This is the second instalment in a series of five blog posts featuring close juxtapositions of early photographs of St Andrews selected from Special Collections,… Read More »St Andrews then and now: A rephotography project: Part II
Today, the east end of St Andrews is dominated by the ruins of its former Cathedral. Once the largest building in Scotland, St Andrews Cathedral… Read More »Rescued from the Ruins: The Surviving Manuscripts of St Andrews Cathedral
Do you remember last week? The week before spring sprung? I do. It was cold, windy and wet. Naturally such a dismal Monday evening was… Read More »Step Count Challenge – Special Collections Division of the University of St Andrews Library
T’was a dark and stormy night….no, honestly, it really was….when a gallant band of Special Collections and friends set out in full costume, accompanied by… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 1: Special Collections Ghost tour
Whilst undertaking research for my MSc dissertation on David Hay Fleming (1849-1931) as a book collector, I came across some intriguing correspondence (msdep113/2/4) regarding a… Read More »David Hay Fleming and the Bronze Bowl
This small sketchbook of around 100 watercolour sketches of St Andrews scenes represents just a tiny fraction of the artistic output of its creator, John… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 34: ‘10,000 paintings of St Andrews’ — John N. Bonthron’s sketchbook
We couldn’t resist celebrating St Andrews day with some ‘inspiring illustrations’ of our eponym himself. The cult of St Andrew was actively pursued in Scotland… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 23: Images of St Andrew
No, this headline isn’t the plot of some low-budget 90’s science fiction film, we’re serious! Special Collections has teamed up with the Open Virtual Worlds… Read More »Special Collections stepping out into a new Virtual World
The next talk in the “Inspired by…” series at MUSA is this Thursday, 19 January 2012, at 1 pm. Join Richard Welander, Head of Collections… Read More »Inspired by…the carved stone – a MUSA lunchtime talk
