Art – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

Addition to the Donald Bowen archive

Posted on 21 January 2020 by John C.

The former Art Curator of the Commonwealth Institute, Donald Bowen, passed away at the age of 101 on 25 July 2019. During his 25 years […]

Acquisitions, Royal Commonwealth Society

Australian birds

Posted on 5 July 2018 by John C.

The beauty and diversity of Australia’s birds are vividly captured in one of the Royal Commonwealth Society department’s most colourful collections of artwork (RCMS 278/7). […]

Royal Commonwealth Society

Absence as Evidence: Recovering the Losses in an Eighth-century Gospel Book

Posted on 11 August 2017 by Special Collections

Guest post by Dr Eleanor Jackson

Manuscripts

Donald Bowen – Curator of the Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery

Posted on 19 September 2016 by John C.

A guest post by Nikki Petroni, PhD candidate, University of Malta A few months ago, whilst casually searching through the online catalogue of the Royal […]

Royal Commonwealth Society

A remarkable collector

Posted on 11 December 2012 by Emily Dourish

The North Front corridor cases are currently displaying 16 volumes from a truly remarkable set of facsimiles, given to the Library in 2011 by Darko and Petra […]

Collectors and collecting, Exhibitions, Recent acquisitions