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Syntymäaika
1955
Sukupuoli
male
Kansalaisuus
Scotland
UK
Asuinpaikat
St. Andrew's, Scotland
Koulutus
University of Edinburgh
Ammatit
archivist
historian

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A beautiful coffee-table book that shows off some of the fascinating treasures of St Andrews University library archives, from medieval manuscripts to modern times. (It is interesting that this book uses no punctuation in the spelling of St Andrews University. Presumably the librarians understand how that can interfere with computer searches!)
Many full colour illustrations show remarkable examples of medieval illuminated manuscripts, antique jewelled book bindings, wax seals on legal documents (including the papal bull from 1413 that granted St Andrews University the right to award degrees), handwritten letters, drawings and plate illustrations, calligraphy, early photographs made with a variety of processes, modern photographs and books of poetry and literature and Scottish life.
From the inside cover description: "This volume presents 50 selected items from across the collections, each accompanied by a short explanatory essay by an expert in the field, with an introductory essay outlining the history of St Andrews University Library from its beginnings in a few medieval cathedral book presses to the modern hub of learning within an institution of international academic reputation."
"The University of St Andrews was only the third to be founded in the English-speaking world. From its early 15th-century beginnings, the University has used and collected books in pursuit of learning and teaching. In the early days these books were concentrated in autonomous college libraries, but with the foundation of a Common Library for the university in the 17th century, there came into being a repository which has functioned continuously for four centuries. The collections which have gathered within St Andrews University Library are outstanding. Books from the dawn of European printing to contemporary fine imprints, including the fruits of over a century's status as a Legal Deposit Library; manuscripts representing the breadth of human activity from the dawn of Christendom to modern times; an astonishing photographic archive, based on the position of St Andrews as one of the crucibles of early photographic development, which now contains almost 750,000 images taken in Scotland and across the globe between 1840 and the present day; and the university's own institutional archive, a living collection which documents the rich life of the institution from its foundation."
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tripleblessings | Jan 29, 2011 |
This collection of essays by members of the Conference of Scottish Medieval Historical Research (edited by Norman H. Reid) is a study of Scottish society and government in Alexander III's reign from 1249 to 1286. Essays on the nobility, the church, the economy, the army, law, relations with Norway, architecture and historiography converge in a picture of Scotland at the watershed between a period of prosperous, peaceful consolidation and the decades of war which followed. Together the essays provide a critical study of important aspects of this reign and an assessment of its place in Scotland's history. (jacket notes)
Serious academic study, with many footnotes, yet readable and interesting to non-historians.
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tripleblessings | Nov 25, 2005 |

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Teokset
6
Jäseniä
20
Suosituimmuussija
#589,235
Arvio (tähdet)
½ 4.4
Kirja-arvosteluja
2
ISBN:t
8