400 Things

To help celebrate Pembroke's 400th Anniversary, we decided to take a tour of the Library and Archive Special Collections. We chose 40 items (and a bonus!), and highlighted 10 things about each of them.

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Special Collections at Pembroke

History & Archives

Special Collections at Pembroke

History & Archives

400 Things

#1 The Dictionary

#2 MS10

#3 Grant of Arms

#1 The Dictionary

#2 MS10

#3 Grant of Arms

#4 The Lord of the Rings

#5 Oldest Incunabulum

#6 Syriac 1

#4 The Lord of the Rings

#5 Oldest Incunabulum

#6 Syriac 1

#7 Avicenna

#8 Battels book

#7 Avicenna

#8 Battels book

#10 Title with most volumes

#11 Book owned by John Donne

#12 Book with Handprint

#10 Title with most volumes

#11 Book owned by John Donne

#12 Book with Handprint

#13 Fulbright Album

#14 Annotated book

#15 Prayers and Meditations

#13 Fulbright Album

#14 Annotated book

#15 Prayers and Meditations

#16 Bede

#18 Master's Account Book

#16 Bede

#18 Master's Account Book

#19 MS21

#20 Atkinson

#21 Breviarium Bartholomei

#19 MS21

#20 Atkinson

#21 Breviarium Bartholomei

#22 Birkbeck Hill Johnson

#23 Head of the River Trophy

#24 William Blackstone Essay

#22 Birkbeck Hill Johnson

#23 Head of the River Trophy

#24 William Blackstone Essay

#25 Immanuel Kant Letter

#26 Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica

#27 Thomas Beddoes

#25 Immanuel Kant Letter

#26 Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica

#27 Thomas Beddoes

#28 Sir Roger Bannister

#29 Andreas Vesalius

#30 The Naturalist’s Miscellany

#28 Sir Roger Bannister

#29 Andreas Vesalius

#30 The Naturalist’s Miscellany

#31 Bishops Binding

#32 Teapot

#33 MS Binding

#31 Bishops Binding

#32 Teapot

#33 MS Binding

#35 Yoshio Markino

#36 Benefactor's Book

#35 Yoshio Markino

#36 Benefactor's Book

#37 Catalogue of John Hall

#38 Nuremberg Chronicle

#39 The Works of Margaret Cavendish

#37 Catalogue of John Hall

#38 Nuremberg Chronicle

#39 The Works of Margaret Cavendish

#40 Pocket Benefactor's Book

#40 Pocket Benefactor's Book