Some Islamic manuscripts from Africa
In among the very varied items which constitute Library’s Islamic manuscript collection there is a small number of texts originating from the Saharan and sub-Saharan […]
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Digitisation of the Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: a reflection on digital technologies and collective memory
My name is Raffaella Losito, and in March 2020 I had the great privilege to join the Digital Content Unit team as a Digitisation Technician […]
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“Here’s my photo diary of the impact of a small but incredibly destructive bug”: first transfers to the COVID-19 Collection
Documenting what we do, what we see and how we feel, the first donations have arrived for the University Library’s COVID-19 Collection. Launched in April 2020, this initiative seeks to document the disease’s impact on the […]
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‘I dared not dream that this dream had come true’: musings on special collections in lockdown
I dared not dream that this dream had come true:That I was bending over that yellow pageLit with his words – our boy, our poet, […]
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Rank rogues and errant thieves: slander and defamation in the Isle of Ely
… ‘base beggarly rogue’, ‘false perjurer’, ‘knave and rascal’, ‘errant thief’, ‘pick-pocket, cheating whore and cut-purse’, ‘forsworn man’, ‘witch’, ‘night-walker’, ‘rank rogue’ … At first glance the insults listed above may have been lifted directly from one of Shakespeare’s […]
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Salisbury Cathedral’s 800th anniversary and a medieval poem in Cambridge University Library
Guest post by Dr Francis Young. On 28 April 1220 Bishop Richard Poore laid the foundation stone of Salisbury Cathedral, which is unique among English […]
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The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: The conservators’ challenge – Part 2
Since conservation’s last post we have been very busy. We have continued to work on the Cambridge University Library material, have completed work on Christ’s, […]
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Spreadsheets, shelflists & scones: Special Collections works from home
On Wednesday 18th March the University Library closed its doors to readers, in line with government advice around COVID-19. That afternoon saw many of Cambridge’s […]
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The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: Introducing our new conservators
We are Marina Pelissari and Marie Renaudin, the new conservators joining the thrilling Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project team! In 2019 we both qualified as […]
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The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: quires reunited
Cataloguing the Greek manuscripts of Cambridge in the context of the Polonsky Foundation project allows new insight in the collections. By examining the manuscripts one […]
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