University of Edinburgh Library -- Legacy shelfmark sequence: Da-Dp
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: This shelfmark (or press mark) sequence originated within the Strong Room Library in 'Old College', likely beginning around 1909 (the first Strong Room having been constructed 1905-1909). Each two-letter prefix referred to a block of shelving, which roughly mapped to a category or grouping of items. The first number then referred to the shelf and the final number to the item itself. As collections expanded and were moved, this precise correlation broke down but most of the items retained their shelfmarks.
Da
University Archives. Originally upper floor, north wall of the Strong Room. This later evolved into a crude classification scheme before being abandoned in favour of regular archival arrangement. Items bearing these legacy shelfmarks can still be identified, particularly early Library records which occupied Da.1 and Da.2.
Db
Originally used for mediaeval manuscripts. In the early 20th century, pre-Reformation manuscripts from across the library were brought together to form the Western Medieval Manuscripts collection, under the shelfmark "MS".
Dc
Manuscripts. Mostly bound. Originally on upper floor, front of the Strong Room. This part of the sequence is largely intact, with these shelfmarks now being retained as identifiers of physical location. The items themselves have all been given regular archival reference codes.
Dd
Printed, including Clement Litill. Originally on upper floor, front, south wall of Strong Room.
De
Printed, including the Drummond of Hawthornden collection (largely printed but with some manuscript enclosures from the latter). Originally on the upper floor, back, west wall of the Strong Room. This part of the sequence is intact.
Df
Printed. Originally on the upper floor, back, east wall of the Strong Room. This part of the sequence is intact.
Dh
Printed, including Lutheran tracts. Originally on the upper floor, back of the Strong Room. This part of the sequence is intact.
Dk
Manuscript. Originally in the centre case of the Strong Room, opposite Dh. This part of the sequence is largely intact, with these shelfmarks now being retained as identifiers of physical location. The items themselves have all been given regular archival reference codes.
Dm
Music. Originally in the centre cases of the Strong Room.
Dn
Bindings. Originally in the centre cases of the Strong Room.
Found in 247 Collections and/or Records:
Letters of Commercial Transactions in Scotland, mainly to Patrick Crawfurd
Fonds — Box Dk.7.54-64
Identifier: Coll-2233
Scope and Contents
Collection of letters (22) relating principally to commercial transactions in Scotland. Fourteen of the letters are addressed to Patrick Crawfurd, merchant in Edinburgh. 1687-1715. 2^o.
Also, tack (Scottish word for lease and tenancy) by Patrick Crawfurd, leasing lands and property at Cumnock, Ayrshire, to Captain Hugh Campbell. 17 November 1702.
Dates:
1687-1715
Letters of John Wilson ("Christopher North"), Andrew Wilson, and Alexander Blair
Fonds — Volume Dk.3.48
Identifier: Coll-2179
Scope and Contents
Three letters of John Wilson ("Christopher North") to Robert Findlay, also a letter of Andrew Wilson, his brother, and six letters of Alexander Blair to Findlay, about J. Wilson's life at Oxford, etc. 1804-1807.
Dates:
1804-1807
Letters of Mary Edith Pechey-Phipson
Fonds — Box Dk.7.54-64
Identifier: Coll-2240
Scope and Contents
This collections consists of 17 letters from Dr Mary Edith Pechey-Phipson M.D. 1869, 1884-1892. Sixteen letters are to aunts (two or more), one of whom ("Aunt Garrie") was Mrs Wansbrough of Shrewton, Wiltshire. The first, dated Edinburgh 23 October 1869, speaks of her early medical studies and mentions Sophia Jex-Blake; the other fifteen letters (dated 1884-1892) were mostly written in India and touch on life and work in that country. One of these is a copy. One letter is to her sister...
Dates:
1869-1892
Letters relating to Materia Medica Department, University of Edinburgh
Fonds — Box Dk.7.27
Identifier: Coll-2218
Scope and Contents
Letters relating to the Edinburgh University Materia Medica department. Letters (3) relating to 1889, 1908, 1945. Also includes some quack adverts.
From W. Y. Prout to Professor Sir T. R. Fraser about poisoned arrows, 1 August 1889.
From C. Philips Frast to Mr. McAlpine about snake venom, 1 August 1908.
From W. C. Sillar to Professor J. H. Gaddum about...
Dates:
1889-1945
Letters to William James Stuart
Fonds — Volume Dk.7.54-64
Identifier: Coll-2232
Scope and Contents
Letters (7) to Dr William James Stuart, thanking him for the gift of a reprint of his Harveian Oration, July 1836. From E. Bramwell, Sir J. Fraser, D. Guthrie, W. F. T. Haultain, Sir R. W. Philip, A. H. H. Sinclair, A. F. Stewart.
Dates:
1836
Libellus de iuridictione ecclesiastica by Pierre Bertrand, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 143
Contents
The text contained in MS 143 is a copy of the work by 14th-century French cardinal and canon lawyer, Pierre Bertrand, titled Libellus de iuridictione ecclesiastica. Bertrand was active in the court of Philip V of France, and served as chancellor to Queen Joan of Burgundy, and also endeavoured on several diplomatic missions for the papacy. This text, of which MS 143 is a copy, is the only text of Cardinal Bertrand to have been published. It is introduced in MS...
Dates:
15th century
Liber Divinae Doctrinae by Catherine of Siena, translated into Latin by Raimundus de Vineis de Capua, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 87
Contents
The manuscript contains the text Libro della divina dottrina by Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), a tertiary of the Dominican Order, scholastic philosopher, theologian, and considered a Saint and a Doctor of the Catholic Church. The text was originally written c. 1370 in Italian, and it is usually known in English as The Dialogue of Divine Providence. It presents us with a dialogue between a soul rising to God and God himself....
Dates:
15th century
List of Subscribers to a testimonial presented to Richard James Arthur Berry
Fonds — Volume Dk.2.22
Identifier: Coll-2155
Scope and Contents
List of subscribers to testimonial presented to Richard James Arthur Berry, M.D., F.R.C.S.E., on his departure from Edinburgh to take up his duties as Professor of Anatomy at Melbourne University. December 1905.Also contains a letter noting Berry's career from Sir Edward Appleton, with a photograph of the Anatomy Department of the School of Medicine of the Royal College, Edinburgh as it was after DR R. J. A. Berry had taken it over from Dr. James Musgrove, in an envelope at the...
Dates:
1905
Livre de Phisique et Cirurgie, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 171
Contents
This manuscript contains an anonymous book on medicine and surgery written in Middle French in the 15th century, in which we find common topics of medieval medicine such as astrological medicine and the theory of humours. Five folios are missing: ff. I, XXXII, XXXIII (according to the original foliation) and two folios of the index at the end.ContentsText: starts imperfectly on f. 1r with the following words: ...
Dates:
15th century
Livre de Receptes, 15th-16th century
Item
Identifier: MS 172
Contents
This manuscript contains a book of recipes for different ointments and medicines for common illnesses and injuries, including several recipes for treating the plague.The text starts on f. 1r with the title: Recepte pour faire le Baulme, followed by the words: Prenez une once de mastic. And ends on f. 21r with the title: Resepte pour les plez venene dc madamoiselle...
Dates:
15th-16th century