[Closed] Vacancy: Graduate Library Trainee
Latest Library Display: The Romance of the Rose
The Library’s latest display looks at The Romance of the Rose, a poem included in one of the manuscripts within our medieval manuscript collection. Whilst many of our manuscripts are theological in subject matter, MS. 10 includes one of the most influential poems of the medieval world: Roman de la Rose or The Romance of … Continued
Latest Library display – Gray’s Inn Miscellany: past and present
The Library’s current festive display celebrates the Gray’s Inn Miscellany: past and present. The original Miscellany was founded in the early 1970s by (later) Treasurer Sir Gordon Slynn and others, as a spontaneous students’ revue in the spirit of 16th Century revels. During the earlier years of the revival, Miscellany was comprised of an array … Continued
Latest Library Display: Trial of the Month
Our latest Library ‘Trial of the Month’ display looks at the North Berwick witch trials which took place from 1590 to 1592. The Witches’ Plot In 1589, King James VI of Scotland travelled to Denmark to collect his new bride Princess Anna of Denmark after her fleet was damaged by bad weather conditions. On their … Continued
Latest Library Display: Eighty years of the United Nations
This autumn, the Library is marking the eightieth anniversary of the United Nations with a new series of displays that explores its history, achievements and Gray’s Inn connections. The UN officially marks its eightieth anniversary on the 24th October. The United Nations formed in response to the Second World War, with the aim of preventing … Continued
[Closed] Vacancy: Senior Librarian
Latest Library Display: Music at Gray’s Inn
One of this summer’s Library displays explores the history (and present!) of music at Gray’s Inn. The life of Gray’s Inn, while naturally constructed with the law at its core, has always extended beyond this. Medieval Music The oldest musical item held in the Gray’s Inn Archive is this sheet from a 13th/14th century musical … Continued
[Closed] Vacancy: Graduate Library Trainee
[Closed] Vacancy: Library Manager
Latest Library Display: LGBTQIA+ History Month
This month, the Library has two displays in honour of LGBTQIA+ history month. Our trial of the Month for February covers the Trials of Oscar Wilde, and our large display case looks at the 1871 trial of Boulton and Park, now more commonly referred to by their chosen names Fanny and Stella. Boulton was a … Continued