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:
Commission as surgeon to the forces of Francis Arthur Macann
Item — Box Dk.2.20
Identifier: Coll-2932
Scope and Contents
Francis Arthur Macann [or McCann]. Commission as surgeon to the forces. Signed by King William IV, Viscount Melbourne, etc. 4 May 1832. Date of appointment 6 December 1831.
Dates:
4 May 182
Commission of Appointment and Burgess ticket of Professor David Masson
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2930
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two documents:
- Comission by Queen Victoria under the Privy Seal of Scotland, appointing D. M. Masson to be Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature in the University of Edinburgh. 14 October 1865.
- Burgess ticket of Wick in favour of Professor D. M. Masson. 6 September 1898.
Dates:
14 October 1865, 6 September 1898
Commissioners' Proceedings relating to North American Colonies
Fonds — Volume Dc.1.6
Identifier: Coll-2292
Scope and Contents
Volume containing "Proceedings of His Majesty's Commissioners appointed ... to treat, consult and agree upon the means of quieting the disorders subsisting in certain of the Colonies, Plantations, and Provinces of North America. 1778-1779"; several different hands; marginal notes describing original contents; table of contents pp 361-365.
Dates:
1778-1779
Commonplace Book of Brian Fairfax
Fonds — Volume Dk.5.25
Identifier: Coll-2201
Scope and Contents
Fairfax (B.) Commonplace book of Brian Fairfax, containing his "Iter Boreale" etc.
- "Iter Boreale", an account of his mission to George Monck in 1659. Ff.9-29.
- A letter of Ferdinando, 2nd Baron Fairfax to his son, Thomas, about portraits by a servant of Sir Anthony Van Dyck. F.2.
- Extracts from anti-papistical literature. 82 ff.
Dates:
c 1646
Compendium Logicae, by Paul of Pergula, 1455
Item
Identifier: MS 320
Contents
MS 320 contains treatises on logic by Paul of Pergula, known collectively as Compendium logicae. Paul of Pergula was a 15th-century humanist philosopher and mathematician. He taught at the School of Rialto in Venice, from 1421 until 1454, and died in Venice in 1455.ff. 1r-58v: Tractatus logica. The text begins with the line Omnes qui aliquid memoria dignum suis posteris...
Dates:
1455
Compendium theologicae veritatis by Hugh Ripelin, 16th century
Item
Identifier: MS 72
Contents
16th century Scottish manuscript of the Compendium theologicae veritatis. This text was one of the most widely read theological manuals or textbooks of the Middle Ages. It is divided into seven books: 1 The Nature of God; 2 The Creation; 3 On Sin; 4 The Incarnation; 5 On Grace, Beatitudes and the Sacraments; 6 The Sacraments; 7 The Last Things. It has been attributed to a variety of authors, such as Albertus Magnus (it was published in Albertus Magnus, ...
Dates:
16th century
Composite manuscript containing eleven texts, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 206
Contents
This 15th-century Scottish manuscript contains a collection of texts about Scottish law, which seem to have been compiled by the same scribe. The contents are as follows:Flyleaf: Notes and inscriptionsff. 1r-8v: Table of Contents. Contains Assisa Regis David, which is now missing from the manuscript; Leges Burgorum, which is now partly missing; Leges Forestarum, of which...
Dates:
15th century
Composite manuscript containing fifteen texts, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 78
Contents
Contains fourteen texts, a number of which have been written by Brother Sigfrid Slimdlin.ff. 1r-49r: 'De venerabili sacramento altaris' ('On the venerable sacrament of the altar').f. 49v: Alphabet poem.ff. 50r-51v: Blank folios.ff. 52r-54v: Capitula of 'Bonum universale de Apibus' by Thomas of Cantimpré (followed by an excerpt from the same work).ff. 55r-61r: Two excerpts on bees from 'De proprietatibus rerum' by Bartholomaeus...
Dates:
15th century
Composite manuscript containing five texts , 13th-14th century
Item
Identifier: MS 155
Contents
This manuscript was created in the 13th or 14th century and the hand seems to be Italian. It features a collection of legal texts, focussed on Roman law. They could all be connected to the Corpus Juris Civilis, a legal text compiled by Justinian, traditionally known as Justinian the Great, who the Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565. It seems that the texts in this manuscript have been lifted from another manuscript, as some of them start and end...
Dates:
13th-14th century
Composite manuscript containing five texts, second half of the 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 321
Contents
MS 321 contains five different texts bound together, in the same hand.ff. 2r-41r: Logica, by Paul de Pergula.ff. 41v-44v: Tractatus de sensu composito et diuiso, by Paul de Pergula.ff. 45r-v: Tractatus de inuentione medii termini, Pseudo-Aquinas.ff. 46v-61r: a text...
Dates:
second half of the 15th century