Having recently blogged about the Grylls’ Collection, imagine our delight a few weeks ago when we uncovered one of the porcupine emblems from the top of the Grylls’ crest which originally adorned the bookcases specially-designed for his books. For reasons of space, these bookcases were decommissioned in the 1960s. The porcupine emblem led to some …
The Grylls Collection of around 7000 volumes was bequeathed to Trinity College by alumnus Revd William Grylls in 1863. A typical nineteenth-century gentleman's library, it came from his home, Polsloe Park, in Exeter and is estimated to require approximately 300 linear metres of shelving. The Collection contains incunabula (books printed before 1501), a Shakespeare First …
The Rare Books & Manuscripts Library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Worcester Cathedral Library contains nearly 300 medieval manuscripts, 5500 printed books, and 20,000 archival documents. The aim of this blog is to open up the fascinating collection of a Medieval English Cathedral to the wider world.
News from the Peterhouse Perne and Ward Libraries
Erik Kwakkel blogging about medieval manuscripts
Treasures from the Collection
Special Collections of King's College, Cambridge
One of Cambridge's hidden gems
Treasures from the Collection
Trinity College Library, Cambridge 