Category: Manuscripts

Thom Gunn revived and remembered

Posted on 19 October 2017 by John Wells

On Thursday 26 October the University Library is offering a chance to join poet Clive Wilmer at the launch of his Faber edition of the […]

Events, Exhibitions, Manuscripts, Poetry

Islamic Codicology at Cambridge University Library

Posted on 3 October 2017 by Yasmin

Every autumn – since 2006 – Cambridge University Library is hosting an Introduction to Islamic Codicology, a one week course and workshop on the material and artistic […]

Conservation, Manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern

Papers of a forgotten folklorist: Charles Dack

Posted on 14 September 2017 by Special Collections

There is often more to the books in Cambridge University’s Rare Books Room than meets the eye, with many of them containing unique handwritten accessory […]

Collectors and collecting, Manuscripts, Rare Books

The Fluctuating Fortunes of the University Library during the 15th and 16th Centuries

Posted on 1 September 2017 by James Freeman

While elucidating finer points of library administration and the placing of manuscripts on the shelves, the early catalogues of the University Library additionally bear witness […]

Cambridge University Archives, Library history, Manuscripts, Subject guide, Uncategorized

Absence as Evidence: Recovering the Losses in an Eighth-century Gospel Book

Posted on 11 August 2017 by Special Collections

Guest post by Dr Eleanor Jackson

Manuscripts

Comings and Goings: The Movement of Manuscripts at the University Library before 1600

Posted on 1 August 2017 by James Freeman

A new subject guide has been published on the University Library website on the subject of the handwritten and printed registers, inventories and catalogues of […]

Cambridge University Archives, Library history, Manuscripts, Subject guide, Uncategorized

The Early Catalogues of the University Library: A New Subject Guide

Posted on 10 July 2017 by James Freeman

Perhaps the most common enquiry regarding our medieval manuscripts concerns their provenance: in particular, when they might have arrived at the University Library. Our manuscripts […]

600th anniversary, Cambridge University Archives, Manuscripts, Subject guide

Ikebana: the Japanese art of flower arrangement

Posted on 12 June 2017 by Special Collections

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 […]

Digitisation, Exhibitions, Japanese, Manuscripts, Recent acquisitions, Special Collections