New College Library record of Jacobite Edinburgh TAGS: Bonnie Prince Charlie | David Hume | Edinburgh | eighteenth-century | Funk | Jacobites | Pamphlets | rare books | Scotland | Special Collections On 15 September 1745 a Jacobite army was at the gates of Edinburgh. Charles Edward Stuart had arrived to attempt to regain the Scottish throne for the exiled House of …Continue reading →

Science and religion : a natural history TAGS: Divinity | eighteenth-century | natural history | New College Library | rare books | religion | science | Special Collections | University of Edinburgh Today’s Opening Lecture for the 2012-13 academic session at the School of Divinity will be given by Professor Wentzel van Huyssteen of Princeton Theological Seminary, and will launch the new …Continue reading →

Here comes the rain again … TAGS: Books | New College Library | R.L. Stevenson | Special Collections | twentieth-century | Z Collection The rain is pouring down this afternoon in thundery showers. Here’s a rainy day item from New College Library’s collections. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote this prayer in time of rain …Continue reading →

A nineteenth century view of Islam at New College Library TAGS: islam | New College Library | nineteenth-century | Special Collections | University of Edinburgh | Z Collection In this month of Ramadan, I thought I would feature this recently catalogued item from New College Library’s Z-Collection that gives a nineteenth century Western view of Islam. An history …Continue reading →

30th anniversary of the translation of the New Testament into Scots TAGS: Bible | Books | New College Library | Scotland | Scots | Special Collections Currently on display in the Funk Reading Room exhibition case at New College Library is the 1983 translation of the New Testament into Scots by William Lorimer. This marks the …Continue reading →

Islamic Collections at New College Library TAGS: Books | Divinity | islam | journals | New College Library | Religious Studies | Special Collections | University of Edinburgh Muslims all over the world join together this week for Ramadan, the greatest religious observance in Islam.  Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, when Muslims fast during …Continue reading →

New College Library welcomes the Yale-Edinburgh Conference TAGS: Divinity | Funk | Holy Spirit | missions | New College Edinburgh | New College Library | online | Pamphlets | revival | Special Collections | World Christianity The Centre for the Study of World Christianity at the University of Edinburgh is hosting the Yale-Edinburgh Group Conference on the History of the Missionary Movement and World Christianity this …Continue reading →

The ‘Z’ Factor : New College Library’s rediscovered Special Collections TAGS: cataloguing | Centre for Research Collections | Edinburgh | Funk | library catalogue | New College Library | nineteenth-century | rare books | Scotland | Special Collections | University of Edinburgh | Z Collection What are Special Collections? At New College Library we have Special Collections of books, archives  and manuscripts and a small collection of portraits and objects. Much of the book collections have …Continue reading →

Treasures of New College Library : The Dumfries Presbytery Library TAGS: cataloguing | Church of Scotland | Dumfries Presbytery Library | Funk | John Howard | New College Library | rare books | research | Special Collections The Dumfries Presbytery Library is a collection of sixteenth and seventeenth century books that was first documented in 1710, with the acceptance of a substantial donation of books from Dr John Hutton. It …Continue reading →

Acta Sanctorum now available online to University of Edinburgh TAGS: Acta Sanctorum | church history | Divinity | online | research | saints | Special Collections | University of Edinburgh The online Acta Sanctorum, published by ProQuest Databases, is now available to University of Edinburgh users. It is an electronic version of the complete printed text of Acta Sanctorum,which examines …Continue reading →