Conservation Challenges posed by the Changi Archive
by Emma Nichols and Mary French The conservation of the WWII Changi civilian internment camp archives is being undertaken by two conservators, Emma Nichols and Mary […]
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The Red Book of Thorney: A Cartulary and its Conservation
The cartulary of Thorney Abbey, known as the Red Book of Thorney, is a large 2-volume work begun in the early years of the fourteenth century, […]
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Changi civilian internment digitisation project
The Royal Commonwealth Society Collection is delighted to announce that work has begun on its project to conserve and digitize the archives of two Second […]
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Volunteers experience ‘the magic and the meaning’ of the Cambridge University Press Archive
Since the 1970s, records from Cambridge University Press have been transferred from offices in the Pitt Building on Trumpington Street and the Edinburgh Building and […]
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Make and Create
It’s not often that librarians get to work under canvas but this year the UL took part in the Cambridge University Museums Make and Create […]
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Cambridge Digital Library – latest update
This release sees the launch of our new Lewis-Gibson collection with an initial selection of the 1700 medieval Jewish manuscripts jointly purchased by Cambridge University […]
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Conservation of the Lewis-Gibson Collection: re-treatment of manuscript fragments from the Cairo Genizah
by Mary French, Rebecca Goldie and Emma Nichols Cambridge University Library (the UL) contains the largest collection of medieval Jewish writings in the world. Around […]
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Conservation of Indian miniatures
The Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) collections in Cambridge University Library contain a very attractive collection of nineteenth century Indian mica paintings from Tiruchirappalli in Tamil […]
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Digging Deeper 2 launches today
Numerous classes are held in the UL every year introducing students to the delights and challenges of working with medieval manuscripts. Undergraduates and postgraduates studying […]
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The collection of rare books held by Cambridge University Library has been built up over more than six centuries by a variety of means, including […]
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