A Cure from the Crypt: Weapon Salve in the Library of John Dee
The astrologer, occultist, and alchemist John Dee (1527–1609) has long been associated with the art of necromancy – conjuring the spirits of the dead – […]
Continue reading »The astrologer, occultist, and alchemist John Dee (1527–1609) has long been associated with the art of necromancy – conjuring the spirits of the dead – […]
Continue reading »In partnership with the University of Cape Town and the Five Hundred Year Archive (FHYA) research initiative, Cambridge University Library has recently digitised Sir Godfrey […]
Continue reading »Post by Chloe Rushovich, Engagement and Communities Officer, RCS Carnegie Project As a part of a shared digital curation project, Creating New Connections, Cambridge University […]
Continue reading »Post by Maciej M. Pawlikowski, Head of Digital Content Unit, and Raffaella Losito, Photographer When photographers are working on the digitisation of special collections, they […]
Continue reading »Creating new connections: shared digital curation of the RCS southern African collections at Cambridge University Library A two-year project is underway at Cambridge University Library […]
Continue reading »Conservation work on the Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project was completed way back in 2021 but our conservators have recently taken the time to reflect […]
Continue reading »This volume was kindly donated to the Library in 2018 and comprises 80 letters all of which were sent to William Kemp, an amateur geologist, […]
Continue reading »The Royal Commonwealth Society Library is extremely grateful to our colleagues at The Salvation Army Archives, Canada and Bermuda Territory, for helping to enrich our […]
Continue reading »This guest post is by Suzette van Haaren, a PhD student at the Universities of St Andrews and Groningen. She is writing her dissertation on […]
Continue reading »The Royal Commonwealth Society Department is delighted to announce that it has digitized one of the most fascinating items in its collection: a parchment roll […]
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