Augusta de Wit and the Genizah hoard
The discovery of the Cairo Genizah manuscript fragments in the synagogue in Al-Fustat, Old Cairo, has already been well documented. In January 1897, Solomon Schechter, […]
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Cutting up the archive: reflections on the CVC fellowship
In October 2023, CVC fellows Kerstin Hacker and Sana Ginwalla ran a workshop at Cambridge University Library (CUL) entitled ‘Putting our resources to work: transforming […]
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Archive and Modern Manuscripts Image of the Month – the cloud camera
Robert (Robin) Hill was born in 1899. After reading natural sciences, and specializing in chemistry, at Cambridge, he had a successful career in biochemistry, becoming […]
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Erpenius’ ‘Coptic’ manuscript at Cambridge University Library
Since Thomas Erpenius’ death in November 1624, a large number of scholars have been writing about the importance of his personal library which arrived at […]
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The historical notebooks of Dorothy Chadwick
Guest post by Elizabeth Grimshaw, former member of the department of Archives and Modern Manuscripts, now a PhD candidate in English Literature at the University […]
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Culinary inspiration and dietary counsel from the Curious Cures project
Have you ever wondered what food and drink medieval people enjoyed during Christmastime?
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A cracking medical manuscript under the microscope
This post comes as part of our series from the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project. Rachel Sawicki, Project Conservator, and Sarah Gilbert, Project Cataloguer, […]
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Thomas Richard Brown (1791-1875): poet, clergyman & collector
In October the Library hosted a conference to mark the centenary of the death of Francis Jenkinson, University Librarian 1889-1923, which included a display of […]
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A Scientific Life: New additions from the Darwin Archive to Cambridge Digital Library
Post by Elizabeth L. Smith (Digital Curator, Nineteenth-Century Science Collections) This autumn marks the completion of a four year project digitising the Darwin Archive, the […]
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Voices from SANAC
In partnership with the University of Cape Town and the Five Hundred Year Archive (FHYA) research initiative, Cambridge University Library has recently digitised Sir Godfrey […]
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