A Quaker bequest to the University Library
In 2016 a large collection of Quaker material was added to the Library’s holdings and a selection is now on display in the Library’s Entrance […]
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Ikebana: the Japanese art of flower arrangement
Rare early illustrations of the Japanese art of flower arrangement, now known as ikebana 生花, will be on display in the University Library Entrance Hall […]
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Mapping the Maps – a guest post from Natasha Pairaudeau
Imagine maps as big as bedsheets, and then imagine the sheets big enough for beds made wide enough to sleep extended families. Only such a […]
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Bringing a hidden collection to light
By Anna Johnson Cambridge University Library may not often be thought of as a significant repository for papyri, but we do have a moderately […]
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Egypt on a tourist’s mind
A guest post by Jasmin Daam, University of Kassel The emergence of tourism, i.e. an organised way of travelling, in the second half of the […]
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Picturesque and prosaic launch to Cambridge University Archives collection in the Digital Library
Cambridge University Digital Library’s newest collection, Cambridge University Archives, is small but choice; a taste of riches to come. The University Archives is responsible for […]
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Changi archives Entrance Hall exhibition
The Royal Commonwealth Society Collections have mounted an exhibition in the entrance hall of Cambridge University Library displaying some of the most significant items […]
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Displayed in the ‘Curious objects’ exhibition is one of the finest illuminated manuscripts in the Library’s Islamic collection. It is a copy of the Persian […]
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‘Scandalous & libellous books’ at the University Library
As a copyright library, and the recipient over the years of many large private collections, the University Library often receives material which it might not […]
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Curator for a Day
In November a group of thirteen students from Long Road and Hills Road Sixth Form Colleges in Cambridge spent a day being curators in the […]
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