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 […]
Continue reading »Friends talk: Cambridge poets and their papers
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 […]
Continue reading »The Moving Word
The Moving Word: French Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge is the current exhibition in the Milstein Exhibition Centre, running until 17 April. On display are […]
Continue reading »Cambridge Bibliographical Society talk, 12 February 2014
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, […]
Continue reading »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 […]
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