We are grateful to a recent enquirer for bringing this to our attention! – an 18th century manuscript copy of ‘Adeste Fideles’, more familiarly known to Christmas carol singers in its English translation, ‘O Come All Ye Faithful’. It appears… Read More ›
When it comes time to blog about the latest batch of incunabula sometimes one item stands out from the rest; other times there are simply too many things to choose from! This is such a batch – where to start?… Read More ›
It has been a couple of months since we last blogged about the incunabula project. Once more, the library web team has been busy behind the scenes making changes to the GIP website. We hope you like its new, cleaner and updated… Read More ›
There are still place available for the colloquium we are holding on Thursday 12th on our Euing collection of English broadside ballads. So if you would like to find out about the Bloody Butcher and more, please come along for… Read More ›
I am pleased to announce the programme for a colloquium on our Euing collection of English broadside ballads, to be held in Special Collections (University of Glasgow Library, level 12) on Thursday 12 April at 14.00. This collection of some… Read More ›
Another ten books are now fully described and indexed on the project website: Psalterium. With canticles Milan: [Printer of ‘Psalterio in Volgare’, 1476], 7 July 1477 Berchorius, Petrus: Liber Bibliae moralis Deventer: Richardus Pafraet, 1477 Magistri, Martinus: Expositio super Praedicabilia… Read More ›
This rather unlikely sounding ‘Bible gender’ question was recently posed to Special Collections regarding our first editions of the King James Bible (of which we hold an impressive seven in total!). The question is not perhaps quite as odd as… Read More ›
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 ›
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