Walter Buchanan-Smith (1879-1944) was in many ways an archetypal British colonial administrator: privately educated, a keen sportsman, a lover of dogs and ponies, and quickly […]
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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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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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Have you ever wondered what food and drink medieval people enjoyed during Christmastime?
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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