“I have just set a Hungarian rabbi at work…
…upon our Hebrew manuscripts” said Henry Bradshaw in June 1865. Bradshaw was Head of the manuscript collections in the University Library and was keen to […]
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Printing R-Evolution and Society 1450-1500: a conference reflection
Venice showed itself at its most beautiful in late September when hosting a gathering of over 100 academics, librarians, members of the book trade and […]
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Recognising books made in Cambridge: the Cambridge Bookbindings Project
This post is by Dr David Pearson, until 2017 Director of Culture, Heritage and Libraries at the City of London Corporation, who is currently engaged […]
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Material Evidence in Incunabula – guest post
The following post has been written by Ester Peric, an intern in the Rare Books Department for the month of August updating MEI records (material […]
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Edward Gwynn and his bindings
In 2009 a history of the British Library was published with the title ‘Libraries within the Library’, a phrase which might just as easily be […]
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Celebrating 20 Years of the Aoi Pavilion
Celebrating 20 Years of the Aoi Pavilion: Home of the East Asian Collections at the University of Cambridge On 8 June, 1998, Lord Broers, then […]
Continue reading »Award for the UL’s Honorary Keeper of Japanese Books
In March, the Japanese embassy in London held a reception for Professor Emeritus Peter Kornicki, who has received one of Japan’s highest honours: the Order […]
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Wonderful Wisbech
It was a lovely spring day for the Friends of Cambridge University Library’s visit to the Wisbech & Fenland Museum on 14 April to explore […]
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LGBT History Month at the UL
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 […]
Continue reading »‘Particles of light’: the legacy of Henry Bradshaw
A conference celebrating 150 years since Henry Bradshaw’s appointment as University Librarian at Cambridge 4 December 2017 Milstein Room, Cambridge University Library ‘Books are to […]
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