Sir George Arthur and British Honduras
The Royal Commonwealth Society Library has just published an on-line catalogue for one of its earliest manuscript collections, the archives of the colonial administrator Sir […]
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Charles Sayle (1864-1924): poet, bibliographer & librarian
Charles Edward Sayle – poet, bibliographer and librarian – was born 150 years ago on this day in 1864. His surname may be familiar to […]
Continue reading »Recent Acquisitions: Manuscript Books of Hours
The current exhibition in the entrance hall, Scribes and Printers, features recent acquisitions by the Departments of Manuscripts and Rare Books. This post showcases the […]
Continue reading »Manuscripts Department Image of the Month
The Manuscripts department have added a new image to their Image of the Month feature. Night Work at Greenwich Observatory, a hand-coloured print by William […]
Continue reading »Sassoon manuscripts on exhibition in Newcastle
Several items from the library’s collection of the manuscripts of Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) are currently on display at the Hatton Gallery in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in an […]
Continue reading »Codex Zacynthius
Cambridge University Library is delighted to announce that we have reached our appeal target and secured the purchase of Codex Zacynthius. We are extremely […]
Continue reading »Early Egyptian texts revealed; the papers of Sir Herbert Thompson
The University Library has recently acquired from the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, an archive of the personal papers of Sir Herbert Thompson, […]
Continue reading »‘The necklace of her kingdom’: Elizabeth I and Cambridge
In August 1564 – 450 years ago this month – Queen Elizabeth I visited Cambridge for the first time during her reign. The town was […]
Continue reading »‘Swear by the slain of the War that you’ll never forget’: Siegfried Sassoon’s First World War Poems in Context
The First World War was one of the defining conflicts of European history. On 4 August 1914, the date when Britain entered the War, a […]
Continue reading »Flesh wounds : David Holbrook and D-Day
David Holbrook, later well-known as a writer, educationist and controversialist, landed in Normandy as a twenty-one year old tank commander on D-Day, 6 June 1944. […]
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