New College Library is open throughout the Edinburgh Festival 2017 TAGS: current-events | Edinburgh | New College Library | summer Edinburgh Festival time is coming, and the Assembly Hall on the Mound will once again be a Festival venue. As well as the Assembly Hall, the Rainy Hall and various other …Continue reading →

Jewish Studies Collections at New College library : early books TAGS: Biblical Studies | Hebrew | Jewish | Judaism | rare books | seventeenth-century | sixteenth-century This week New College welcomes the British Association for Jewish Studies Conference to Edinburgh. Delegates are welcome to visit New College Library where they’ll find a display of Jewish Studies …Continue reading →

Psalms in public and private TAGS: embroidery | Psalms | Reformation | Scotland | seventeenth-century | sixteenth-century New College Library welcomes the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland this week with a display of early psalm books. During the period 1564-1644, around 70 editions of the …Continue reading →

My dear Playfair TAGS: Archives | New College Library | twentieth-century A guest post from Eleanor Rideout, Helpdesk Assistant – New College Library One of my favourite things about working with historical collections is the unexpected find, like this letter of …Continue reading →

Confessions of a work placement student TAGS: Archives | history of the book | New College Library | rare books | students A guest post from MSc Book History and Material Culture student Holly Sanderson As part of the Master’s degree in Book History and Material Culture at the University of Edinburgh, …Continue reading →

Library open during New College Quad closure 8-22 April 2017 TAGS: New College Library Due to building works, access to New College Library via the New College Quad will be closed between Sat 8th to Sat 22nd April. However alternative access to New College Library will …Continue reading →

Window to a Sixth-Century Scriptorium TAGS: Bible | Biblical Studies | greek | New College Library | students A post from guest curator Elijah Hixson, PhD student, School of Divinity This month’s student led display at New College Library features the facsimile Codex Purpureus Petropolitanus, which is on display at …Continue reading →

International Women’s Day 2017 TAGS: Archives | childbirth | faith | International Women's Day | provenance | sea-faring | Women During my initial survey of the New College Collections, it was immediately evident, although not surprising, that the majority of the archives stemmed from the work of men or their …Continue reading →

Historic New College Library partnership begins a new chapter TAGS: Church of Scotland | Free Church of Scotland | University of Edinburgh Founded in 1843 as the Library of the Free Church College, and now serving the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh, New College Library is one of the …Continue reading →

Writing from the Holy Land, writing from the heart – Robert Murray McCheyne TAGS: Archives | Israel | missions | New College Library | Palestine A post from guest curator Amy Plender, PhD student, School of Divinity The theme of this month’s student led display at New College Library is diary writing, particularly diarists writing about their experience of …Continue reading →