Library of Latin Texts on trial now TAGS: Catholic | church history | Latin | online | Patristics | research | University of Edinburgh Library of Latin Texts (LLT)  is now available on trial access to University of Edinburgh Users. Access is available on campus and off campus via the VPN. The trial ends …Continue reading →

Works of King James I & VI now on display at New College Library TAGS: Dumfries Presbytery Library | Funk | Latin | New College Library | rare books | seventeenth-century | theology in history New on display in the entrance to New College Library is the Works of King James I of England and VI of Scotland edited by  James Montagu, Bishop of Winchester, …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 →

Medieval Jewish Biblical Scholarship at New College Library TAGS: Bible | Biblical Studies | Dalman-Christie | Divinity | Funk | Hebrew | Jerusalem | Jewish | Judaism | Latin | medieval | New College Library | Old Testament | rare books | seventeenth-century | Special Collections This item from New College Library’s Special Collections is a biblical commentary on the Old Testament prophets by the Portuguese Jewish scholar Isaac Abravanel (1437-1508).   Abravanel was employed by King …Continue reading →

A Study in Syriac TAGS: Biblical Studies | Divinity | donations | Funk | Hebrew | Latin | New College Library | rare books | seventeenth-century | Special Collections | Syriac | University of Edinburgh Syriac has been taught at New College, Edinburgh, since its earliest days, as part of the family of ancient languages studied here. Today, for University of Edinburgh Students in years …Continue reading →