Cambridge University Library and the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries have today announced their first ever joint fundraising campaign to purchase the £1.2 million ‘Lewis-Gibson Genizah Collection’, currently owned by the United Reformed Church’s Westminster College.
Among the numerous treasures at Cambridge University Library are the private documents of the explorer, John Lewis Burckhardt, who rediscovered Petra 200 years ago today.
A Ukrainian steel factory and a BP chemical works in Yorkshire provided the inspiration for a series of artworks on display in Cambridge University Library’s Entrance Hall.
On December 6th a new collection of translations from the work of one of Hungary’s greatest poets will be launched at the University Library.
Manuscripts written in Syriac, an ancient language of the Middle East, are peppered with mysterious dots. Among them is the vertical double dot or zagwa elaya. A Cambridge academic thinks that the zagwa elaya is the world’s earliest question mark.
A display of contemporary women’s art, from the New Hall Art Collection, has gone on loan to Cambridge University Library.
Published 400 years ago, the first comprehensive atlas of Great Britain is being celebrated by Cambridge University Library, home to one of only five surviving proof sets, all of which differ in their composition.
The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, visited the University on Friday to deliver this year’s Alcuin Lecture, entitled “Europe in the 21st Century: non progredi est regredi”.
Works inspired by 17th century poet John Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’ are to be unveiled at an open evening at Michaelhouse Chancel, Cambridge on 23rd January.
A project at Cambridge University Library is developing services and resources to help academics manage their digital data.
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