A new acquisition from Gabriel Harvey’s library
The Library holds many books formerly in the possession of significant historical figures. Other than the simple pleasure of knowing that a book was once […]
Continue reading »The Library holds many books formerly in the possession of significant historical figures. Other than the simple pleasure of knowing that a book was once […]
Continue reading »Venice showed itself at its most beautiful in late September when hosting a gathering of over 100 academics, librarians, members of the book trade and […]
Continue reading »The following post has been written by Ester Peric, an intern in the Rare Books Department for the month of August updating MEI records (material […]
Continue reading »Last July this blog featured a note about a collection of Quaker books, bequeathed to the Library in 2016 by David J. Hall (1947-2015), former […]
Continue reading »In 2009 a history of the British Library was published with the title ‘Libraries within the Library’, a phrase which might just as easily be […]
Continue reading »One of the newest arrivals in the University Library’s Rare Books department was a chance find on Ebay. The History of Our B. Lady of […]
Continue reading »While elucidating finer points of library administration and the placing of manuscripts on the shelves, the early catalogues of the University Library additionally bear witness […]
Continue reading »A new subject guide has been published on the University Library website on the subject of the handwritten and printed registers, inventories and catalogues of […]
Continue reading »Perhaps the most common enquiry regarding our medieval manuscripts concerns their provenance: in particular, when they might have arrived at the University Library. Our manuscripts […]
Continue reading »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 […]
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