The medical library of Thomas Lorkyn (1528-1591)
On this day – April 21st – in 1564, in the same week as Shakespeare was born, Thomas Lorkyn was appointed as the fourth Regius […]
Continue reading »Beasts in the University Library
Guest post by Harriet Hale, Graduate Library Trainee at Trinity College. Cambridge. One of the great things about a traineeship in Cambridge is that, with […]
Continue reading »An early Cambridge binding by Nicholas Spierinck
The library has recently acquired, with help from the Friends of Cambridge University Library, an important sammelband (catalogued at the shelfmark 5000.d.122) of nine early […]
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Pictures, Perspectives and Plans
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 […]
Continue reading »Thomas Erpenius: an Arabist of many talents
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 […]
Continue reading »Pricking and Pouncing: Alchemical Discoveries in 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 […]
Continue reading »Special Collections at the Science Festival
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 […]
Continue reading »The Papers of Sir John Glover
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 […]
Continue reading »‘rhythm and line and necessity’: John Riley and Czargrad
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 […]
Continue reading »Conduct literature for and about women in Italy: a new exhibition
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 […]
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