This post is by Munby Fellow in Bibliography Dr Joshua Fitzgerald. Joshua is an ethnohistorian researching Nahua (commonly “Aztec”) history, art and cultural heritage, especially […]
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This post is by Dr Harry Spillane, Munby Fellow in Bibliography for 2024/25. His research project, entitled ‘Collecting and Correcting: Histories of the English Bible […]
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One of Cambridge University Library’s most treasured manuscripts, the Codex Zacynthius, is displayed in the Library’s exhibition ‘Ghost Words: reading the past’. The focus here […]
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One of the great joys of working with special collections in an historic library like the UL is the discovery (or re-discovery, with each new […]
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Between 17th and 19th March, a number of Cambridge librarians – along with a host of academics – spent a happy time in the Parker […]
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The Mary Jones Bible returned to Bala, Wales, on 18 March and was on show to the public until 20 March. The Bible left Bala […]
Continue reading »Cambridge University Library plans to raise £1.1m to purchase an outstanding Biblical manuscript. Dating from the 6th or 7th century, Codex Zacynthius is a palimpsest […]
Continue reading »The University Library holds many pieces of ephemera – notices, pamphlets and single sheets not intended to last or be preserved – which provide an […]
Continue reading »Maybe surprisingly, the invitation to join this blog as a contributor made me re-consider what’s so special about Music. Of course, being employed within the […]
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