjoyed during Christmastime?

Curious Cures, Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Library Research Institute

A cracking medical manuscript under the microscope

Posted on 11 December 2023 by Special Collections

This post comes as part of our series from the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project. Rachel Sawicki, Project Conservator, and Sarah Gilbert, Project Cataloguer, […]

Curious Cures, Medieval manuscripts, Special Collections, University Library Research Institute

Cure This! Medieval maladies and the 2023 Hands:On Hackathon

Posted on 6 October 2023 by Special Collections

This guest post is by Kate Falardeau, PhD candidate in the Faculty of History, and one of the participants of this year’s Hands:On Hackathon at […]

Curious Cures, Digital Resources, Events, Manuscripts, Medicine, Medieval manuscripts, Special Collections, University Library Research Institute

Taking Curious Cures from Cambridge to Copenhagen

Posted on 1 September 2023 by CUL Conservation

Our Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project conservators Marina Pelissari and Rachel Sawicki recently presented a paper at the Care and Conservation of Manuscripts Seminar […]

Conservation, Curious Cures, Medieval manuscripts, Special Collections, University Library Research Institute