Manuscripts – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

Thomas Wort, ‘leech’, and his book of remedies

Posted on 12 April 2024 by Special Collections

This post comes as part of our series from the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project, courtesy of Project Conservator Marina Pelissari and Project Cataloguer Clarck Drieshen.

Curious Cures, Medicine, Medieval manuscripts, Special Collections

Culinary inspiration and dietary counsel from the Curious Cures project

Posted on 22 December 2023 by Special Collections

Have you ever wondered what food and drink medieval people enjoyed during Christmastime?

Curious Cures, Manuscripts, Special Collections

‘For no cause but for the healing and help of them’: medieval gynaecology as a female discipline

Posted on 3 March 2023 by Special Collections

Guest post by Sarah Friedman, PhD candidate in English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Thanks to research grants from the Medieval Academy of America and […]

Curious Cures, Manuscripts, Medicine, Medieval manuscripts, Special Collections

A Curious Cure for a Cambridge Book – Part One

Posted on 13 February 2023 by Special Collections

As one of the Project Cataloguers for Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries, I feel incredibly lucky to be able to spend time with the diverse […]

Special Collections

The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: A final farewell from the Conservation Team

Posted on 19 May 2022 by CUL Conservation

Conservation work on the Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project was completed way back in 2021 but our conservators have recently taken the time to reflect […]

Collection Care, Conservation, Digitisation, Greek, Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, Polonsky Greek, Special Collections

Conservation for a Legendary Exhibition

Posted on 20 April 2022 by CUL Conservation

Cambridge University Library is home to one of the pre-eminent collections of Japanese material outside of Japan, including one of the first Japanese books ever to reach British shores. In […]

Conservation, Exhibitions, Japanese, Manuscripts, Rare Books, Special Collections

The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: The conservators’ challenge – Part 5

Posted on 22 March 2022 by CUL Conservation

Welcome to the last instalment of the conservator’s challenge. In this post we will see CUL MS Dd.4.39 and CUL MS Add.1840 in their finished […]

Collection Care, Conservation, Greek, Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, Polonsky Greek

Conservation of a Bound Volume of Letters from the Darwin Archive

Posted on 19 January 2022 by CUL Conservation

This volume was kindly donated to the Library in 2018 and comprises 80 letters all of which were sent to William Kemp, an amateur geologist, […]

Archives, Cambridge Digital Library, Conservation, Darwin Correspondence Project, Digitisation, Exhibitions, Manuscripts

Conservation Conversations: Making Models

Posted on 4 August 2021 by Special Collections

As part of the Alumni Festival, all are welcome to join the Conservation team at the University Library as they discuss and demonstrate the making […]

Conservation, Medieval manuscripts, Polonsky Greek, Special Collections

The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: The conservators’ challenge – Part 4

Posted on 8 April 2021 by CUL Conservation

Welcome to another Polonksy Foundation Greek Manuscripts blogpost. We have an update on the treatment of CUL MS Dd.4.39 an 11th century Psalter and CUL […]

Conservation, Greek, Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, Polonsky Greek, Special Collections, Uncategorized