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 →

Discover Gaelic Special Collections from New College Library TAGS: Gaelic | New College Library | rare books | Special Collections Did you know that over 400 items which together form the Gaelic Collections at New College Library have recently been catalogued online. This collection of monographs and pamphlets was put together from …Continue reading →

Rare Books De-mystified TAGS: pop up library | rare books If you have ever fancied using old or rare books as the basis of a project, or come upon the location “Main Library – Special Collections” in the catalogue, for …Continue reading →

Discover Special Collections from New College Library TAGS: Archives | New College Library | rare books | Special Collections Did you know that, out of the 250,000+ books held at New College Library, over a third are Special Collections? Come and join me at the Pop-up Library (on the …Continue reading →

11th century Celtic Psalter – new book reader object in LUNA TAGS: rare books | Special Collections One of the real treasures of Special Collections is the 11th century Celtic Psalter (Ms 56)- at nearly 1000 years old, it is referred to as the oldest book in …Continue reading →

Travel back 500 years with rare Hebrew book from New College Library TAGS: Bible | Biblical Studies | Dalman-Christie | Funk | Hebrew | Jewish | New College Library | rare books This early commentary on the Pentateuch, published in 1514 has travelled all the way to Latvia to be part of the exhibition “1514. The Book. 2014“. On display until April …Continue reading →

Fairytales & Chivalry at the Centre for Research Collections TAGS: CRC | Fairytales | rare books | Special Collections When I think of our rare book collections, I tend to think or row upon row of brown, leather bound volumes. This is true for a large part of the …Continue reading →

Picture puzzles from the Paterson Bible Collection at New College Library TAGS: Bible | Funk | New College Library | rare books I’m delighted to be able to report that all 278 items in the Paterson Bible Collection at New College Library are now catalogued online. This collection turned up a number of surprises for …Continue reading →

Colophon and Logotype TAGS: collections | colophon | Library | logotype | rare books Having a background in Fine Art through study at Glasgow School of Art I am very aware of the striking visual content that passes through the Digital Imaging Unit on …Continue reading →

Preserving the Dumfries Presbytery Library for the future TAGS: conservation | Divinity | Dumfries Presbytery Library | Funk | John Howard | New College Library | rare books | seventeenth-century A guest post from Finlay West, Funk Projects Cataloguer The recently completed cataloguing of the Dumfries Presbytery Library Collection housed at New College Library, finally allows the volumes to be …Continue reading →