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Cantabrigia Geographia: Cambridge in Maps 1574-1798

Posted on 1 September 2015 by Andrew

In the Map Room at Cambridge University Library it is possible to travel the world through both time and space from the comfort of a single […]

Maps

Conservation of the Lewis-Gibson Collection: re-treatment of manuscript fragments from the Cairo Genizah

Posted on 20 July 2015 by Emma Nichols

by Mary French, Rebecca Goldie and Emma Nichols Cambridge University Library (the UL) contains the largest collection of medieval Jewish writings in the world. Around […]

Conservation, Lewis-Gibson Collection

Rupert Brooke: 100 years on

Posted on 23 April 2015 by Liam Sims

A century ago today – on 23rd April 1915 – died Rupert Brooke, lauded in his lifetime as one of the country’s finest poets. This […]

Collectors and collecting, Poetry, Rare Books, Special Collections

Charles Sayle (1864-1924): poet, bibliographer & librarian

Posted on 6 December 2014 by Liam Sims

Charles Edward Sayle – poet, bibliographer and librarian – was born 150 years ago on this day in 1864. His surname may be familiar to […]

Collectors and collecting, Incunabula, Library history, Manuscripts, Poetry, Rare Books, Special Collections