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Reading Euclid at Cambridge

Posted on 4 June 2018 by Liam Sims

Euclid’s Elements of Geometry is the subject of the current exhibition in the Library’s Entrance Hall display cases, which runs until 27th June. Written by […]

Collectors and collecting, Exhibitions, Incunabula, Rare Books, Special Collections

Workshop on the Life and Work of Sir George Biddell Airy

Posted on 30 May 2018 by Dr Emma Saunders

A guest post by Daniel Belteki, University of Kent On 29 June 2018, Cambridge University Library will host a workshop on the life and […]

Archives, Astronomy, Engineering, Events, Manuscripts, Science, Special Collections

Lectures: A material history of the Bible in England 1200-1600

Posted on 14 May 2018 by Special Collections

A forthcoming public lecture series at Cambridge University Library: A Material History of the Bible in England, 1200-1600 by Dr Eyal Poleg, Senior Lecturer in […]

Events, Manuscripts, Rare Books, Special Collections

Award for the UL’s Honorary Keeper of Japanese Books

Posted on 1 May 2018 by Special Collections

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 […]

Japanese, librarians, Library history, Special Collections

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

From Flat Plains to Ascending Hills: Conservation challenges for the Greenough Map

Posted on 1 March 2018 by CUL Conservation

By Lucy Cheng and Ngaio Vince-Dewerse Ever wanted to go behind the scenes to get a glimpse of how an exhibition is put together? The […]

Conservation, Exhibitions, Maps, Special Collections

Silks, pearls and manuscripts

Posted on 19 February 2018 by Catherine Ansorge

On the wall of the Library’s fourth floor of landing hangs a portrait of a man dressed in a very fine silk or satin doublet […]

Cambridge University history, Collectors and collecting, librarians, Manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern, Special Collections

Reckoning the lost and found: tally sticks re-discovered at the UL

Posted on 21 November 2017 by Sian Collins

In an institution that’s been collecting archives for centuries it’s almost impossible to know about everything that you hold – therefore there are always lovely […]

Archives, Collectors and collecting, Events, Exhibitions, Special Collections

Burckhardt in Basel

Posted on 31 October 2017 by Catherine Ansorge

On the 19th and 20th of October a conference was held in Basel to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of the explorer John […]

Archives, Manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern, Special Collections

Henry Bradshaw and the Foundations of Codicology

Posted on 27 October 2017 by James Freeman

In 2015, the Sandars Reader in Bibliography was Richard Beadle, Professor of Medieval English Literature and Palaeography at the Faculty of English. The subject of […]

Manuscripts, Sandars Lectures, Special Collections

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