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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 18h

Q: What do a lost pub, Henry Hazard, alterations in Silver Street, and a sugar factory in Hong Kong have in common? A: Digitised plans and maps of them were all recently added to our Maps Collection - along with about 800 others! Get your map on: cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...

Extracts of old map and plans, showing parts of Cambridge and a sugar factory in Hong Kong.

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

In Ipswich for #Constable250 and an exciting line up exploring Ground - Horizon - Sky! ... and Digitally augmented walking! walking-the-landscape.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The @libereurope.bsky.social 2026 Conference in Trondheim was a roaring success! An amazing time delivering a conference workshop exploring digital cultural heritage WHILST exploring the city and seeing what it could teach us about 'the power of libraries in uncertain times'! More soon! #LIBER2026

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Libraries Without Borders' 'Ideas Box' provides safe spaces during times of crisis. A glimmer of hope and humanity during challenging times! www.librarieswithoutborders.us/ideas-box-pr/ Amazing!

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Which is not just relevant to the sciences - the way Humanities and social sciences are now just as much a battlefield. A sobering but powerful start!

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Have you ever wondered what 500 librarians in a room looks like? Full to the rafters to hear about the power of Libraries in uncertain times - in information warfare, Libraries have a vital role! #LIBER2026

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Humanity has long been captivated by rainbows - this collage contains over 1000 years of curiosity and wonder from all over the world! bit.ly/CamDigLib-Ra... This universal fascination is one reason 🌈 symbolise inclusion and a reason to have #Pride in the wonderful diversity of the world!

A collage of pages, texts, illustrations, photographs and thoughts relating to rainbows from the collections found in Cambridge Digital Library.

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The bees in this early 13th century bestiary might be less elaborate, but are no less charming! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-II-0... 🧵 6/7... #WorldBeeDay

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Darwin needs a hand - or several! When he tried to map the paths of bees around his garden he posted his "bee"dy-eyed kids at strategic locations to follow their flight paths! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DAR-... 🧵 5/7... #WorldBeeDay

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Something about these bees is bugging me?! They're buzzing around in this 1566 Persian copy of 'The cosmography of Qazwini': cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-NN-0... 🧵 4/7... #WorldBeeDay

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

How do you make sense of a honeycomb? Welsh mineralogist William Hallowes Miller sent this cut-out-and-stick model to Charles Darwin when he was trying to figure it ou! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DAR-... 🧵 3/7... #WorldBeeDay

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

First up, it's bee-chaos in this c.1230 bestiary! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-KK-0... 🧵 2/7... #WorldBeeDay

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We ❤️ Bees! Here's a few of our favourite Bee-things for #WorldBeeDay! There's medieval bees, a model honeycomb, Darwin's kids help-out with an experiment, and poor Oliver Rackham gets stung! 🐝 🧵 1/7...

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Great to see a solution as simple as pepper's ghost being used for innovative digital story telling! ...And what a great idea to incorporate through the idea of a postcard! #DigiStoryFest 5dculture.eu/scenario/cit...

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Long live Edward! - He had a way better smile! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-EE-0...

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

If only all catalogue entries were this beautiful?! The catalogues of Pitt-Rivers’ archaeological and anthropological collections, 1891-1896 - Nine volumes of stunningly detailed miniature paintings of each object, like this Japanese silver and enamel plate: cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-...

A small painting of a Japanese silver and enamel plate, with decorative floral border and central scene featuring two ducks swimming, that forms part of a descriptive catalogue entry alongside hand written details of the object.

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Apologies for that - it's something we've been meaning to get better at - how's this?

An image of the edge of a medieval manuscript page with a decorative red, blue and gold scrolling leafy vine-like border. Inside the border, an ape looks up to the text whilst a blond figure wearing a red robe faces out of the page holding two toasting forks that each end with a speared golden, crumpet-like disc.

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Q: How do you like your crumpets? A: Golden ... with a touch of shimmer, matured for nearly 700 years, and served in the margins. From the ever stunning Breviary of Marie de Saint Pol: cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DD-0...

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

... and 3D models to explore every angle! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-BASK...

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Our new built in RTI viewer allows you to inspect every scratch from every angle of raking light! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-BASK...

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

What do you do with eight cases of Baskerville font punches?! Have lots of digital letter fun of course! There's even RTI and 3D Models to play with ... cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

In the days before drones, Charles Darwin used his kids! The result isn't so pretty though! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DAR-...

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

There's so many maps that we're still exploring the delights of India for #MapMonday! www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/explore...

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

India + Maps = What's not to love! ❤️ This new portal from @mahsa-project.bsky.social you can now search and use hundreds of detailed maps of India, and find data for over 1000! www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/explore...

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

... And last but not least, a happy little cat! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DAR-... #DarwinDay (10/10) Why not have a rummage yourself and let us know what you find??

