52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 23: Dressmaking
For this week’s historical how-to, we return to the early 19th century with a book entitled, Sectum: the universal directory in the art of cutting, by Robert Byfield. (London: printed […]
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TREASURES OF THE LIBRARY PODCAST: Professor Christopher Given-Wilson on Rolevinck’s Fasciculus Temporum
In the summer of 2013, the University Library set out to capture the reactions of academic and library staff when encountering their favourite items from the Special Collections Division. For this […]
52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 22: An experiment in early 19th century hen-keeping
When I told my flock of hens they were going to take part in a Historical How-To and be fed an early 19th c poultry diet for a week, they […]
TREASURES OF THE LIBRARY PODCAST: Dr Margaret Connolly describes the Roll of Kings
In the summer of 2013, the University Library set out to capture the reactions of academic and library staff when encountering their favourite items from the Special Collections Division. For this […]
52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 21: Calligraphy
For this week’s historical how-to, we’re taking a look at David Browne’s The new invention, intituled, calligraphia: or, The arte of faire writing. Printed right here in St Andrews in […]
TREASURES OF THE LIBRARY PODCAST: Dr Christine McGladdery on the Statutes of St Leonard’s College
In the summer of 2013, the University Library set out to capture the reactions of academic and library staff when encountering their favourite items from the Special Collections Division. For this […]
Highlights from the Reading Room: Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth
As part of my research for Maria Edgeworth: A Political Biography (to be published by Pickering and Chatto in 2017), I have spent a few very pleasurable days reading the […]
52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s: Week 20, Iron Gall Ink
When the idea for the 52 weeks of Historical How-To’s came to light I thought it made sense to explore the subject of ink. From manuscripts to books, and even […]
TREASURES OF THE LIBRARY PODCAST: Dr Luke Gartlan on John Thomson’s Through Cyprus with a Camera
In the summer of 2013, the University Library set out to capture the reactions of academic and library staff when encountering their favourite items from the Special Collections Division. For this […]
Highlights from the Reading Room: Burgh of St Andrews Trade Guilds
My research on life in medieval and early modern St Andrews has given me the opportunity to work at the new Special Collections Reading Room in Martyrs’ Kirk. To the […]