Curious Cures: the making of a medieval folded manuscript
This post is by Beckett Thornber, an MA Conservation Studies student, specialising in books and library materials, at West Dean College. He spent six weeks […]
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Newnham College Christine de Pizan manuscript digitised
This post is by Dr Charlotte Cooper-Davis, Learning and Research Engagement Officer at the University Library. She has been researching and writing about the fifteenth-century […]
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Cucumbers for Constipation and Vinegar for Verrucas: Curious Cures from the 21st Century
The University Library’s new exhibition – Curious Cures: Medicine in the Medieval World – delves into the intriguing, strange and sometimes improbable medical recipes from […]
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A Tudor Medical Manuscript: Winchester Geese, Bullet Extractors, and Cataplasms from the Court of Henry VIII
Followers of the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project who also listen BBC Radio 4 comedy show The Unbelievable Truth may have heard some very […]
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A Cure from the Crypt: Weapon Salve in the Library of John Dee
The astrologer, occultist, and alchemist John Dee (1527–1609) has long been associated with the art of necromancy – conjuring the spirits of the dead – […]
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Childbirth and charms: two new online exhibitions
This guest post is by Summer Mainstone-Cotton and Aine Widdicombe, who are Masters students at the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge respectively. Earlier this year, […]
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Thomas Wort, ‘leech’, and his book of remedies
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.
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Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries: Project Update
The Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project has been running since May 2022 and, as our two-year anniversary appears on the horizon, we thought followers […]
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The Blue Hikayat Muhammad Hanafiyyah: A Rare Copy of a Malay Folk Story at Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Note: My thanks go to Dr H. C. Carron, Dr Amy Leahy and Professor Barry Windeatt of Emmanuel College Library, University of Cambridge, for allowing […]
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Erpenius’ ‘Coptic’ manuscript at Cambridge University Library
Since Thomas Erpenius’ death in November 1624, a large number of scholars have been writing about the importance of his personal library which arrived at […]
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