Abbreviationes online
New on eresources@cambridge A-Z : Abbreviationes online Abbreviationes Online is a database designed to help researchers in the identification and expansion of abbreviations of Latin […]
Continue reading »Laurence Sterne’s tercentenary: a guest post by Mary Newbould
Laurence Sterne (1713-1768), one of the most celebrated comic writers of his and perhaps of all time, celebrates his tercentenary this year. Sterne’s special relationship […]
Continue reading »Britten and Purcell: the arc of universal harmony
The University Library is celebrating the centenary of the birth of one of Britain’s greatest composers, Benjamin Britten, with a display in the Entrance Hall exhibition cases. Best […]
Continue reading »Unusual pictures from the Manuscripts Department as it launches Image of the Month
Today the Manuscripts Department launches its Image of the Month project. The Image of the Month will feature single images of interesting objects or information […]
Continue reading »Cambridge Bibliographical Society talk, 20 November 2013
Professor David McKitterick (Librarian and Vice-Master at Trinity College Cambridge) will give a paper on ‘What is the use of books without pictures? Empty space […]
Continue reading »Gordon Duff Prize 2014
The Gordon Duff Prize is an annual competition open to members of the University of Cambridge for an essay on any one of the following […]
Continue reading »Of hammers, bouts and bets: a guest post by Jaap Harskamp
An intriguing catalogue concerning the London auction of the possessions of prizefighter Tom Sayers (1826–1865) Being closely associated with the exploration and extension of the […]
Continue reading »The ‘Cambridge Rules’ of football, 1863
150 years ago today, the English Football Association was founded. In a London tavern a group of representatives from a dozen clubs playing their own […]
Continue reading »Rare Spanish plays on display
The Library has recently acquired a remarkable collection of 1,852 comedias sueltas; these are short plays printed in Spain between the seventeenth and the nineteenth century, […]
Continue reading »Festival of Ideas
Special Collections staff are once again taking part in the University’s Festival of Ideas, a public engagement initiative that celebrates the arts, humanities and social […]
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