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:
Notes on Lectures on Medical Jurisprudence and Public Health given by Sir Henry Duncan Littlejohn
Fonds — Volume Dk.3.41
Identifier: Coll-2178
Scope and Contents
Volume of notes on lectures given by Sir Henry Duncan Littlejohn on medical jurisprudence 5 May 1897 - 8 July 1897, and on public health, 7 May 1897 - 15 July 1897. Contains some printed material. Author unknown.
Dates:
1897
Notes on lectures on Rhetoric and English literature given by David Masson, taken down by George Lumsden
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2264
Scope and Contents
Notes on lectures given by David Masson on Rhetoric and English Literature, taken down by George Lumsden. 1881-1882. 4 vols.
Dates:
1881-1882
Notes on lectures on "Scotch Law" by Professor George Joseph Bell, taken down by John Yule
Fonds — Volume Dk.2.4
Identifier: Coll-2139
Scope and Contents
Notes on lectures on "Scotch Law" by Professor George Joseph Bell, taken down by John Yule.
Dates:
1836-1837
Notes on lectures on the Institutes of Justinian likely given by James Craig, Professor of Civil Law in Edinburgh University, taken down by Peter Halkett
Fonds — Volume Dk.3.5
Identifier: Coll-2166
Scope and Contents
Notes on lectures on the Institutes of Justinian, probably [uncertain - see "Custodial History" note] given by professor James Craig, taken down by Peter Halkett, c 1711.
Dates:
c 1711
Notes on Lectures on the Practice of Medicine given by William Cullen
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2261
Scope and Contents
William Cullen. Lectures on the practice of medicine. 9 vols. n.d.
Dates:
18th century (mid to late)
Notes on Medicine by Sir Stanley Davidson
Fonds — Box Dk.1.28
Identifier: Coll-2134
Scope and Contents
Duplicated typescript of notes on medicine by Sir Stanley Davidson.
Dates:
1938-1959
Notes on Sir Thomas Rirchard Fraser's lectures on materia medica
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2278
Scope and Contents
Synopsis of Prof. Sir Thomas Richard Fraser's lectures on materia medica. c. 1891. 2 vols.
Dates:
c 1891
Notes on the History of Burntisland by James Speed
Fonds — Volume Dk.2.39
Identifier: Coll-2158
Scope and Contents
Speed, James. Notes on the history of Burntisland. c. 1830. Also a letter from Robert A Graham to James Speed, 20 November 1833.
Dates:
c 1830
Ordinale Ottenburgense, 1527
Item
Identifier: MS 32
Contents
The manuscript is an Ordinal from 1527, when it was written in and for the Benedictine monastery of Ottenburg in Swabia (Germany). Ordinals get their names from the ordo (ritual and rubrics) for celebrations and provide a general guide to the liturgy for a particular church.The Kalendar starts on f.2r. This is Benedictine, of Augsburg Diocese, and written for the monastery itself.Prominent saints commemorated in the...
Dates:
1527
Original Manuscripts of Rudyard Kipling's "A Diversity of Creatures" and "The Eyes of Asia"
Fonds — Volume Dk.2.8
Identifier: Coll-2143
Scope and Contents
Original Manuscripts of Rudyard Kipling's "A Diversity of Creatures" (foirst edition), together with a portion of "The Eyes of Asia". c 1916-1917.
Dates:
c 1916-1917