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Currently on exhibition (at home and away)
Our annotated first edition of Copernicus’ groundbreaking text On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (Nuremberg: 1543) is currently on display at a fascinating exhibition at the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford. The Renaissance in Astronomy celebrates books, globes and instruments of the 16th century, and marks the 500th anniversary of the … Continue reading
World Malaria Day 2012 in the Library and the Archives
World Malaria Day is celebrated on the 25th April every year to commemorate the fight against this deadly disease. The theme for World Malaria Day 2012 is ‘Sustain Gains, Save Lives: Invest in Malaria’ with the focus being the importance of investment in resources that will continue the research into, and the prevention of, the … Continue reading
World Malaria Day marked by our new display
A new poster exhibition to mark World Malaria Day on 25 April, is on display in the University Library until 30 June. The exhibition, the first to be held in our new display area, Am Fosglan (on the entrance level), delves into the university’s collections to bring to light some of the stories of early pioneers, … Continue reading
Cooking up a story – new Level 12 display
Our current display on Level 12 includes a 400-hundred year old manuscript on alchemy, a 19th century cookbook and a writer’s notebook from the 1960s. What links them is that they all contain recipes (of sorts). Antonio Neri’s ‘di Alchimia’ c 1599 has wonderful illustrations and includes instructions for all kinds of medical, culinary and … Continue reading
Enigmatic Emblems
A number of early illustrated books from our internationally-renowned Stirling Maxwell collection are currently on display at the Hunterian Art Gallery as part of an exhibition entitled ‘Breaking the Renaissance Code: Emblems and Emblem Books’. The exhibition explores how emblem books developed throughout Europe during the sixteenth century onwards, their decline and subsequent revival in … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Sir George Gilbert Scott
Today is the 200th birthday of Sir George Gilbert Scott, the designer of the main buildings of the University of Glasgow. George Gilbert Scott was the foremost architect of his day, an ‘indefatigable in business and a fervent worker’. He rose to fame and fortune on the back of the Gothic revival and the Victorian … Continue reading
Discovering Natural History and Special Collections
As a former undergraduate and current postgraduate student of the University of Glasgow, I have been living in the library for almost five years now. Right now I am completing an MLitt in the History of Collecting and Collections in the History of Art Department. As part of this course, I am completing a ten … Continue reading
Maps of Glasgow – new display on Level 3
You can find the Library’s current display “Maps of Glasgow: Historical to Digital” on Level 3. It features treasures from the University Library’s map collection and shows the growth of the city from a small burgh beside the River Clyde to the renowned ‘Second City of the Empire’. It also reflects the development of cartography from … Continue reading
Who owned me? – rare book provenances
The latest display in the foyer of the Special Collections Department features four items from our collections with a notable provenance or ownership history. We are always interested in discovering the provenance of the books in our care in order to establish their history prior to arriving in Special Collections. We can do this by … Continue reading
Inventors of Tradition
This exhibition celebrates Scotland’s textile industry from the 1930s to the present day. It brings together samples of textile design from Scotland’s designers and textile companies, a series of documentary films about these companies and new works inspired by these archives by the artist Lucy McKenzie and designer Beca Lipscombe (Atelier). From Glasgow Green to … Continue reading
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