Tribute to Dr Robert N Smart (1931-2019)
The Special Collections Division of the University Library is very sad to note the death of Dr Robert N Smart on 21 July 2019, aged… Read More »Tribute to Dr Robert N Smart (1931-2019)
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The Faculty of Arts Feast, 6th May
In the liturgical calendar, the 6th of May is the Feast of St John the Evangelist before the Latin Gate. This feast commemorated the tradition… Read More »The Faculty of Arts Feast, 6th May
52 Weeks of Reading the Collections: Visual Index and Reflections
52 weeks of Reading the Collections has come to an end – thanks to everyone who contributed, read, and shared our posts over the past… Read More »52 Weeks of Reading the Collections: Visual Index and Reflections
Reading the Collections, Week 27: University Calendars and the office of Bedellus
At the end of July, John Jardine, University Bedellus, retired after 29 years’ service with the University. In that role as mace-bearer, almost the personification… Read More »Reading the Collections, Week 27: University Calendars and the office of Bedellus
Reading the Collections, Week 18: Student Reminiscences
I have been reading through two box files of memories of student life at St Andrews collected by Professor Peter Redford Scott Lang in the… Read More »Reading the Collections, Week 18: Student Reminiscences
1215 and all that …
So, 2015 is the anniversary year for Magna Carta – 800 years on and the document still has clauses in legal force and has a… Read More »1215 and all that …
52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s: Reflections and Visual Index
It all started with a scruffy manuscript recipe book from the 1830s and a few reckless comments about what fun it would be to have… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s: Reflections and Visual Index
Happy Gavin Douglas Day! Celebrating 500 years of The Eneados
Today, the Scottish Poetry Library and the Writer’s Museum are celebrating the 500th anniversary of the completion of Gavin Douglas‘s The Eneados. Douglas, a Scottish… Read More »Happy Gavin Douglas Day! Celebrating 500 years of The Eneados
At last! New Archive Catalogue finally online
Regular users of Special Collections will know that over the last 5 years or so we have been promising that our new Archive Catalogue was… Read More »At last! New Archive Catalogue finally online
52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings, Week 45: the oldest institutional binding in St Andrews, re-used
This register of evidences and privileges of the University of St Andrews (Registrum evidentiarum et privilegiorum universitatis Sancti Andree) contains transcripts or copies of key… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings, Week 45: the oldest institutional binding in St Andrews, re-used
Seven generations of St Andrews students
“My father used to say that his days at St Andrews had been among the happiest of his life” The University of St Andrews becomes… Read More »Seven generations of St Andrews students