A Choirbook fit for a King?
Today saw the beginning of our series of show-and-tell events, ‘Treasures of the University Library’, with talks given by Anna Pensaert, Head of Music Collections. […]
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Treasures of the University Library: don’t miss out!
Would you like the opportunity to come face-to-face with some of the most precious items from Cambridge University Library’s collections? To celebrate our 600th anniversary, […]
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Donald Bowen – Curator of the Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery
A guest post by Nikki Petroni, PhD candidate, University of Malta A few months ago, whilst casually searching through the online catalogue of the Royal […]
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Hour by Hour, Day by Day: Devotions in the Fifteenth Century
The physical dimensions of a Book of Hours give you immediate clues as to how they were used: they are small, often pocket-sized books, intended […]
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Capability Brown at 300
A guest post by Katy Layton-Jones, School of Historical Studies, University of Leicester Baptised three hundred years ago, Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown (1716–1783) remains one of […]
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The Great Fire of London
On this day 350 years ago – 2nd September 1666 – began the Great Fire of London, which burned for three days, consuming 13,000 houses, […]
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Letters from Civil War America
The Royal Commonwealth Society collections have just added an on-line catalogue entry for a fascinating series of letters written from Civil War America by Edward […]
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Books of Hours at Cambridge University Library
Within its holdings of well over 450 illuminated manuscripts, Cambridge University Library possesses some 45 Books of Hours. As books designed for personal use within […]
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“The beauty of expression”: M.R. James and the First World War Memorial Scroll
The War Reserve collection in the University Library, initiated by Librarian Francis Jenkinson, contains a wealth of interesting things for the military researcher, ranging from […]
Continue reading »Manuscripts Image of the Month – a sixteenth-century Book of Hours?
At first glance, it looks like a French Book of Hours made in the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century: it is written in humanistic […]
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