A catalogue of the manuscripts preserved in the library of the University of Cambridge
A catalogue of manuscripts held by Cambridge University Library, published by the Cambridge University Press in 1856 under the library's own name for scholars and librarians. The single picture is the university's armorial device, a shield with lions and crosses flanked by two allegorical women, a crowned figure with a cup above, and the motto Alma Mater Cantabrigia on a scroll. For designers, it offers a formal heraldic emblem with symmetrical composition and dense engraved hatching suited to seals, crests and institutional marks.
