New Munby Fellow for 2021-22
We are delighted to introduce the new Munby Fellow for 2021-22, Dr Heather Wolfe, who will be working on a research project on ‘Decoding early […]
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James Rendel Harris: a Bible scholar on a quest for manuscripts
The later decades of the nineteenth century witnessed new directions being forged in the study of biblical texts, as new manuscript discoveries stimulated advances in […]
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Grounds for enthusiasm: the University Library outside
The appearance mid-April of foodPark. in front of the UL is only the most recent innovative use of the grounds in a crisis. During World War II, the need to keep people fed and the […]
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Archive Management System: project update April 2021
This is a regular report on the progress of the Archive Management System (AMS) Project. The project ends at the end of April and the […]
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The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: The conservators’ challenge – Part 4
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 […]
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A delight in Turkish: E. J. W. Gibb and his library
Elias Gibb was a rather private and reclusive man of scholarship, but his contribution to Turkish studies in the form of translations and discussions of […]
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Archive Management System: project update, December 2020-January 2021
This is a regular report on the progress of the Archive Management System (AMS) Project. The project will end at the end of April 2021 […]
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The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: Medieval Eastern Mediterranean Binding Model – Part 3.
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 […]
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An epic from a tiger’s library
Among the many beautiful and fascinating manuscripts in the Library’s Islamic collection is one particularly magnificent copy of the famous Persian epic poem, the Shāhnāma or […]
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A Mycological Book Collection
Nathan Smith, runner-up in the 2019-20 Rose Book Collecting Prize, writes about his collection of books on fungi. For information on entering the 2020-21 Rose […]
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