Medieval manuscript on display at New College Library … TAGS: Archives | medieval | New College Library | rare books | Special Collections Now on display at New College Library : the Athanasii Opuscula. This fifteenth century Italian medieval manuscript has a beautiful painted and gold tooled frontispiece and a neat humanistic script. In the …Continue reading →

Treasures of New College Library : the Pamphlets Collection TAGS: Church of Scotland | Funk | New College Library | Pamphlets | research | Special Collections  “… but that religious pamphlets, especially if they had a shade of allegory in them,  were the very rage of the day.”[1] In the days before radio, television and instant …Continue reading →

Early Bibles at New College Library TAGS: Bible | Divinity | Funk | New College Library | rare books | Special Collections | University of Edinburgh New College Library has rich and distinct Bible collections. This  Geneva Bible, printed in 1599 with an illustrated frontispiece is just one example.  Called a Geneva Bible because it was produced by a group …Continue reading →

Scotland’s Methodists TAGS: Archives | church history | Church of Scotland | family history | Library | Methodist Church | New College Edinburgh | New College Library | research | Scotland I’ve had two enquiries in the last few weeks about Methodists in Scotland, from individuals researching their family history – it seems to be a hot topic! Fortunately New College Library  recently received …Continue reading →

Treasures of New College Library : the Acta Sanctorum TAGS: Acta Sanctorum | cardinal hume | Divinity | New College Library | online | rare books | research | saints | scholars | Special Collections | University of Edinburgh Down in the depths of New College Library’s Stack III, one of the first rows of shelves that faces you when you enter contains the Acta Sanctorum. This huge Latin work …Continue reading →

The General Assembly and New College Library TAGS: current-events | Divinity | national archives of scotland | New College Library New College is preparing for the  General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 2012, which will take place between 19 and 26 May 2012. This year’s debates include reports on …Continue reading →

‘It’s life Jimmy, but not as we know it’ – Science Fiction in Scotland TAGS: Edinburgh National Library of Scotland exhibitions current events Visited the new Treasures exhibition at the NLS today, featuring Science Fiction from Scotland.  I think the Curator’s had a lot of fun putting this selection together. On the one …Continue reading →

Following in the footsteps of the New College Librarian TAGS: Archives | Church of Scotland | Divinity | John Howard | Library | New College Edinburgh | New College Library Spent some time this morning sculling through the New College archives looking for correspondence about some of the New College Special Collections, the Dumfries Presbytery Library and the Longforgan Free …Continue reading →