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 340 Collections and/or Records:
Album of verses, sketches, etc. presented to Mary Goudy
Fonds — Volume Dk.8.1
Identifier: Coll-2243
Scope and Contents
Album of verses, sketches, etc. Inscribed 'Presented to Mary Goudy by her affectionate uncle John Carson'. Watermark dated 1833.
Dates:
1833
Albums containing correspondence and photographs related to Sir William Muir
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2252
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two albums containing correspondence sent to Sir William Muir, and photographs of the senders (some photographs are missing, or never existed in the first place, especially in the second volume). The albums were possibly compiled by one of the daughters of William Muir, as mentioned in a letter written by himself to "Dear Sir Henry" (vol. 2, p. 9): "I enclose the only two letters I happen to have preserved of Lord Canning's & shall be glad to get them back, as...
Dates:
1853-1893
Alphabetical indices of texts by Gregory I, Augustine, Jerome, Giles of Rome, pseudo-John Chrysostom, Lactantius, and others, 14th-15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 106
Scope and Contents
This manuscript contains alphabetical indices of the following texts: Moralia by Gregory I, Jerome’s epistles, Golden Legend, Augustine’s epistles, pseudo-John Chrysostom’s Opus imperfectum in Mattheum, Augustine’s 83 Questions, Augustine’s De Sermone Domini, Lactantius’ Institutiones Divinae, the...
Dates:
14th-15th century
An Account of Body Snatching by Medical Students
Fonds — Box Dk.7.54-64
Identifier: Coll-2236
Scope and Contents
'Twenty four hours of my pupillage'. An account of a grave robbing (body snatching) expedition by medical students in 1830 at a town probably on or near the coast in the Southeast of England. Written in later years by one of the participants. Anonymous.
Dates:
1830
Astronomical collection, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 130
Scope and Contents
Collection of astronomical texts in German.Kalendar: starts on f. 1v. It contains lunary and planetary tables combined. Saint particulalrly linked with Germany appear in the Kalendar: 6 January – The Three Kings (Cologne); 7 January – Saint Valentine Bishop (Passau and Apostle of Rhoetia); 15 June – Saint Vitus Martyr; 13 October –: Saint Kolman Martyr.Küngsperger: starts on f. 13v. A series of tables, one for each of the...
Dates:
15th century
Autobiographical Fragments of James Eadie Todd
Fonds — Volume Dk.2.17
Identifier: Coll-2150
Scope and Contents
Todd, James Eadie. Autobiographical fragments in typescript.
Dates:
c 1910-1949
Autobiography of Richard James Arthur Berry entitled "Chance and Circumstance"
Fonds — Volume Dk.2.36
Identifier: Coll-2157
Scope and Contents
Autobiography of Richard James Arthur Berry, entitled "Chance and Circumstance", followed by "There is a tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood leads on to fortune. A true story of what befell a man who took it, told by R. J. A. Berry, M.D. F.R.C.S., F.R.S.E. A Former Lecturer in the School of Medicine of the Royal College, Edinburgh; and later Professor of Anatomy in the University of Melbourne".
Dates:
20th century (before 1962)
Bank of Scotland receipt for £21 paid for the Town of Montrose's Subscription to the "New College of Edinburgh"
Item — Box Dk.2.20
Identifier: Coll-2927
Scope and Contents
This is a receipt from the Bank of Scotland for £21 paid by Adam Glegg "for the Town of Montrose's Subscription to the New College of Edin." Bank Office, Edinburgh, 10 July 1792. In this context, "New College of Edin[burgh]" refers to Old College, whose construction started in 1789.
Dates:
10 July 1792
Bible Historiale by Guyart des Moulins, 1314-1315
Item
Identifier: MS 19
Contents
This manuscript is the earliest dated copy of the Bible Historiale of Guyart Desmoulins. It is a French translation of the Historia Scholastica of Petrus Comestor (which was originally in Latin), combined with the first full translation of the vulgate Bible into French. Guyart Desmoulins originally translated this in circa 1295. Because the Bible Historiale is in the vernacular, it made both...
Dates:
1314-1315
Biblia Sacra [Bible. Latin. Vulgate], 13th century
Item
Identifier: MS 1
Contents
The manuscript contains the complete text of the Vulgate, including the apocryphal books.It also contains the Interpretationes nominum hebraicorum ('Interpretations of the Hebrew names'), a list, mostly in alphabetical order, of Hebrew names found in the Bible, attributed to Stephen Langton (died 1228); each Hebrew name is accompanied by a short explanation in Latin.The books of the Old Testament are arranged in an unusual order: ...
Dates:
13th century