Dr Irene Fabry-Tehranchi
French Specialist
Directorate: Cambridge University Library
Department: Collections and Academic Liaison
Email: if229@cam.ac.uk
Irene is in charge of the Modern French printed collections at Cambridge University Library.
Selected publications:
Medieval:
- L'iconographie du Lancelot-Graal. Brepols, 2021 (written with Catherine Nicolas).
- Texte et images des manuscrits du Merlin et de la Suite Vulgate (XIIIe-XVe siècle). L'Estoire de Merlin ou les Premiers faits du roi Arthur. Brepols, 2014.
- L'Humain et l'Animal dans la France médiévale (XIIe-XVe s.); Human and Animal in Medieval France (12th-15th c.). Rodopi, 2014 (co-directed with Anna Russakoff).
- Les activités quotidiennes au Moyen Âge. Questes, 15, 2008 (co-directed with Cécile Le Cornec).
Modern:
- "Des jeux dans les collections de caricatures de la guerre franco-prussienne et de la Commune, 1870-1871", Les éphémères imprimés et l’image : Histoire et patrimonialisation, Editions universitaires de Dijon, 2023, p. 21-36.
- "Visualization of French Book Covers from the Liberation Collection (1944-1946) at Cambridge University Library", with W. Jeong, World Libraries, 26 (1), 2022, p. 1-24.
Exhibitions:
- Caricatures of the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune (1870-71) at Cambridge University Library
Blogposts:
- European languages across borders (Collections in Germanic, Romance and Slavonic languages at the University of Cambridge).
Associated research projects
France and the Second World War: The Cambridge Chadwyck-Healey Liberation Collection (1944-1946)
The project uses the CUL’s Chadwyck-Healey Liberation Collection to explore France during the Second World War, the Liberation and the immediate post-war period.
Cambridge Suite Vulgate du Merlin fragment: digitisation, analysis and edition
University of Cambridge article: Modern Magic Unlocks Merlin’s Medieval Secrets.
Merlin fragment on Cambridge Digital Library
Recording of Cambridge Festival talk, 26 March 2025
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Photography:
Headline image © Alice the Camera / Cambridge University Library
Images featured:
Cover of Lyon sous la botte, Lyon, 1944 (Liberation.a.160)
3D scanning of the Merlin manuscript by Blazej Mikula and Amelie Deblauwe in Cambridge UL, Cultural Heritage Imaging Laboratory.