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Treasures of New College Library : the Acta Sanctorum
Down in the depths of New College Library’s Stack III, one of the first rows of shelves that faces you when you enter contains the Acta Sanctorum. This huge Latin work in sixty-eight volumes examines...
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Acta Sanctorum now available online to University of Edinburgh
The online Acta Sanctorum, published by ProQuest Databases, is now available to University of Edinburgh users. It is an electronic version of the complete printed text of Acta Sanctorum,which examines...
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Psalms for St Cecilia’s Day
Moore, Thomas “Psalm singers’ pocket companion”, Glasgow 1756. Hymn 264/1 The feast of St Cecilia’s Day is traditionally celebrated on November 22nd. A 3rd century martyr, St Cecilia is known as the...
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The saint, the saltire and a Scottish legend
The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments … Oxford : Printed by the University Printers, 1695. New College Library B.r.468 Today, November 30, is Saint Andrew’s day, also celebrated as...
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Scotland’s last saint : St John Ogilvie
The 10th of March is celebrated as the feast day of St John Ogilvie in the Roman Catholic Church. The only post-Reformation saint from Scotland. John Ogilvie (1578/9–1615) was born and brought up as...
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Early printed works of St Anselm on display at New College Library
New on display in the Funk Reading Room is the Works of St Anselm, Opuscula beati Anselmi archiepiscopi Ca[n]tuarie[n]sis ordinis Sancti Benedicti, printed in 1497. April 21 is the Feast Day of St...
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Looking at the Acta Sanctorum – Life of St Cuthbert
Acta Sanctorum Martii, vol. iii, (Antwerp, 1668), pp. 117 We welcomed University of Edinburgh MSc Medieval History students today for a tour of New College Library and the chance to see one of the...
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