Pete, Ariel and Kirsty get as close as they can to the printed surface

Posted March 16th, 2009 by Dr Robyn Adams
Pete, Ariel and Kirsty get as close as they can to the printed surface

The Textual Scholarship course at CELL teaches students to study the material features of early printed books and manuscripts. Here, Pete, Kirsty and Ariel are interested in the fount of type used.

Other images in CELL Field Trip to Cambridge Libraries, 2009:

  • Team photo number two, at the Pepys library
  • Team photo number one
  • Daisy and Will traverse the colonnade
  • Lisa describes Wren's feat of engineering and architecture
  • Matt distances himself from the crowd before dashing off to perform a Cheltenham-related errand
  • Is that a non-Lenten cake in your hand, Kirsty?
  • Lisa marvels at the wonderful collection
  • Will turns the pages at Mach 3 speed
  • Pete, Ariel and Kirsty get as close as they can to the printed surface
  • Ariel and Kirsty handle with appropriate care
  • The seventeenth-century bookshelves in Jesus College old library
  • In anticipation of all the lovely old books
  • In transit