Our beautifully preserved copy of the anonymous Fiore novello estratto dalla Bibbia is one of those satisfying books where we can (unusually!) trace the provenance back to the 15th century. Its decorated opening page incorporates the coat of arms of its first owner, the… Read More ›
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 ›
![Title page from A general account of the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow: including historical and scientific notices of the various objects of art, literature, natural history [etc.] in that celebrated collection…1813 (Sp Coll Hunterian Add. 13)](http://universityofglasgowlibrary.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/2-hunterianadd13-tp.jpg?w=120&h=120&crop=1)
To celebrate the opening of the new Hunterian Art Gallery exhibition: ‘This Unrivalled Collection’: The Hunterian’s first catalogue, our latest Flickr set features relevant items from Special Collections, some of which feature in the exhibition. There will also be a… Read More ›
![Woodcut of Hippocrates (presumably raised from the dead!) talking with Avicenna. From Hippocrates: Prognostics [English] [ca. 1545] (Sp Coll Hunterian Au.4.11e)](http://universityofglasgowlibrary.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/stonley_hippo_avi.jpg?w=120&h=120&crop=1)
Richard Stonley (1519 or 20-1600) boasts an interesting literary claim to fame: his acquisition of a newly printed copy of Venus and Adonis on 12th June 1593 makes him the earliest known purchaser of any Shakespeare work. We are fortunate… Read More ›
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 ›
On Wednesday 10th October, postgraduate student and Hunterian Associate Francesca Mackay will be giving a talk on William Hunter’s library as part of an event being held in the Hunterian Art Gallery to showcase the various projects that students have… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717-1791) was a prominent naturalist who traded in natural history objects such as fossils, corals and shells but who is little remarked upon within the secondary sources of this field today. Da Costa’s contribution to science,… Read More ›
The ten latest books described and indexed on the project website are: Ausonius, Decimus Magnus: Opera Venice: [Printer of Ausonius], 7 Dec. 1472 Exceptiones legum Romanorum Strassburg: Johann Schott, 4 Nov. 1500 Nider, Johannes: Manuale confessorum [Strassburg: C.W., not after… Read More ›
The latest ten books to be described and indexed on the project website are: Publicius, Jacobus: Artes orandi, epistolandi, memorandi Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 31 Jan. 1485 [two copies] Solinus, Gaius Julius: Polyhistor, sive De mirabilibus mundi Parma: Andreas Portilia, 20… Read More ›
