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:
Register of Writs, England
Fonds — Volume Dk.7.34
Identifier: Coll-2223
Scope and Contents
England. Register of writs. 16th-17th century.
Dates:
16th-17th century
Register of Writs [incomplete], 14th century
Item
Identifier: MS 158
Scope and Contents
In medieval England, common law descended from writs issued by the royal chancery. These writs were compiled in a volume referred to as the Registrum Brevium (Register of Writs), the earliest surviving manuscript of which exists from 1227. These texts of writs was continually modified and updated, and the Registrum Brevium came to be one of the most common kind of legal manuscript in Medieval England. MS 158 is a pocket-sized...
Dates:
14th century
Research reports on the Papers of Charles Steuart, by John M. Hemphill
Fonds — Volume Dk.2.43
Identifier: Coll-2162
Scope and Contents
Bound reports by John M. Hemphill II, researcher on the history of Virginia, on the Papers of Charles Steuart, Virginia merchant and British Customs official, dated between 1747 and 1797. Typescript containing four reports that Hemphill has made on the manuscripts he examined in 1954-55.
Dates:
1954-1955
Saint John Gospel (glossed) [Bible. John. Latin. Vulgate], first half of the 12th century
Item
Identifier: MS 13
Contents
The manuscript contains the gospel of Saint John according to the Vulgate and a set of glosses [i.e. annotations and comments] to the whole text. The first chapters of the gospel are missing and the text begins at John 9: verse 30. The text contained in the glosses is that of the Glossa Ordinaria, an extensive commentary on the Scriptures which was extremely popular in the Middle Ages. It has generally attributed to Walafrid Strabo, abbot of Reichenau,...
Dates:
first half of the 12th century
Statutes and Orders of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, revived by Her Majesty Queen Anne
Fonds — Volume Dk.3.1
Identifier: Coll-2163
Scope and Contents
Order of the Thistle. Statues and Orders. 1775. (Green morocco gilt.) Several inks, same hand.
Dates:
1775
Summa de casibus conscientie by Bartholomew of San Concordio, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 146
Contents
MS 146 is a text by Bartholomew of San Concordio (a small town near Pisa). Bartholomew was a mid 13th-14th century Italian Dominican canonist who produced two notable works, one of which is copied in MS 146. The Summa de Casibus conscientie is an alphabetically arranged work on canon law. It was widely disseminated in the medieval period, as it is particularly practical in comparison to many other existing manuals of medieval canon law, and it presents a...
Dates:
15th century
Summa de Virtutibus et Vitiis by William Perault, 13th century
Item
Identifier: MS 79
Contents
This manuscript contains Summa de Virtutibus et Vitiis by William Perault (c. 1190–1271), a writer and preacher of the Order of the Preachers (Dominican Order). The book is a theological and philosophical summa composed of two treatises: De Virtutibus (On Virtues) and De Vitiis (On Vices). Many treatises on Catholic principles...
Dates:
13th century
Summa Super Titulis Decretalium [incomplete], by Geoffrey of Trani, 14th century
Item
Identifier: MS 140
Contents
This manuscript contains a section of a text by 13th century Italian jurist, Geoffrey of Trani. The text found in part in MS 140 is Trani's most famous work, theSumma super titulis decretalium. It is a summary of the Decretals of Gregory IX, an extremely influential text on canon law produced under the direction of Pope Gregory IX in the 1230s, a few decades before the career of Geoffrey of Trani. The copy of Trani's work...
Dates:
14th century
The Regiment of Princes, by Thomas Hoccleve, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 202
Contents
Thomas Hoccleve was a English poet and goverment clerk in the Office of the Privy Seal in the first quarter of the 15th century. Hoccleve was author of several other works, but that contained in MS 202 is his 'Regiment of Princes', dedicated to Prince Henry, the future king Henry V. Given that the poem is dedicated to Henry V as 'Prince', and from some internal evidence in the poem, it is possible to date the composition of Hoccleve's original 'Regiment of Princes' to c. 1410-1413. MS 202 is...
Dates:
15th century
The Wode Psalter: Cantus (set 2), Bassus (set 2)
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2268
Scope and Contents
Illustrated Scottish metrical psalter in two volumes dated circa 1566, on paper, that belonged to Thomas Wode, vicar of St Andrews. These are the two partbooks of the second set of the work known as 'The Wode Psalter', and contains the cantus (or treble) set 2, and bassus set 2. For a more detailed description, see the following website: http://www.wode.div.ed.ac.uk.
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Dates:
c 1566