This 8th-c. papyrus comes from a book of liturgical poetry by the 5th-c. Jewish poet, Joseph ben Nissan. It’s the only papyrus item in the Cairo Genizah, the only known papyrus book in Hebrew, and probably the oldest Hebrew codex in the world. And it's our new book (link in bio).

Wonderful - as always - to see this, a real marvel of baroque graphic design, John Pine’s bookplate for the so-called “Royal Library”, the magnificent collection of John Moore, Bishop of Ely, given to Cambridge University Library by King George I in 1715. This one on a first edition of Palladio, 1570.

Cambridge University members now have access to the Women’s Magazines Archive published by ProQuest. Head over to our Electronic Collection Management blog to find out more! ejournalscambridge.wordpress.com/2024/08/09/new… Image: THE WORKING WOMAN by Letty Cottin Pogrebin. Ladies' Home Journal, Nov 1973.

I spent a bit of time on Friday lunchtime looking at dust jackets from the tower collection Cambridge University Library. Here are a couple of favourites. The Leopard jacket is by Hans Tisdall, who designed for the Festival of Britain in 1951.

How can galleries, libraries, archives and museums enrich, facilitate and diversify their engagement with digital collections? Find out more at this free conference on 17 - 18 September. Register here: buff.ly/3Aan49Y CambridgeDigitalLib RLUK rluk.bsky.social Arts and Humanities Research Council Cambridge University Library

Our students aren't back until October, but we've still got #backtoschool vibes at Cambridge University Library... Here are some gems from the 1910s-30s, which belong to our #LegalDepositCollections. Jolly hockey sticks and midnight feasts aplenty. Which is your favourite?

I enjoyed seeing this wonderful thing today Cambridge University Library. Anyone know what it is?

I was startled to see this today. Part of the WW2 War Posters collection Cambridge University Library. Still in mint condition this amazingly vivid thing arrived in the library on 27 April 1940 - just days before the full-on Nazi attack on Belgium, the Netherlands and France.

The page proofs of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book – complete with the author’s handwritten poems – have been allocated to Cambridge University Library as part of HM Government’s Acceptance in Lieu scheme. Read more here: loom.ly/B4ySSWI Arts Council England

🥳 Open Cambridge starts today! Enjoy 10 days of free events across Cambridge including the chance to see inside Trinity Library The Parker Library Cambridge Earth Sciences @WestCamHub, as well as some brilliant local organisations. Plan your #OpenCambridge now 👇 opencambridge.cam.ac.uk/events?utm_cam…

I'm looking forward to leading this discussion of Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible at the Cambridge University Library's Really Popular Book Club in January. It's online and it's free! Should be an interesting discussion. Book your place here: lib.cam.ac.uk/whats/really-p…

If you've ever wondered how embroidery can illuminate a Fatimid document or help us identify the seal of Caliph al-Hakim - well, this is for you. I've written the latest "Fragment of the Month" for Cambridge University Library, w/cameos by Westminster College, Cambridge and Fitzwilliam Museum. lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/de…

Online, next Tuesday, 7-8pm, free! Join me with Cambridge University Library to discuss The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce. Sign up here: lib.cam.ac.uk/whats/really-p…