Woven Manuscripts: A new exhibition
If you’ve visited the University Library recently, you may have noticed the striking new exhibition of woven artworks in our entrance hall. What you may […]
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#ColorOurCollections
Looking for an outlet for your creativity, or a stress-relieving pastime with a cultural twist? This year the University Library is taking part in the […]
Continue reading »Robert Bloomfield, ‘the first of rural bards’
The poet Robert Bloomfield, author of The farmer’s boy, was born in Suffolk two hundred and fifty years ago, in December 1766. Of humble parentage, […]
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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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The Peterborough Cathedral Manuscripts and the Peterborough Lapidary
Guest post by Dr Francis Young In 1970 Peterborough Cathedral placed its ancient manuscripts on permanent loan to Cambridge University Library, owing to the unsuitable […]
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Reading Between the Lines: An 11th-Century Bilingual Psalter
The sixth of our ‘Treasures of the University Library’ talks was given by Dr James Freeman, Medieval Manuscripts Specialist:
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A Choirbook fit for a King?
Today saw the beginning of our series of show-and-tell events, ‘Treasures of the University Library’, with talks given by Anna Pensaert, Head of Music Collections. […]
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Treasures of the University Library: don’t miss out!
Would you like the opportunity to come face-to-face with some of the most precious items from Cambridge University Library’s collections? To celebrate our 600th anniversary, […]
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Hour by Hour, Day by Day: Devotions in the Fifteenth Century
The physical dimensions of a Book of Hours give you immediate clues as to how they were used: they are small, often pocket-sized books, intended […]
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Books of Hours at Cambridge University Library
Within its holdings of well over 450 illuminated manuscripts, Cambridge University Library possesses some 45 Books of Hours. As books designed for personal use within […]
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