Library Talks

The MCR Bodley Library Talks series aim to showcase resources in the Old Library and to encourage graduates to utilise them in their research.

Along with 39 books donated by Lady Margaret Beaufort herself, the Bodley contains approximately 25,000 early printed books and manuscripts, valuable first editions, incunabula  and medieval manuscripts. In addition to literary and historical tomes, there are early works on the foundations of physics and mathematics, and unusual items including Tudor playing cards and fragments of sixteenth-century wallpaper.

Inaugurated in Easter Term 2011, the series convenes termly.

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Open Cambridge
The Bodley Library and current exhibition 'Christ's at War: the College and its members during the First World War' will be open to the public on Friday 9 and Saturday 10 September as part of Open Cambridge. Find out more on our blog.

Friends of the Old Library
Become a Friend and help the College protect its important collections of rare books and manuscripts for future generations. Contact the Alumni Officer for more details.

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