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The Trinity College Library in Cambridge comprises the modern student library, the Wren Library, and significant rare books, manuscript and archive collections.
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Ada, Countess of Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron, mathematician & a pioneer of computing; born 1815, died #OTD 1852. #WomeninStem
Painted by Margaret Sarah Carpenter 1836
UK Government Art Collection
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Spot the typo on pg 20. #OTD 1859 Darwin's On The Origin of Species was published. It was corrected in the 2nd printing. This copy was given by Adam Sedgwick and includes his many notes and an inscription by the author. Digitised in full here:
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#Darwin
#typo
page from printed book with pencil markings. Black and white photograph of the marble bust of Adam Sedgwick.
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Wrap up warm. This drawing (GOW/A/2/2), by J. D. Beazley of himself, A. S. F. Gow, and A. F. Scholfield, Paris, 1912, is part of a new display in the Wren library looking at the correspondence of Trinity Fellow, A.S.F Gow.
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#exhibition
#archive
Pencil drawing of three men wearing hats and coats.
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Happy birthday to Thorvaldsen born #OTD 1770. He created the statue of Lord Byron which is in the Wren Library. Read about it here.
A white marble statue of a seated man in a grand room with a stained glass window.
November 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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We’re launching our new catalogue on Monday 8 December.

To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.

Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
A person reaches for an item from a shelf of books.
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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📣 There's one day left to apply!

We are looking for a permanent full-time archivist to join our friendly team!

Closing date: 11 November 2025

For full details and to apply ➡️ jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

#ArchiveJobs #LibraryJobs #Heritage #ExeterJobs #Exeter #Archives #RareBooks
Collage of 40 images of archives and rare books held at the University of Exeter Special Collections.
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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#OTD 277 years ago today 8th November 1798, Byron wrote his first letter. Addressed to his Aunt, Augusta Barbara Charlotte Parker, he ends with "I hope you will excuse all blunders as it is the first letter I ever wrote." R.2.40a/8
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A hand written letter from Byron to his aunt 1798.
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Need help to put out your bonfire after Bonfire Night? This book that once belonged to Sir Isaac Newton could give some tips...or perhaps not.

An Account of the New Method of Extinguishing Fires by Explosion and Suffocation. 1724
NQ.16.162 [2]
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Title page from a printed book titled An Account of the New Method of Extinguishing Fires by Explosion and Suffocation. 1724
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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How did medieval people treat an anal abscess?

🌹 John Arderne, a 15th-century English surgeon, relieved the pain with a suppository of oil of roses and raw egg yolk.

This manuscript (@trincolllibcam.bsky.social , MS O.2.49) is on display at our Curious Cures exhibition.

Tickets: loom.ly/kVqsPRY
A medieval manuscript featuring handwritten text and hand-drawn anatomical illustrations. There are sketches of human figures and medical instruments related to surgery on the anus. The ink is dark brown, and the pages are aged and yellowed, giving the book a well-used appearance. A medieval manuscript featuring handwritten text and hand-drawn anatomical illustrations. There are sketches of human figures and medical instruments related to surgery on the anus. The ink is dark brown, and the pages are aged and yellowed, giving the book a well-used appearance.
November 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Happy Halloween from the Wren Library, our Halloween Bat is courageously looking into this spooky hood.
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A drawing of a bat looking into a hood on a pole.
October 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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October 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Not only is it Friday, but the clocks go back on Sunday. Enjoy the extra hour....suggest not wearing a crown in bed.
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#FridayVibes
King wearing gold crown lying in bed with a green cover.
October 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Could this be him as a kitten?
B.11.4 13th c Psalter written in a 'large and noble hand' according to M.R. James. mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B...
A cat in a medieval manuscript holding a mouse in its mouth.
October 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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The heron was posing in front of some tourist spots today (the He-Wren Library 😉), and then stalked over to have its portrait taken by Garret Hostel Bridge. @everyheron.bsky.social @trincolllibcam.bsky.social
A heron stands in the middle of a lawn with a large tree and Trinity College's Wren Library in the distance. The sky is overcast. A heron stands on a lawn with the St John's College wedding cake building in the distance. The sky is overcast and there are many autumn leaves on the grass. A heron stalks elegantly along a gravel path with greenery in the foreground. A beautiful heron from close up. It is standing in a green bed of ivy with various green branches in the foreground and autumnal leaves on the ground.
October 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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⌛Time is running out for #CuriousCures!

Don't miss your chance to see these fascinating medieval medical books and manuscripts, which are rarely on display together.

📍Open 6 Dec 2025 at the UL
🔗Book your FREE ticket: https://loom.ly/kVqsPRY

Image: @caiuscollege.bsky.social, MS 336/725
We see an open medieval manuscript on display. On one page, there is a series of rotating discs with detailed measurements and markings, including the sun and moon. On the opposite page, we see a medical diagram of a man.
October 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Ever wondered what stories lie behind Kew’s collections? 🌍
Today’s the day to find out – it’s #AskAnArchivist Day! Our archivists are here to answer your questions about rare books, explorers’ journals and the care of centuries-old plant records.

Ask below 👇
#AskAnArchivist #KewArchives
October 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Great news from @claire.m.l.bourne about Milton's Library.

The Milton manuscript held in the Wren Library is available to see here:

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A flyleaf showing an inscription which says Milton's Juvenile Poems R.3.4 and a printed crest of Trinity College Cambridge
October 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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a tiny bit of good news is that we have secured funding to digitize john milton's copy of holinshed's CHRONICLES (1587).

the images will form part of MILTON'S LIBRARY, an open-access site featuring the 10 books positively identified as milton's w/ transcriptions/translations of his marginal notes.
A close-up image of a handwritten note in a sixteenth-century book. The note reads: 'Spenser repor / teth otherwise / [o]f this Knight / [D]ialogue of Ire- / [la]nd / [p]. 76.
October 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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MSS B.1.20, Instead of manicules, the reader of this 13th c manuscript used tiny faces to mark interesting points in the text. #marginaliamonday

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A tiny drawing of a face in profile with a big chin and pointed nose marks the text. I small drawing of a face in the margin of a manuscript to mark part of the text.
October 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Term has started and a quiet has settled on the library and the river. Don't forget to take a break and look out of the window. It's too beautiful to miss.

#worldmentalhealthday
The Bridge of Sighs with blue sky and autumnal trees reflected in the river.
October 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Our wonderful DVD collection has had some love already this term. Someone has made a start on watching them all...only 2828 to go.

lib-filmcollection.trin.cam.ac.uk

Look out for new ones being added every week.
A trolly shelf with dvd films on it.
October 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Signing of the Admissions Books continues today in the Wren Library. Here's Isaac Newton's entry from 1667.
A book from 1667 containing the written entry of Isaac Newton when he joined Trinity College.
October 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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One of Trinity’s longest traditions is the annual signing of the Admissions Book. Today, 266 new students will inscribe their names in College history by signing the book themselves. ✍🏾 The images show poet Lord Alfred Tennyson’s entry from 1827, along with personal details written in his own hand.
Trinity College Admissions Book: some entries from 1827, including that of Lord Alfred Tennyson, who matriculated at the age of 18. Detail from the Admissions Book entry of Lord Alfred Tennyson. Personal Details of Lord Alfred Tennyson.
October 7, 2024 at 10:59 AM