EXHIBITION ON THE FERRARS OF LITTLE GIDDING IN MAGDALENE COLEGE OLD LIBRARY
SUNDAY 4th SEPTEMBER to SUNDAY 11th SEPTEMBER
(closed Monday 5th)
2pm to 5pm daily. Open to all, free of charge.
THE FERRAR FAMILY was influential in a broad sphere of seventeenth-century life, and beyond: they were Deputies of the Virginia Trading Company – they were Founders of the Anglican Community at Little Gidding (made famous again in the twentieth-century by T S Eliot’s Four Quartets) – they were
entrusted with the posthumous publication of the work of the great metaphysical poet, George Herbert – they designed and constructed Harmonies of the Gospels – and they were collectors of prints, artworks, books and music.
THE FERRAR FAMILY PAPERS, housed at Magdalene College, provide an intriguing and illuminating window into their world.
THE EXHIBITION takes place in conjunction with the conference, The Ferrars, hosted by Magdalene English Department and the Historic Libraries of Magdalene College, to mark the completion of the project to conserve the Ferrar papers and prints.
Further information:
Dr M E J Hughes
Lecturer, Fellow and Pepys Librarian
Magdalene College