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Some yellow Wood Sorrel, still punchy and bright! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DAR-... #DarwinDay (9/10)

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Some magic beans - that still look fresh and lean! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DAR-... #DarwinDay (8/10)

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

And even a photo, of Flora Rankin, by none other than Lewis Carroll! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DAR-... #DarwinDay (7/10)

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

A stunning peacock feather, still shining bright! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DAR-... #DarwinDay (6/10)

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Oxalis flowers, still faintly lilac! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DAR-... #DarwinDay (5/10)

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Children's musings, on the reverse of 'Origins...' cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DAR-... #DarwinDay (4/10)

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

... and pony tails! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DAR-... #DarwinDay (3/10)

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

There's Butterfly wings... cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DAR-... #DarwinDay (2/10)

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Did you know, its not all words and letters in Charles Darwin's Archive! Here's a few of our favourite things for #DarwinDay! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/... (1/10)

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

It's #DarwinDay! We've oodles of things to explore all things Darwin: cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/... But a great place to start, with all sorts of exciting extras, is the Darwin Correspondence Project: darwinproject.ac.uk Happy Birthday Charles Darwin! Looking good for 217!

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Cambridge Digital Library is home to 130 collections containing 1.5 million images of 160,000 items (6593 of which have transcription), that originate from at least 2000 places around the globe... 👀 Have you ever wondered what that looks like? 😮 Enjoy some data fireworks! - cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

That's me in the corner... ... looking stunning! Just a casually pretty peacock hanging out in the corner a medieval book on astronomy! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-FITZ...

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

A miniature battle for 'Freedom' at the edge of the paper landscape... A poetic doodle from Alfred Lord Tennyson's Notebook 'X' (@trincolllibcam.bsky.social O.15.17). cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-O-00...

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

We've got some HUGE news! We've DOUBLED in size overnight! Not only have we added "some" more Cairo Genizah fragments, but "ALL" of them @theul.bsky.social !!! This now brings the total number of items in Cambridge Digital Library to OVER 160,000! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

The Khami Atlas of the World, drawn and painted ENTIRELY BY HAND in amazing detail (with no ruler) by Dan English (1912-1980). It includes the names of every river, hill and promontory, and every village, dorp and aul in all five continents. Now THAT'S #MapMonday! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-MAPS...

The Khami Atlas of the World is an atlas of the entire world drawn and painted entirely by hand in amazing detail (with no ruler) by Dan English (1912-1980). It includes the names of every river, hill and promontory, and every village, dorp and aul in all five continents.
https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-MAPS-MS-PLANS-B-00041/1

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Blow me down with a shooting star! 💫 ✨ 🌟 🤩 A rare manuscript copy of 天元玉曆祥異賦 (The Tianyuan Jade Calendar in Verse Prose on the Auspicious and Unusual Signs). 10 vols with oodles of stunning hand coloured illustrations on this work of Chinese #astrology to explore! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-FH-0...

Winds blow and waves crash - how would you interpret the signs?
https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-FH-00020-00038/13

Strange beasts run across the sky: https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-FH-00020-00043/95

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Will you be doing the Danse Macabre tonight or jumping on your steed to run and hide under the duvet? #Halloween 1) The Dance of Death, Nuremberg Chronicle (cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-INC-...) 2) The Cambridge Bestiary (cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-II-0...) 😱 💀 👻 🧙‍♀️ 😬 ☠️ 🙈

Five skeletons dancing from their graves - a scene depicting the Danse Macabre from the Nuremberg Chronicle.

An illumination from a medieval bestiary manuscript showing a tiger on the left and a man on horseback carrying a sword and a little dog on the right.

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

...And you thought you were stretched too thin! 😬 cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DD-0...

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Q: When is it a good thing that life is dragon you round in circles? A: When it's these dragons doing the dragin! Check out the recently digitised Christ’s College Statutes, the ‘Treasury’ copy, from 1506! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-CHRI...

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Not quite the #perseids, but Newton's observations of the comet of 1682! #astronomy #sky #lookup cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-...

Diagrams showing Newton's observations of the comet of 1682.

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Need a quick intro applying digital scholarship and data science in modern library work? 👀 Look no further! 👀 @libereurope.bsky.social's 'DS Topic Guides' have been launched today at #LIBER2025! libereurope.github.io/ds-topic-gui...

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Newton's getting all prophetic! "And hence it came to pass, that for exploding the festivals of the heathens, the principal festivals of the Christians succeeded; as [...] the celebrating of May-day with flowers in the room of the floralia" #Beltane / #MayDay cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-...

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Clockmaker John Harrison was born #onthisday in 1693. Learn about the adventures of his famous marine chronometer (which include some pirate action during the mutiny on the Bounty!) in the digitised papers of the Board of Longitude: cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

"The God of Love shoots an arrow at the Lover." If only all shots came from Cupid's bow? cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-GG-0... ❤️🏹❤️🏹❤️🏹 Le Roman de la Rose (CUL MS Gg.4.6)

"God of Love shoots arrow at Lover" - an illuminated miniature from Le Roman de la Rose (CUL MS Gg.4.6), an allegorical love poem written in Old French.

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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Is it me or does this sun look a bit gassy? Either way... check out the 2 tiny little ships sailing away from the eclipse its causing! ⛵🌬️⛵🌞 cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-...

A sketch of the sun with a face - part of an astrological diagram of an eclipse.

A sketch of the Earth during an eclipse, showing continents and two little ships sailing on the sea - part of an astrological diagram of an eclipse.

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