Summer days at New College Library … and Hymnology collections TAGS: Funk | hymnbooks | hymns | New College Library | Special Collections Summer has arrived!  The weather forecast says 12 degrees today –  but it feels much warmer. The School of Divinity’s exams are over, and the bustle of last week’s General Assembly …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 →