William Morris – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

William Morris & the book

Posted on 11 June 2021 by Liam Sims

To mark the 125th anniversary of the publication of William Morris’s edition of the works of Chaucer, 26th June has been designated ‘International Kelmscott Press […]

Anniversaries, Collectors and collecting, Historical Printing, Manuscripts, Special Collections

A little manuscript in disarray: Add. 4085

Posted on 5 October 2020 by Special Collections

This guest post is by Suzette van Haaren, a PhD student at the Universities of St Andrews and Groningen. She is writing her dissertation on […]

Christian Works, Collectors and collecting, Digitisation, Fragments, Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, Special Collections

A springtime post

Posted on 24 March 2016 by Sophie Defrance

To celebrate spring, and the upcoming holidays, here are a few illustrations of spring flowers from our Rare Books collections. Herbarum imagines […]

Rare Books

On this day – The Kelmscott Beowulf

Posted on 2 February 2016 by Sophie Defrance

The tale of Beowulf [done out of the Old English tongue by William Morris and A.J. Wyatt.] was issued #OnThisDay in 1895. Cambridge […]

600th anniversary, Exhibitions