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July 26, 2024
Jewish scholarship on display at New College Library TAGS: Dalman-Christie | Divinity | eighteenth-century | Funk | Hebrew | Jewish | Longforgan | New College Library | rare books | seventeenth-century | sixteenth-century In celebration of the public lecture on The Bible and the Mishnah by Professor Shaye J D Cohen, Harvard University on Tuesday 5 May, we currently have Jewish texts from our …Continue reading →
Tackling a Library time capsule : The Longforgan Free Church Ministers Library TAGS: Divinity | eighteenth-century | Free Church of Scotland | Funk | Longforgan | New College Library | nineteenth-century | rare books | Roman | seventeenth-century Regular visitors to New College Library have probably walked past the Longforgan Free Church Ministers Library many times. It sits in custom made glazed bookcases, which are sited on the …Continue reading →
Archival Provenance Project: Emily’s finds
My name is Emily, and I’m the second of the two archive interns that...
Archival Provenance Project: a glimpse into the university’s history through some of its oldest manuscripts
My name is Madeleine Reynolds, a fourth year PhD candidate in History of Art....
Sustainable Exhibition Making: Recyclable Book Cradles
In this post, our Technician, Robyn Rogers, discusses the recyclable book cradles she has developed...
Giving Decorated Paper a Home … Rehousing Books and Paper Bindings
In the first post of this two part series, our Collection Care Technician, Robyn Rogers,...