Peter Pan in the Tower
Post by Dr Sarah Pyke, Munby Fellow in Bibliography 2023/24, who is using the University Library’s legal deposit holdings (the Tower Collection) to survey illustrated […]
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Francis Jenkinson: a pop-up exhibition
Yesterday the University Library hosted a conference to mark one hundred years since the death (on 21 September 1923) of Francis Jenkinson, University Librarian for […]
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The First Islamic Material at Cambridge University Library: Unearthing Bedwell’s Forgotten Manuscript
Dr Majid Daneshgar is Associate Professor of Area Study at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Japan. He was previously Munby Fellow 2022-23 […]
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A Persian Manuscript for Samuel Pepys: Naval Networks and Indology in Restoration England
This post is by the inaugural Oschinsky Research Associate, Dr James White. James is working with a core group of forty Arabic and Persian manuscripts which […]
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The legacy of Francis Jenkinson: a symposium
‘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 […]
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The Autograph of al-Khaṭīb al-Tibrīzī (d. 502/1109): A Very Early Source for the Poetry of al-Maʿarrī.
This post is by the inaugural Oschinsky Research Associate, Dr James White. James is working with a core group of forty Arabic and Persian manuscripts which […]
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Henry Bradshaw: an Irish book collector?
This post is by Dr Nora Moroney, Munby Fellow for 2022-23. Nora is working on the book collection of Henry Bradshaw (University Librarian 1867-86) at […]
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Seventeenth-Century Catholic Philosophers in Cambridge University Library: guest post by Niall Dilucia
In this guest post, Cambridge PhD student Niall Dilucia writes about his research into early modern intellectual history, examining the relationship between philosophy, theology, and […]
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From ‘Register of Readers’ to online requesting
Eagle-eyed users of the Library’s iDiscover catalogue may have noticed a new feature when they log in and search for Rare Books; a small but […]
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Book sales catalogues now listed
In the course of our work as curators we receive hundreds of booksellers’ and auctioneers’ catalogues every year, many now in digital form, but plenty […]
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