The saint, the saltire and a Scottish legend TAGS: Bible | Biblical Studies | Funk | New College Library | Psalms | saints | Scotland | seventeenth-century | University of Edinburgh Today, November 30, is Saint Andrew’s day,  also celebrated as Scotland’s national day. The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (available online to University of Edinburgh users)  notes that the cult of St …Continue reading →

Light Night in Edinburgh – New College Library closing early TAGS: Christmas | Edinburgh | New College Library New College Library will close early at 5pm on Thursday 29 November as installations and road closures for ‘Light Night‘ mean that readers will not be able to exit the …Continue reading →

Remembering the life of Guru Nanak TAGS: Funk | India | New College Library | nineteenth-century | Pakistan | Pamphlets | sikhism | Special Collections Sikhs around the world will celebrate the birthday of Guru Nanak on Wednesday 28 November. Guru Nanak (1469-1539) was the founder of the Sikh religion. The life of Baba Nanuk, …Continue reading →

Thanks for reading NewCollegeLibrarian TAGS: New College Library | poll | University of Edinburgh This blog is six months old now and has had over 3,000 hits – thank you! I’d love to know a bit more about who out there is reading my …Continue reading →

Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism Online on trial now TAGS: Hinduism | India | online | Religious Studies | University of Edinburgh On trial now for University of Edinburgh users is Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism Online . Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism presents the latest research on all the main aspects of the …Continue reading →

A prayer for a pudding? TAGS: Christmas | Church of England | Dumfries Presbytery Library | Funk | liturgy | New College Library | rare books | Reformation | sixteenth-century | Theology & Ethics 25 November 2012 is traditionally Stir Up Sunday, when cooks plan to make their Christmas puddings so they have time to mature before eating on Christmas Day. This tradition is …Continue reading →

Psalms for St Cecilia’s Day TAGS: eighteenth-century | Funk | Hymnology | music | New College Library | Psalms | rare books | saints | Scotland The feast of St Cecilia’s Day is traditionally celebrated on November 22nd.  A 3rd century martyr, St Cecilia is known as the patron saint of musicians. Her legend relates that, as …Continue reading →

New College Library image collections online TAGS: Funk | images | New College Library | online | Special Collections | University of Edinburgh I’m very pleased to be able to tell you that over 200 images from New College Library’s collections are now available online through the University of Edinburgh Image Collections database. …Continue reading →

Manchester Contributes to the Friedberg Genizah Project TAGS: Biblical Studies | Jewish | Judaism | medieval | middle east | online | research A growing resource for Jewish / Ancient World Studies – I see that as well as the digitized images of Genizah collections at Cambridge and Birmingham there are links to …Continue reading →

New College Library’s earliest Bible TAGS: Bible | Biblical Studies | Divinity | Funk | greek | New College Library | rare books | Reformation | sixteenth-century This Greek New Testament Novum Testamentum Graece, is the earliest Bible held at New College Library. It was printed in Strassburg in 1524, and in his preface the printer speaks …Continue reading →