Exactly two hundred years ago, in 1822, the French scholar Jean-Francois Champollion (1790–1832) succeeded in his attempts to decipher the hieroglyphic text of the famous Rosetta […]
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Historic volumes from outside the the University Library, intrinsic to University ceremonial, have been recent visitors to the Conservation Studio. These two books contain the […]
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Puzzling over an unidentified collection of 1920s printer’s blocks, intriguing artwork for something, has emphasised again the connections between the official records of the University and personal papers of its scientists. For the fullest picture of an institution or an individual, look both ways. The blocks, part of transfer […]
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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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By Jacqueline Cox (Keeper of University Archives) 2020 marks the 400th anniversary of the election of the poet George Herbert as Public Orator, a post he held until 1627. First created by university statute […]
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Coming into the Cambridge University Library entrance hall visitors encounter three objects: a wall-mounted cast of 565 million-year-old sea-creature fossils, a plastinated pitcher plant, using […]
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On 16 May 1919, a specially established syndicate presented a series of revised regulations governing the admission and courses of study of research students and […]
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During February the University Library joined with a number of colleges and other institutions across town and University to mark LGBT History Month, an annual […]
Continue reading »On the wall of the Library’s fourth floor of landing hangs a portrait of a man dressed in a very fine silk or satin doublet […]
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The earliest surviving official set in Cambridge of the University’s medieval statutes is one of three treasures from the University Archives newly online as part […]
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