Cambridge University Library Special Collections

The Digital Recovery of a Lost Page of Codex Bezae

Posted on 14 November 2017 by Special Collections

A guest post by Elijah Hixson. Elijah is currently finishing his PhD on 6th-century Greek manuscripts of the Gospels at the University of Edinburgh.

Cambridge Digital Library, Christian Works, Manuscripts, Uncategorized

‘Particles of light’: the legacy of Henry Bradshaw

Posted on 7 November 2017 by Jill Whitelock

A conference celebrating 150 years since Henry Bradshaw’s appointment as University Librarian at Cambridge 4 December 2017 Milstein Room, Cambridge University Library ‘Books are to […]

Anniversaries, Events, Library history

Burckhardt in Basel

Posted on 31 October 2017 by Catherine Ansorge

On the 19th and 20th of October a conference was held in Basel to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of the explorer John […]

Archives, Manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern, Special Collections

Arthur Schnitzler digital: new resources. Guest post by Andrew Webber

Posted on 30 October 2017 by Special Collections

The leading Austrian Modernist writer, Arthur Schnitzler, died on 21 October 1931. Marking the anniversary of the author’s death, the digital portal constructed for the […]

Anniversaries, Archives, Digital Resources, German

Henry Bradshaw and the Foundations of Codicology

Posted on 27 October 2017 by James Freeman

In 2015, the Sandars Reader in Bibliography was Richard Beadle, Professor of Medieval English Literature and Palaeography at the Faculty of English. The subject of […]

Manuscripts, Sandars Lectures, Special Collections

Royal Commonwealth Society glass negatives and lantern slides

Posted on 23 October 2017 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society department is thrilled to publish on Cambridge Digital Library the first release of its photographic glass plates, generously funded by a […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Digitisation, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society

Thom Gunn revived and remembered

Posted on 19 October 2017 by John Wells

On Thursday 26 October the University Library is offering a chance to join poet Clive Wilmer at the launch of his Faber edition of the […]

Events, Exhibitions, Manuscripts, Poetry

A chance discovery: Guest post by Jason Scott-Warren

Posted on 18 October 2017 by Special Collections

One of the newest arrivals in the University Library’s Rare Books department was a chance find on Ebay. The History of Our B. Lady of […]

Christian Works, Poetry, Rare Books, Recent acquisitions, women

Festival of Ideas 2017 at the University Library

Posted on 16 October 2017 by Special Collections

The Special Collections team are once again taking part in the University’s Festival of Ideas, a public engagement initiative that celebrates the arts, humanities […]

Events, Exhibitions, Special Collections

Liberation Lecture and Pop-up Exhibition

Posted on 13 October 2017 by Suzanne Paul

On 14 November, the University Library will host a pop-up display of rare material from the Chadwyck-Healey Liberation Collection, the definitive collection of French books on […]

Collectors and collecting, Events, Exhibitions, French, Rare Books