A small collection of papers relating to the engineer and astronomer Frank McClean (1837-1904) have recently been acquired by Cambridge University Library. The papers comprise two […]
Continue reading »
To mark the 125th anniversary of the publication of William Morris’s edition of the works of Chaucer, 26th June has been designated ‘International Kelmscott Press […]
Continue reading »
The papers of the Cambridge ethologist Sir Patrick Bateson (1938-2017), a recent addition to Cambridge University Library’s science archive holdings, have now been catalogued. Bateson’s personal and scientific working papers complement existing […]
Continue reading »
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 […]
Continue reading »
Welcome to another Polonksy Foundation Greek Manuscripts blogpost. We have an update on the treatment of CUL MS Dd.4.39 an 11th century Psalter and CUL […]
Continue reading »
Welcome to another Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts blogpost. In this post we will be updating you all on the conservation treatments of CUL MS Dd.4.39 […]
Continue reading »
Dr Laure Miolo is a Munby Fellow in Bibliography at Cambridge University Library. As part of her project, she is working on Lewis of Caerleon’s […]
Continue reading »
Dr Laure Miolo is a Munby Fellow in Bibliography at Cambridge University Library. As part of her project, she is working on Lewis of Caerleon’s […]
Continue reading »
Welcome to another Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Conservation update! This is the final instalment in our Medieval Eastern Mediterranean binding model. Previously, we covered our […]
Continue reading »
175 years ago John Stevens Henslow started lobbying for a Botanic Garden in Cambridge. After twenty years of effort, his work bore fruit and led […]
Continue reading »