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Cambridge University Library
Private lives of print: The use and abuse of books 1450-1550
Fri 24 October 2014 - Sat 11 April 2015
University Library
The development of the printing press in Mainz in 1455 made a monumental impact upon contemporary society, heralding a communication revolution akin to the birth of the internet. Over the past twenty-five years reserachers have focused increasingly on the marks left by early readers, as a means of assessing how their books were used, how and where they moved, their trade, impact and audience.
This exhibition celebrates the conclusion of a five-year project to catalogue Cambridge University Library's world=class collection of incunabula, books printed before 1501. Annotations, ownership markings, bindings and decoration all show the ways books were used and abused in the first hundred years of print. From the Gutenberg Bible to William Caxton, from the Holy Land to Cambridge, and from gloriously illuminated volumes to unique fragments of single sheets, this exhibition gives unexpected and fascinating insights into the private lives of these beautiful early books and their users.
Cost: Free
Enquiries and booking
No need to book.
Enquiries: Emily Dourish Website Email: ejm25@cam.ac.uk Telephone: 01223 747434
Timing
9:00am-6:00pm Monday-Friday every week from Friday 24 October 2014 until Saturday 11 April 2015 (except between Friday 3 April 2015 and Monday 6 April 2015)
9:00am-4:30pm Saturday every week from Friday 24 October 2014 until Saturday 11 April 2015 (except on Saturday 4 April 2015)
All times
| Fri 24 October 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 25 October 2014 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 27 October 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 28 October 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 29 October 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 30 October 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Fri 31 October 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 1 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 3 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 4 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 5 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 6 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Fri 7 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 8 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 10 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 11 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 12 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 13 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Fri 14 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 15 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 17 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 18 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 19 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 20 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Fri 21 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 22 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 24 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 25 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 26 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 27 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Fri 28 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 29 November 2014 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 1 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 2 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 3 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 4 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Fri 5 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 6 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 8 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 9 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 10 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 11 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Fri 12 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 13 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 15 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 16 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 17 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 18 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
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| Sat 20 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 22 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 23 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 24 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 25 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Fri 26 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 27 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 29 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 30 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 31 December 2014 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 1 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Fri 2 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 3 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 5 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 6 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 7 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 8 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Fri 9 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 10 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 12 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 13 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 14 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 15 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Fri 16 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 17 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 19 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 20 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 21 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
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| Fri 23 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 24 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 26 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 27 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 28 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 29 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Fri 30 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 31 January 2015 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 2 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 3 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 4 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 5 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Fri 6 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 7 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 9 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 10 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 11 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 12 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Fri 13 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 14 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 16 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 17 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 18 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 19 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Fri 20 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 21 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 23 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 24 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 25 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 26 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Fri 27 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 28 February 2015 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 2 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 3 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 4 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 5 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Fri 6 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 7 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 9 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 10 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 11 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 12 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Fri 13 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 14 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 16 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 17 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 18 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 19 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Fri 20 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 21 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 23 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 24 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 25 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 26 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Fri 27 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 28 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
| Mon 30 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 31 March 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 1 April 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 2 April 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Tue 7 April 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Wed 8 April 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Thu 9 April 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Fri 10 April 2015 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
| Sat 11 April 2015 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM |