Cambridge University Library Special Collections

Englishing the Papacy: The Liber Pontificalis and MS Kk.4.6

Posted on 21 May 2018 by James Freeman

A guest post from Thomas Langley, who completed his MPhil on wealth and authority in early medieval Italy in 2017, and has continued studying at […]

Christian Works, Events, Manuscripts

Dirt, Dust and Dodgy Joists, or, Memoirs of a Determined Archivist

Posted on 16 May 2018 by Sian Collins

In the last few days I’ve seen quite a bit of discussion on Twitter about the alleged erasure of the role of the archivist and […]

Lectures: A material history of the Bible in England 1200-1600

Posted on 14 May 2018 by Special Collections

A forthcoming public lecture series at Cambridge University Library: A Material History of the Bible in England, 1200-1600 by Dr Eyal Poleg, Senior Lecturer in […]

Events, Manuscripts, Rare Books, Special Collections

The J. H. Prynne Papers

Posted on 11 May 2018 by John Wells

A long-term aim at the University Library is to ensure that the manuscript holdings adequately represent a group of poets so closely associated with the […]

Archives, Manuscripts, Poetry, Recent acquisitions

Codices, coding and cake: a medieval manuscript hackathon

Posted on 8 May 2018 by Suzanne Paul

Last week the UL hosted its first hackathon – to create web apps using glossed manuscripts from the UL’s collections, in just a few days. […]

Digital Resources, Events, Manuscripts

Award for the UL’s Honorary Keeper of Japanese Books

Posted on 1 May 2018 by Special Collections

In March, the Japanese embassy in London held a reception for Professor Emeritus Peter Kornicki, who has received one of Japan’s highest honours: the Order […]

Japanese, librarians, Library history, Special Collections

Wonderful Wisbech

Posted on 24 April 2018 by Jill Whitelock

It was a lovely spring day for the Friends of Cambridge University Library’s visit to the Wisbech & Fenland Museum on 14 April to explore […]

Events, Friends of Cambridge University Library, Library history

Teaching Geography through Illustrated Lectures and Textbooks

Posted on 12 April 2018 by Sabrina Meneghini

In October 1907 the British artist Alfred Hugh Fisher started his journey around the British empire on behalf of the Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee […]

Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society

Conservation of the Cambridge University Press Archive: Framing the Letters Patent

Posted on 29 March 2018 by CUL Conservation

By Fay Humphreys Granted by Henry VIII in 1534, the Letters Patent (UA Luard 162) gave the University of Cambridge the right to appoint […]

Archives, Cambridge University Archives, Conservation

Visit to Wisbech & Fenland Museum, 14 April 2018

Posted on 28 March 2018 by Jill Whitelock

Join the Friends of Cambridge University Library for a special guided tour of the wonderful Wisbech & Fenland Museum and library on Saturday 14 April. […]

Collectors and collecting, Events