New Acquisitions: Catching the Tide
Last weekend we were delighted to receive officially our Catching the Tide acquisition from photographer Colin McPherson. From the moment we first saw this iconic… Read More »New Acquisitions: Catching the Tide
new acquisitions
Tullis Russell Collection: Project Update
Back in September 2015 we announced on Echoes the acquisition of the Tullis Russell business papers which complement the extensive archive collection of Sir David… Read More »Tullis Russell Collection: Project Update
Historical Cooking: Introduction
This is the first post in a new miniseries on historical cooking, in which we will be recreating dishes from a 17th century recipe book.… Read More »Historical Cooking: Introduction
The Regiam Majestatem
Special Collections was recently able to ‘bring home’ an exciting copy of the key Scottish legal text. The manuscript of Regiam Majestatem, written in Lowland Scots,… Read More »The Regiam Majestatem
New Acquisitions Highlight: Mark Neville’s Photobooks
Mark Neville (b. 1966) is a photographer known for his multi-layered social documentary projects. I first came across Neville’s work when visiting the Scottish Parliament… Read More »New Acquisitions Highlight: Mark Neville’s Photobooks
Reading the Collections, Week 48: David Mitchell / Kai & Sunny collaboration
The University of St Andrews’ new Special Collections acquisition, Caught By The Nest (2013), is an A3-sized art-meets-fiction collaboration by design team Kai and Sunny, and… Read More »Reading the Collections, Week 48: David Mitchell / Kai & Sunny collaboration
Reading the Collections, Week 40: Tullis Russell Oral History Collection
Over the past few weeks there’s been a series of letters to the London Review of Books discussing the phenomenon of ‘cross generational vaulting’ –… Read More »Reading the Collections, Week 40: Tullis Russell Oral History Collection
Reading the Collections, Week 39: Rejlander’s ‘The two ways of life’ (c. 1857)
I must’ve been 14 or 15 when my parents brought home a piece of software that would literally change their professional lives and would become… Read More »Reading the Collections, Week 39: Rejlander’s ‘The two ways of life’ (c. 1857)
Ceremony for Winners of JD Forbes Book Collecting Prize
Winners of the University Library’s inaugural book collecting prize were celebrated at an event in Parliament Hall last week. Our JD Forbes Book Collecting Prize… Read More »Ceremony for Winners of JD Forbes Book Collecting Prize
Tullis Russell Business Papers
News of the closure of the paper mill Tullis Russell at Markinch in June was greeted with shock and dismay, both for the loss of… Read More »Tullis Russell Business Papers
New acquisitions spotlight: Malory’s History of King Arthur (1634)
The Most Ancient and Famous History of the Renowned Prince Arthur King of Britaine was the last seventeenth-century edition of Thomas Malory’s great medieval prose… Read More »New acquisitions spotlight: Malory’s History of King Arthur (1634)
New Acquisitions: Hand-coloured 1589 Luther Bible
Earlier this year the rare books team acquired a significant, and rather pretty, addition to its developing Bible Collection. This Bible, a 1589 folio… Read More »New Acquisitions: Hand-coloured 1589 Luther Bible
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