Sandars Lectures 2013-14: Professor Nigel Morgan
The Sandars lectures for this year will be given by Professor Nigel Morgan, Emeritus Honorary Professor of the History of Art in the University of […]
Continue reading »Charles I and the Eikon Basilike
At about 2pm on this day in 1649, King Charles I was beheaded outside the Banqueting House of Whitehall Palace. The story of his downfall […]
Continue reading »’Text and illustration in early books and manuscripts: A comparative study” conference report from Ed Potten and Laura Nuvoloni
In December 2013, Ed Potten and Laura Nuvoloni travelled to Japan, at the invitation of Keio University, to participate in the international conference Text and […]
Continue reading »New exhibition: the Lewis-Gibson collection
In August 2013 Cambridge University Library and the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, jointly acquired 1700 medieval Jewish manuscripts collected by the twin sisters Agnes Smith Lewis […]
Continue reading »New acquisition: The Gili Collection of Spanish & Catalan books
The University Library has recently acquired a collection of over 70 titles from the library of the late Jonathan Gili (1943-2004), a documentary film-maker, small-press […]
Continue reading »Samuel Sandars the collector
A few weeks ago, Cambridge University Library advertised this year’s competition for the 2014 Rose Book-Collecting Prize [entries due no later than Tuesday 14th January], […]
Continue reading »Royal Colonial Institute Photographic Portraits
We are happy to report that a catalogue of the photographic portrait collection of the Royal Colonial Institute has recently been published on Janus, Cambridge […]
Continue reading »A Rare Books Advent Calendar: 25th December
With all good wishes for Christmas
Continue reading »Tim Munby’s donations to Cambridge University Library
In June the Special Collections blog advertised an exhibition in the Library to coincide with a conference – held at King’s College – in honour […]
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