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 →

Top ten tips for finding theses TAGS: Divinity | New College Library | online | research | students | Theses | University of Edinburgh | university theses Postgraduate students often ask me about how to find theses. Unfortunately there’s no single source for information on all theses worldwide. However here are a few tips that might help …Continue reading →

Keeping the faith in wartime TAGS: Church of Scotland | Funk | Pamphlets | Remembrance | Theology & Ethics | twentieth-century | war A short New College  Act of Remembrance will take place on Friday 9th November at 1pm at the War Memorial in the corridor leading to the Assembly Hall. This item …Continue reading →

The Bible on Film – Film Industry magazines on trial now TAGS: Bible | film | online | Theology & Ethics | University of Edinburgh On trial now for University of Edinburgh users is the Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive from ProQuest. This archival research resource contains the core US and UK trade magazines covering film, …Continue reading →

New books at New College Library – November TAGS: Books | Divinity | library catalogue | media | New College Library | religion | students | Theology & Ethics A new title that has gone straight to the shelves is Religion and the news, edited by Jolyon Mitchell and Owen Gower. Newly published this October, two copies of this …Continue reading →

The ghosts on the shelves TAGS: ghosts | New College Library | rare books | supernatural It’s difficult to walk around Stack III, the rare books stack of New College Library, without feeling the weight of history. On these shelves Tyndale rubs shoulders with Calvin, and …Continue reading →

From Greek to Gaelic TAGS: Gaelic | greek | Latin | New College Library | nineteenth-century | rare books | Scotland Just over 400 items which together form the Gaelic Collections at New College Library have now been catalogued online and their details can now be browsed online using the shelfmark “Gaelic …Continue reading →

Gaelic hymns from the Highlands TAGS: Gaelic | hymnbooks | hymns | New College Library | nineteenth-century | rare books | Scotland | Special Collections New College Library’s recently catalogued Gaelic Collections contain several editions of  “Dain spioradail ” by the celebrated hymn writer Peter Grant. This edition at Gaelic Coll. 250  is the fifth …Continue reading →

Bagpipe music of the Isles TAGS: bagpipes | Gaelic | music | New College Library | nineteenth-century | rare books | Scotland I’m delighted to announce that just over 400 items which together form the Gaelic Collections at New College Library have now been catalogued online and their details can now be browsed …Continue reading →

A puzzle of Presbyterian history TAGS: Christianity | Divinity | Funk | New College Library | new zealand | nineteenth-century | Pamphlets | Presbyterian | rare books | World Christianity Today the School of  Divinity welcomes Dr Hugh Morrison, a visiting Fellow from Otago, who is speaking at the World Christianity Research Seminar on “Doing religious history ‘down under:’ challenges …Continue reading →