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:
Composite manuscript including four different texts, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 135
Contents
Contains four texts, written in at least three different hands.
ff. 1r-2v; continued on f. 158v: notes on Logic, author unknown
ff. 3r-87v; 89r-98v; 116r-118v: Commentaries on the 'Ars Vetus', by Walter Burley
f. 88r: inserted 16th century Italian letter, signed by 'Vester Ludovicus'
ff. 99r-109r: Incomplete 'Logica Magna' by Paul of Venice
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Dates:
15th century
Composite manuscript including four texts, late 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 88
Contents
Contains four texts, written in two different hands.ff. 1r-6r: ‘Soliloquium’ by Eckbert [Soliloquium seu Meditationes]ff. 6v-8r: Selection of passages of Augustine of Hippo, Bernard of Clairvaux, a Gregory, and Thodore the Studiteff. 8v-10v: ‘Speculum Monachorum’ by Arnoul de Bohériesf. 10v: Three short poems in DutchThe texts are described separately, under MS 88/ff. 1r-6r; MS 88/ff. 6v-8r; MS 88/ff. 8v-10v; and MS 88/f....
Dates:
late 15th century
Composite manuscript including medical texts and recipes, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 175
Contents
Contains texts and recipes mostly on medicine, in five different hands.ff. 2r-7r: Tabula (Table of Contents) of the volume. f. 1r-v is a duplicate page of f. 181.ff. 7v-12v: blank, except for one recipe on f. 9r.ff. 13r-64r: Regimen Sanitatis ad regem Aragonum by Arnaldus de Villanovaff. 64r-75v: a regimen sanitatis text, author unknownff. 76r-120r: ...
Dates:
15th century
Composite manuscript including six texts, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 141
Contents
MS 141 contains six texts, mostly in the same hand, with the exception of f. 1. The specific folios containing these texts are listed below, and the texts are described separately under these headings.
ff. 1r-v: A tabula, seemingly beginning on f. 1v, and ending on 1r (bound on the wrong side)
ff. 2r-v: A misplaced leaf, should follow f. 27 in this manuscript
ff. 3r-5r:...
Dates:
15th century
Composite manuscript including six texts, 10 October 1477
Item
Identifier: MS 73
Contents
Contains six texts, all in the same hand.ff. 1r-11r: 'In Agenda Mortuorum apud Rationale Divinorum Officiorum'ff. 11v-12v: 'Sermo pro mortuis fratris Pauli de Cumis Ordin. Praedicatorum'f. 13r: 'Gregorius in libro moralium spiritualiter sic inquit de mortuis'f. 14v: 'De nece Apostolorum in quadam cronica sic legitur'ff. 15r-227r: 'Compendium Theologicae Veritatis' by Hugh Argentinensisff. 227v-233v: 'Praepulchra Miracula...
Dates:
10 October 1477
Composite manuscript including six texts, early 14th century
Item
Identifier: MS 80
Contents
Contains six texts, written in several different hands.ff. 1r-6r: 'De Copia Verborum' by Seneca.ff. 6r-9v: Extracts of Terence, Seneca, Plautus, and Tullius.ff. 10r-150v: 'Summa de Vitiis'ff. 151r-170r: 'Sermones Dominicales fratris Johannis Aurelianis quondam cancellarii Parysiensis'ff. 170r-210v: 'Sermones Dominicales Fratris Ferrarii ordinis fratrum predicatorum regentis in theologia'ff. 211r-233v: 'Sermones super...
Dates:
early 14th century
Composite manuscript including six texts, 13th century
Item
Identifier: MS 115
Contents
Contains six texts, all in the same hand. The texts relate to philosophy. This manuscript is probably English or French, and is from the 13th century. The contents are as follows:ff. 1r-23v: Dragmaticon philosophiae by William of Conchesff. 23v-27r: Imago Mundi by Honorius Augustodunensisff. 27r-29v: Liber differentia quae est inter spiritum et animam by...
Dates:
13th century
Composite manuscript including six texts, 14th-15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 111
Contents
Contains six texts, in a few different hands, all about religious doctrine. This manuscript is German, probably from Erfurt, and is 14th-15th century. The different sections are separated with leather markers. The contents are as follows:ff. 1r-192r: Rudimenta Doctrine by Gilbert of Tournaiff. 192v-215r: Tractatus de interdicto ecclesiastico by Johannes Calderinusff. 215r-222v: ...
Dates:
14th-15th century
Composite manuscript including ten texts, 12th century
Item
Identifier: MS 16
Scope and Contents
This manuscript contains eleven texts bound together, in different hands. It is a 12-century manuscript, probably English. The different texts are listed below and detailed separately.ff. 1r-108v: 'Biblia Abbreviata'ff. 108v-143v: 'Testimoniorum Ysidori contra Judeos', also known as De fide catholica contra Iudaeos by Isidore of Sevilleff. 144r-150r: In Platonis Timaeum commentarius, a...
Dates:
12th century
Composite manuscript including three texts, 13th century
Item
Identifier: MS 20
Scope and Contents
Contains three texts, all in the same hand.ff.1r-77v: 'Aurora' by Peter Rigaff.78r-99v: 'Architrenius' by Johannes de Hauvillaff.100r-121r: 'Anticlaudianus' by Alanus de InsulisThe texts are described separately, under MS 20/ff. 1r-77v; MS 20/ff. 78r-99v; and MS 20/ff. 100r-121r. Writing and Illumination Well written in a small, clear, uniform hand, with ornamental initials. These are either...
Dates:
13th century