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This Thursday, join St John's Sub Librarian and Special Collections Librarian Kathryn McKee and medievalist Dr Sarah Gilbert for an online talk exploring the Lindsay Manuscript, 800 years since the end of Robert Lindsay’s abbacy at Peterborough.👉 peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/143/section.as…

After 30 years and with the help of our incredible partners, we've completed our programme to update the entire Manorial Documents Register for England and Wales and make it available to everyone online! Come with us as we explore the importance of these #ManorialDocuments 👇🧵

Recipe for medicine for the ‘blake [black] Jannes’ (whatever they were), in a book of St John’s Master’s accounts, 1520s: take 20 or 30 great worms, salt, gut, then clean them, mix with celandine, add to some ale, mix in cloves, mace & saffron. Take a spoonful morning & evening…

Come along to the AV Room and feast your eyes on our new display for Black History Month - featuring a whole come of films you may not have seen - some forgotten Black British classics, documentaries and other complete gems. We hope you enjoy it 🤩🎬

The first session is today at 2pm! Link on JCR page :)

'P.T.O.', 15th-century style (SJLM/1/1/2/1 - household account book kept by Lady Margaret Beaufort's cofferer, 1498-99)

Come in an get your Winter Reading here! Lots of novels to cosy up with and lighter reading on the Ground Floor. All the Christmas films are on display in the AV room and we still have some portable DVD Drives left for you to borrow at the desk. ❄️🫖🎥📕📗📘

Well, the weather outside may be frightful, but we're still open 24/7 over the vacation, so why not pop in and borrow some cozy winter reading?😊 (The Library will be unstaffed from 23rd December to 2nd January, so you'll need to remember your card to get in.) Stay warm, folks!❄️

Pythagoras Building (archives centre) this morning

The Library will be accepting entries for the Student Art and Photography Competition from April 24th-28th! Details here: joh.cam.ac.uk/student-art-an…

New online exhibition re Lady Margaret Beaufort's archives at St John's: joh.cam.ac.uk/lady-margaret-…

Student artists - We can't wait to see your work! The deadline for entries is 5pm Friday. Details here: joh.cam.ac.uk/student-art-an…

Just looked out the window of the archives centre and a green woodpecker flew past. Last week, saw a muntjac at lunchtime and a heron in the Bin Brook on the way home. Brilliant that we share the site with so much wildlife!

St John's will be at the Dissertation & Research Fair, Elena Hall, Jesus College, Fri. 8th March. All welcome! #dissres24

Getting ready for the Dissertation & Research Fair! #dissres24 Elena Hall, Jesus College, 11-4 - hope to see lots of you there!

Student Art and Photography Competition entries will be accepted next week! joh.cam.ac.uk/student-art-an… (log in to view)

Artists: Watching paint dry? Still choosing your photos? Great news, the deadline for the Student Art & Photography Competition has been extended to 5pm on Tuesday April 30th! We can't wait to see your entries!