Scotland’s Religious Past : Unique Special Collections at New College Library, Edinburgh TAGS: Divinity | eighteenth-century | Funk | Hymnology | New College Library | Pamphlets | Psalms | rare books Here at New College Library we’re rediscovering unique Special Collections items which tell the story of Scotland’s radical religious past. This item, The Lord’s trumpet sounding an alarm against Scotland, …Continue reading →

New College Library’s Torah Scroll TAGS: Bible | Biblical Studies | book sale | Funk | Hebrew | Jewish | Judaism | New College Library | Special Collections New College Library’s Torah Scroll (Pentateuch) was on display to visitors today in the Funk Reading Room. Scrolls such as these are an integral part of Jewish communal life, being …Continue reading →

Treasures of New College Library : The Longforgan Free Church Ministers Library TAGS: cataloguing | Free Church of Scotland | Funk | New College Library | Patristics | rare books | Special Collections The Longforgan Free Church Ministers Library is a collection of handsomely bound volumes, particularly rich in patristic and theological texts. The rare books in the collection include Knox’s Liturgy (1611), the …Continue reading →

Science and religion : a natural history #ILW2013 TAGS: Divinity | eighteenth-century | innovative learning week | Natural History Collection | New College Library | nineteenth-century | religion | science | Special Collections | Theology & Ethics | twentieth-century Innovative Learning week kicks off at New College Library with a chance to see some of the scientific books in New College Library’s Special Collections and find out where they …Continue reading →

The Rescue that never was – remembering Holocaust Memorial Day #HMD2013 TAGS: Church of England | Funk | Holocaust | Jewish | Judaism | New College Library | Pamphlets | rare books | Theology & Ethics | twentieth-century | war Holocaust Memorial Day marks the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945, and remembers those who died in the Holocaust and under Nazi persecution, and during subsequent genocides, …Continue reading →

The Hammond Organ in history TAGS: Funk | Hymnology | music | New College Library | Special Collections | twentieth-century Today, 11 January, is the anniversary of the birth of Laurens Hammond, inventor of the Hammond organ. New College Library holds this pamphlet, The Hammond Organ, published in the 1930s,  in …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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →