This year’s University Christmas cards celebrate the University’s long history, its international presence and its vision for the future.

The corporate cards are available in a traditional or electronic format, with the free e-cards available from December 1, via the staff and student portals.

The printed cards are available on a fi rst-come-fi rst-served basis from Kelly Newman, in Communications and Marketing, at King’s Meadow Campus, priced at 34p each. This year’s Manuscripts and Special Collections Christmas card – which is being sold in aid of The Manuscripts Conservation Fund – is taken from the Wollaton Antiphonal (c.1430).

The Antiphonal, which features 23 historiated initials, was returned to St Leonard’s Church, Wollaton, in 1924, after being held since the Reformation as part of the Wollaton Hall library collection. When it was placed in the care of the University in 1974, the Antiphonal had lost whole sections to damp and mould. Conservation work is ongoing and digital images are being captured to support future research.

Antiphonal cards cost 50p each or £4.50 for ten. For further details, call 0115 951 4565.