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Theology

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 121 Collections and/or Records:

MS 211: fragments, 9th-15th century

 File
Identifier: MS 211
Scope and Contents

MS 211 is a collection of approx. 55 manuscript fragments, mainly rescued from bindings in which they were used as waste. They were collected by Laing over the course of many years. There are 35 main fragments, and 17 more in MS 211/XXXVI (these were deemed too small to be catalogued by Catherine Borland).


Each of them is described separately. See individual catalogue entries for more details.

Dates: 9th-15th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

MS 212: Kalendar, 16th century

 Item
Identifier: MS 212
Contents

This manuscript contains a calendar of saints, which is a calendar of the liturgical or Christian year (also known as Kalendar) that assigns a feast day for on or more saints in most of the days of the year. This particular calendar seems to follow the English tradition, but it belonged to Dutch and French owners. Most pages contain notes in Middle French written on the lower margin.

Dates: 16th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

MS 213: Sermon by Arnoldus Creveterodt, 1521

 Item
Identifier: MS 213
Contents This manuscript contains a sermon by Arnoldus Creveterodt [or Crevecerodt]. Little is known of him and of this sermon, expect for what is said in the colophon, which reads: ‘This sermon was composed by lord Arnoldus Creveterodt [or Crevecerodt], Augustinian bishop in Meissen and suffragan of Hildesheim, which he delivered in the benediction of the Lord of the abbot of the monastery of Saint Michael, on the day of the ten thousand martyrs of 1521.’The colophon on f. 1r reads:...
Dates: 1521
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

MS 214: Sermons and other theological material, 14th century

 Item
Identifier: MS 214
Contents

This is a fragment (8 folios) of a 14th century manuscript that contains various short sermons and other theological material.



Writing

The script is French or Italian.

Dates: 14th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

MS 225: Acts of Saint Thecla, 13th century

 Item
Identifier: MS 225
Contents

The Acts of Saint Paul and Saint Thecla told the story of a young virgin called Thecla, who converted and perfomed miracles after listening to the teachings of Saint Paul Apostle.



Writing

Written in a fine hand.

Dates: 13th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

Notebook No.2, 1825- 1826

 Item
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/2
Scope and Contents This notebook is complete, written by Lyell in ink, and featuring diverse subjects like fine art, museums, education, reform, and notes on geological advancements from Europe. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from digital surrogates using the platform Transkribus. When known, Lyell's abbreviations and contractions have been...
Dates: 1825- 1826
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

Papers and slides of Rev. George Hastie, Edinburgh University former student

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1946
Scope and Contents This fonds consists of the lectures notes, photographs and slides of Rev. George Hastie, student at the University of Edinburg in the late 1960s. The lecture notes were taken by Hastie for his MA course at Edinburgh Univertsity between 1967 and 1970. The slides show photographs taken by Hastie in 1966, 1967 and 1968. Also includes a rectorial election leaflet entitled 'The Making of a Rector', printed for the Tom Hutton Campaign in 1968.1. The lecture notes include a complete set...
Dates: 1966-1970
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Henry Barker (d. 1948)

 Fonds
Identifier: GD50
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of: a dissertation on the problem of theological method in its bearing on philosophy; items on the connection between ethical theory and a religious view of the world, and the science of ethics from the standpoint of realism; material on philosophy and theology, Ritschlian theology, the religious consciousness, faith, and the nature and origin of Christian experience; an unpublished article on anthropomorphism; material on the moral teaching of the Gospels; Kemp...
Dates: 1899-1935
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Papers of James Wodrow (1637-1707), Professor of Divinity, University of Glasgow

 Collection
Identifier: MS WOD2
Scope and Contents

Volume entitled 'Orationes, praelectiones et methodus' [lectures and sermons] containing individual texts in Latin, with some notes in English.

Dates: 1692-1694
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Papers of Robert Wodrow (1679-1734), minister of Eastwood

 Collection
Identifier: MS WOD3
Scope and Contents The material comprises probatory discourses, sermons, and other theological writings. MS WOD3/1 Probatory discourses [in English and Latin] RW. 8°. No pagination. 19 discourses, 1679-1703, some autographed. No.19 incomplete. No. 9 was removed 6 April and presented to President Woodrow Wilson during his visit to the Peace Conference 1919. From General Assembly Library. MS WOD3/2...
Dates: c.1640-c.1710
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

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