I was recently asked by The Public Domain Review if I would revisit and revise my previous Book of the Month article on this fascinating 18th Century hoax, with a view to publishing it in their April edition. The article is… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘manuscripts’
Bringing teaching to life
From Mary Toft’s confession of 7 Sept. MS Hunter D324 folio 1. Making our collections more visible and encouraging researchers and tutors to use them is a big part of what we do in Special Collections. So when we were… Read More ›
Visitors: Gaelic material on show for conference delegates
On 22 August, Special Collections were delighted to welcome delegates from all over the world who were attending ‘Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 7′ organised by Celtic and Gaelic, and show off some of our Gaelic holdings of rare books and manuscripts…. Read More ›
Laing film artist in running for Turner Prize
Glasgow-based artist Luke Fowler has been nominated for this year’s Turner Prize for his art film All Divided Selves (2011), the third in a trilogy of films which explore the life of R.D. Laing. Luke has previously worked with the… Read More ›
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’… Read More ›
Divine Write: An exhibition to celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible
Divine Write: the King James Bible and Scotland, an exhibition celebrating the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, is currently taking place in Glasgow’s Mitchell Library. It will run from 9th September 2011 to 14th January 2012. The majority… Read More ›
The Magic of Medieval Manuscripts
Earlier this week I was happy to organise a session on medieval manuscripts for a group of calligraphy students from Strathclyde University. The visit was requested by Annie Good, who – as a former of member of staff in the… Read More ›
18th century botanical drawings on the mend
These botanical illustrations from the Cullen collection are some of the items which have been treated as part of our Wellcome Trust funded conservation project. MS Cullen 141 was enclosed in a letter to William Cullen (1710-1790) from James Kerr,… Read More ›
Lanark at 30 – a novel collection
Our collection of Alasdair Gray’s handwritten drafts and original artwork for his novel ‘Lanark’ appear in a new online slideshow celebrating the 30th anniversary of its publication in February 1981. Filmed by the BBC, it features commentary by Gray talking about the influence… Read More ›
MacCunn music manuscripts
As part of my placement in Special Collections, I was made responsible for cataloguing the Andrew MacCunn collection. While the department already has an extensive and fascinating collection relating to his older brother, the composer Hamish MacCunn, the opportunity to… Read More ›
