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:
Continue reading »The sixth of our ‘Treasures of the University Library’ talks was given by Dr James Freeman, Medieval Manuscripts Specialist:
Continue reading »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. […]
Continue reading »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, […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »At first glance, it looks like a French Book of Hours made in the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century: it is written in humanistic […]
Continue reading »The diaries of Siegfried Sassoon which are held in Department of Manuscripts and Archives are a unique and fascinating resource for both historians and literary […]
Continue reading »James McBryde came up to Cambridge in 1893 from Shrewsbury. Whilst at King’s College he joined the circle of friends surrounding the scholar M.R. James […]
Continue reading »Note: readers of this post may be interested to learn that, since its publication, MS Gg.5.35 has been digitised in full and the images are […]
Continue reading »Eighty years ago in 1936 Cambridge University Library received a manuscript, bequeathed by its owner Agnes Smith Lewis at her death in 1926. It is […]
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