Sassoon manuscripts on exhibition in Newcastle
Several items from the library’s collection of the manuscripts of Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) are currently on display at the Hatton Gallery in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in an […]
Continue reading »Ukraine Abroad: the Yakimiuk Collection
A guest post by Mel Bach of the Library’s European Collections and Cataloguing Department. An exhibition of material from the library of Peter Yakimiuk, donated […]
Continue reading »Codex Zacynthius
Cambridge University Library is delighted to announce that we have reached our appeal target and secured the purchase of Codex Zacynthius. We are extremely […]
Continue reading »Early Egyptian texts revealed; the papers of Sir Herbert Thompson
The University Library has recently acquired from the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, an archive of the personal papers of Sir Herbert Thompson, […]
Continue reading »Cambridge Incunabula Masterclass – An Early Printed Herbal in Context: Illustration of the Herbarius latinus
On Tuesday 2 September 2014 Cambridge University Library will be holding its 16th masterclass as part of the Incunabula Project. The masterclass, entitled “An Early […]
Continue reading »‘The necklace of her kingdom’: Elizabeth I and Cambridge
In August 1564 – 450 years ago this month – Queen Elizabeth I visited Cambridge for the first time during her reign. The town was […]
Continue reading »‘Swear by the slain of the War that you’ll never forget’: Siegfried Sassoon’s First World War Poems in Context
The First World War was one of the defining conflicts of European history. On 4 August 1914, the date when Britain entered the War, a […]
Continue reading »Cambridge University Press at War
A fascinating post about the activities of Cambridge University Press during World War I has been published on the Press’s blog, fifteeneightyfour. It’s written by […]
Continue reading »Donald Bowen Collection
The Royal Commonwealth Society Collection has published an on-line catalogue of an important recent acquisition, the archives of Donald Bowen (1917-), artist and Curator of […]
Continue reading »The cyclist as hero: Harry Graf Kessler and private press books
This guest post, written by Dr Jaap Harskamp (formerly Curator of Dutch & Flemish collections at the British Library, who is now working on the […]
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