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White, James Cathcart, 1853-1943 (Edinburgh graduate and advocate)

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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 14 Collections and/or Records:

Book of Hours (Use of Sarum), first half of the 15th century

 Item
Identifier: MS 308
Contents MS 308 is a fifteenth-century English Book of hours (use of Sarum), with a calendar. ff. 1r-6v: A calendar in red and black ink. Included are the names of many English saints and festivals: SS Wulstan, Cedda, Edward K. & M., Cuthbert, Richard (bishop), Alphege, Dunstan, Aldhelm, Translation of Edmund (archb.), Alban, Ethelreda, Translation of Thomas, Transl. of Swithin, Kenelm K. & M., Oswald,...
Dates: first half of the 15th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

Book of Hours (Use of Troyes), mid 15th century

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Identifier: MS 307
Contents MS 307 is a book of hours (Use of Troyes) from the mid-15th century. It was made in France, for the diocese of Troyes.ff. 1r-12v: A full calendar in French. Alternating gold, blue and red ink for effect.ff. 13r-18r: Sequence of the Four Gospels. Prayer begins on f. 14v with Protector in te sperantium...ff. 18v-21v: ...
Dates: mid 15th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

Composite manuscript including four texts, mostly the Decretales Gregorii IX et Innocentii IV, 2nd half of the 13th century

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Identifier: MS 300
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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

Psalter, early 15th century

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Identifier: MS 301
Contents

This manuscript is a psalter written in Germany for Carthusian use, in the early 15th century.


For a full description of the manuscript, including writing and provenance, see the bibiography note in "Additional description".

Dates: early 15th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

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