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Fifty Religious Treasures of Cambridge

19 October 2023 /

A few years ago, various memers of the Faculty of Divinity in the University of Cambridge collaborated with an online project introducing students of Religious Studies to artefacts and images connected to religion from the museums, libraries and colleges of the University. It was an excellent project, and you can still access the website with its valuable introductions to some fascinating objects.

https://www.50treasures.divinity.cam.ac.uk/

Looking back at it today, I thought it would be handy to have a consolidated index to the objects, with links to their pages – so I’ve put one together and have published it here. (You can sort by each column, although it doesn’t work well for the dates.)

Link objectOrigin (modern name)LocationDate
Emmanuel College Chapel windowsUnited KingdomEmmanuel College, Cambridge1884
Parish of the Ascension burial groundUnited KingdomHuntingdon Road, Cambridge1857
Scriptural Reasoning packUnited KingdomFaculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge2002
Portrait of Abdul MasihIndiaCambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide1825
Darwin lettersUnited KingdomUniversity Library, Cambridge1866
The Deposition by Graham SutherlandUnited KingdomFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge1946
Paradise Lost by John MiltonUnited KingdomChrist’s College, Cambridge1667
All Saints’ GardenUnited KingdomSt John’s Street, Cambridge1865
Qur’anIndiaUniversity Library, Cambridge1500
Million Pagoda DharaniJapanUniversity Library, Cambridge 764-770
A Gate in the Heart of LoveUnited KingdomMurray Edwards College, Cambridge2001
Latimer’s PulpitUnited KingdomChurch of St Edward, King and Martyr, Cambridge1510
Judea capta (coin)ItalyFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge71
Moore’s copy of Bede’s Ecclesiastical HistoryUnited KingdomUniversity Library, Cambridge 737
Proslogion by St AnselmUnited KingdomUniversity Library, Cambridge1300s
Seated BodhisattvaChinaFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge1300s
The Great BibleUnited KingdomSt John’s College, Cambridge1539
Dublin TroperIrelandUniversity Library, Cambridge1360
The Epistle on Logical Rules for Shams al-DinIranTrinity College, Cambridge1270s
Isis with her child HorusEgyptGirton College, CambridgeBC 664-525
Chinese book: Fo shuo da cheng guan xiang man na luo jing zhu e qu jingChinaUniversity Library, Cambridge1107
Book of HoursFranceFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge1431
Damascus Document (Dead Sea Scroll)EgyptUniversity Library, CambridgeBC 100s
Little Gidding Story BooksUnited KingdomClare College, Cambridge1626
Mater Dolorosa by Pedro de MenaSpainFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge1670-1675
Antinous as Dionysus (sculpture)ItalyMuseum of Classical Archaeology, University of Cambridge 100s
Egyptian Mosque LampEgypt or SyriaFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge1355
Altarpiece by Simone MartiniItalyFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge1320
The Magic Apple Tree by Samuel PalmerUnited KingdomFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge1830
La Vie de Madame Sainte MargueriteNetherlandsSt Catharine’s College, Cambridge1400
The Westminster ConfessionUnited KingdomWestminster College, Cambridge1644-1647
Hacomblen’s LecternNetherlandsKing’s College, Cambridge1515
Gutenberg BibleGermanyUniversity Library, Cambridge1454/1455
Mortuary RollUnited KingdomSt John’s College, Cambridge1208-1214
Isaac Milner by George Henry HarlowUnited KingdomQueens’ College, Cambridge1808-1818
AstrolabeUnited KingdomWhipple Museum of the History of Science, University of Cambridge1350
The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand LinesIndia and NepalUniversity Library, Cambridge985 or 1070
The Kiss of JudasUnited KingdomFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge1460
Dennis Memorial Grammar School, football team (photograph)NigeriaCambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide1930
The Book of Margery KempeUnited KingdomUniversity Library, Cambridge1501
The Cambridge MishnahTurkeyUniversity Library, Cambridge200s
Umayyad and Justinian (coins)Syria and TurkeyFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge690s
The Beasts after their Kind by David JonesUnited KingdomKettle’s Yard, Cambridge1927
Genizah ManuscriptsEgyptUniversity Library, Cambridge800-1250
Butler ChaliceUnited KingdomClare College, Cambridge1618
Brihad-Aranyaka UpanishadIndiaUniversity Library, CambridgeBC 800-500
Adoration of the Magi by Peter Paul RubensBelgiumKing’s College, Cambridge1617
Nash PapyrusEgyptUniversity Library, CambridgeBC 150-100
Letters of King Charles IIUnited KingdomSt Edmund’s College, Cambridge1685
Codex BezaeFranceUniversity Library, CambridgeBC 500

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