Cambridge University Library Special Collections

Pictures, Perspectives and Plans

Posted on 28 March 2014 by Andrew

Home to an exceptional density of features that can be mapped, all contained within a concentrated area, cartographers have long been drawn to towns and […]

Maps

Thomas Erpenius: an Arabist of many talents

Posted on 18 March 2014 by Catherine Ansorge

Thomas van Erpe, or Erpenius, as he is usually known, is best remembered for his collection of Arabic manuscripts which came to the University Library […]

Collectors and collecting, Historical Printing, Manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern, Rare Books

Pricking and Pouncing: Alchemical Discoveries in Special Collections

Posted on 11 March 2014 by Special Collections

By Anke Timmermann, Munby Fellow in Bibliography 2013-14 Dragon, man and god combined: a winged messenger of alchemy past. My recent encounter with this […]

Manuscripts, Special Collections

Special Collections at the Science Festival

Posted on 7 March 2014 by Suzanne Paul

The Cambridge Science Festival takes place from 10-23 March and is bigger than ever before. The University Library is hosting several talks and interactive events […]

Conservation, Events, Manuscripts, Maps, Rare Books, Special Collections

The Papers of Sir John Glover

Posted on 3 March 2014 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society Library at Cambridge University Library has recently published an on-line catalogue of the papers of Sir John Hawley Glover. A Royal […]

Archives, Manuscripts, Royal Commonwealth Society

‘rhythm and line and necessity’: John Riley and Czargrad

Posted on 19 February 2014 by John Wells

A new exhibition in the University Library Entrance Hall traces the composition of John Riley’s poem Czargrad, a seminal work in the alternative tradition of […]

Exhibitions, Manuscripts, Poetry

Conduct literature for and about women in Italy: a new exhibition

Posted on 18 February 2014 by Emily Dourish

The display cases outside the Map Department are hosting a new exhibition entitled “Conduct literature for and about women in Italy: prescribing and describing life”. The […]

Exhibitions, Italian, Uncategorized

Friends talk: Cambridge poets and their papers

Posted on 17 February 2014 by William Hale

On Wednesday February 19, the Friends of Cambridge University Library are pleased to welcome poet and literary critic J.H. Prynne, together with teacher and author […]

Archives, Friends of Cambridge University Library, Poetry

The Moving Word

Posted on 11 February 2014 by Suzanne Paul

The Moving Word: French Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge is the current exhibition in the Milstein Exhibition Centre, running until 17 April. On display are […]

Exhibitions, Manuscripts

Cambridge Bibliographical Society talk, 12 February 2014

Posted on 5 February 2014 by Special Collections

Dr Anke Timmermann (Munby Fellow) will give a paper on ‘Pictorial transformations: alchemy and images in Cambridge manuscripts’. The talk will take place on Wednesday, […]

Cambridge Bibliographical Society, Events