A Cistercian Missal in Cambridge University Library
An article by Michael Carter on the Cambridge University Library copy of a Missal printed by Thielman Kerver in Paris, 1515 for the Cistercian rite […]
Continue reading »University of Cambridge Festival of Ideas at the UL
19–30 October 2011 The University of Cambridge Festival of Ideas celebrates the arts, humanities and social sciences, and is the only free festival of its […]
Continue reading »The Royal Commonwealth Society Essay Competition archive
A treasure-trove for historians and teachers Many school teachers will already be familiar with the Royal Commonwealth Society’s essay competition. Held annually, and open to […]
Continue reading »Incunables Masterclass, 1 November 2011
On Tuesday 1 November 2011, the Library will be holding its second masterclass as part of the Incunabula Project. Prof. David McKitterick, Librarian at Trinity […]
Continue reading »An Ottoman cosmography
The brown leather binding looks unremarkable enough, but within the Library’s rare books collection there is a volume, which once opened up, demonstrates a key […]
Continue reading »A challenge to amateur spies: the Hugh Childers papers
The Royal Commonwealth Society department is completing a detailed online description of the papers of the politician Hugh Childers (1827–1896). One of the most fascinating items […]
Continue reading »Thomas Attwood Walmisley’s Installation Odes
The University has a long standing tradition of performing music on the occasion of the installation of a new Chancellor (rather topical, now we are […]
Continue reading »‘Picture This #4’—John Speed map of Cambridgeshire
The map of Cambridgeshire from the Library’s copy of John Speed’s Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine is the fourth image in the University’s […]
Continue reading »Detective work
A significant part of rare books cataloguing work is documenting ‘copy-specific’ information—previous ownerships, binding, decoration, or imperfections—about the book in hand. Identifying and describing this […]
Continue reading »“The most interesting objects”
Two recent acquisitions enhance our strong collections in natural history, anatomy and the history of collecting. The first is a catalogue of the natural history […]
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