Miniatures – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

Hour by Hour, Day by Day: Devotions in the Fifteenth Century

Posted on 12 September 2016 by James Freeman

The physical dimensions of a Book of Hours give you immediate clues as to how they were used: they are small, often pocket-sized books, intended […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Digitisation, Manuscripts

Books of Hours at Cambridge University Library

Posted on 11 August 2016 by James Freeman

Within its holdings of well over 450 illuminated manuscripts, Cambridge University Library possesses some 45 Books of Hours. As books designed for personal use within […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Manuscripts

Conservation of Indian miniatures

Posted on 24 April 2015 by Rachel Rowe

The Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) collections in Cambridge University Library contain a very attractive collection of nineteenth century Indian mica paintings from Tiruchirappalli in Tamil […]

Archives, Conservation, Royal Commonwealth Society, South Asian, Special Collections