Earliest known piece of polyphonic music discovered
17 December 2014New research has uncovered the earliest known practical piece of polyphonic music, an example of the principles that laid the foundations of European musical tradition.
Conquering a continent: how the French language circulated in Britain and medieval Europe
22 January 2014A 13th-century manuscript of Arthurian legend once owned by the Knights Templar is one of the star attractions of a new exhibition opening today at Cambridge University Library.
Historic rivals join forces to save 1,000 years of Jewish history
15 February 2013Cambridge 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.
