The Rare Books & Manuscripts Library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
With Christmas almost upon us, before we break for the holidays we present one final feature in our series of blog posts celebrating our manuscripts appearing in the British Library’s triumphant Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War exhibition (but never fear; look forward to more in the New Year!). Our first post focused on Parker's magnificent fragment... Continue Reading →
The Parker Library is proud to be the single largest lender of manuscripts to the British Library’s magnificent exhibition, Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War. In a series of blog posts spanning the Christmas holiday and into the New Year, we will shine a spotlight on a selection of the Parker manuscripts currently on display. Our first... Continue Reading →
The Parker Library is proud to be the single largest lender of manuscripts to the British Library’s magnificent exhibition, Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War. In a series of blog posts spanning the Christmas holiday and into the New Year, we will shine a spotlight on eight of the eleven Parker manuscripts currently on show, beginning with... Continue Reading →
On Friday, January 15, 2016, the St Augustine Gospels- a 6th century gospel book that is reputed to have been sent with St Augustine on his mission from Pope Gregory the Great to convert the English people- was brought from Cambridge to Canterbury Cathedral for the day to serve as inspiration to the assembled Primates at an extraordinary... Continue Reading →
Two of the best known and most important manuscripts in the Parker collection are about to go on display in the forthcoming Lindisfarne Gospels exhibition at Durham. The exhibition, which opens on 1st July and runs until 30 September, is in the newly refurbished Palace Green Library. On show will be artefacts and manuscripts from,... Continue Reading →
Our oldest and most precious book, the St Augustine Gospels (CCCC MS 286) will be playing an important role on Thursday in the enthronement of the new archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby. This copy of the four gospels was made in Italy in the late sixth century. It's believed to have been brought to Canterbury... Continue Reading →
I was lucky enough last week to visit Barcelona, accompanying the globe-trotting Machaut manuscript (Ferrell MS 1) which was recently on exhibition in Paris. But it has important Spanish as well as French connections so it's appropriate that it's now on view in a new exhibition at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC). Although... Continue Reading →
An exhibition is now on at the Musée de Cluny in Paris, Gaston Fébus et le livre de la chasse, and it contains a manuscript from the Parker Library. The manuscript in question, a highly illuminated copy of the works of the great French 14th century writer and composer Guillaume de Machaut (c.1300-1377), doesn't actually... Continue Reading →
There's been a lot of media attention about the new exhibition in the old reading room at the British Museum which opens on Thursday. It's called 'Treasures of Heaven: saints, relics and devotion in medieval Europe'. It's a great opportunity to showcase a range of beautiful objects from the whole of the medieval period, from... Continue Reading →
Last week I had the pleasant task of accompanying CCC MS 373 to Germany, for an exhibition at the Historische Museum der Pfalz in Speyer. The manuscript, a twelfth century version of Ekkehard's Chronicle, will be on display, as part of an exhibition entitled Die Salier, Macht im Wandel, from 10th April to 30 October... Continue Reading →
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