White, James Cathcart, 1853-1943 (Edinburgh graduate and advocate)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1853 - 1943
Biography
James Cathcart White (1853-1943), an Edinburgh graduate and advocate, left the Library a fine collection of some 360 works and a significant sum of money which is still used to purchase books and manuscripts today.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Book of Hours, early 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 302
Contents
This manuscript is an illuminated book of hours written in France (Paris?) in the early 15th century.
Dates:
early 15th century
Book of Hours, 15th or 16th century
Item
Identifier: MS 304
Scope and Contents
This manuscript is an illuminated book of hours written in France (Rouen?) in the 15th or 16th century.
Dates:
15th or 16th century
Book of Hours (Use of Paris), end of the 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 309
Contents
Book of Hours in French and Latin from the end of the 15th century, of French provenance and possibly Parisian. The Use is that of Paris.Kalendar: ff. 1r-6v. Contains commemorations of Saints and Martyrs, and other festivities; the most important are written in golden letters, whereas the other lines alternate blue and red for effect. Written in French. The French, and possibly Parisian, provenance is also suggested by the prominence given to the festivity of...
Dates:
end of the 15th century
Composite manuscript including four texts, mostly the Decretales Gregorii IX et Innocentii IV, 2nd half of the 13th century
Item
Identifier: MS 300
Scope and Contents
MS 300 contains four texts bound together, in different hands. It includes a copy of the Decretales Gregorii IX (Decretals of Pope Gregory IX) ordered by Pope Gregory IX, and put together by his chaplain and confessor, Raymond of Peñafort, and a copy of the Decretales Innocentii IV (Decretals of Innocent IV). Verses have been added to the volume in blank space during the 13th century, as well as a poem of twenty-one long lines...
Dates:
2nd half of the 13th century