Craigston Castle’s ‘Koran’ is far from spectacular but as is so often the case with older books, appearances are deceptive.[…]
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Seeking the Sublime: Elizabeth Montagu in Scotland, August 1766
Cuchullin sat by Tura’s wall; by the tree of the rustling leaf.—His spear leaned against the mossy rock. His shield[…]
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World Book Day with Books and Borrowing
Today, Thursday 4 March 2021, we celebrate World Book Day with a look at some of the favourite books in[…]
Read moreJane Porter and the Historical Novel before Waverley
“The war which had desolated Scotland was now at an end. Ambition seemed satiated; and the vanquished, after passing under[…]
Read moreBooks for Borrowing: Walter Scott
Walter Scott’s novels typically feature at least one central character who has been conspicuously shaped by their reading and/or by[…]
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Christmas Borrowing!
As this will be our last blog before Christmas, due to the closure of both Universities over the holiday season,[…]
Read moreRebellion, Enlightenment and Rollin
The commonplace narratives of Scottish history tell us that, in the late 1740s and early 1750s, the nation was reckoning[…]
Read moreThe World in Print: Borrowings of Voyages and Travels
Voyages and travels were among the most borrowed books from Scottish libraries in the eighteenth century and Romantic era. Travel[…]
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William Hunter’s Library and Legacy: The Hunterian Museum Library
Dr William Hunter (1718-1783) left his collections to his nephew Matthew Baillie who had the use of them with the[…]
Read moreJohn Millar’s Borrowings in Spring 1768: A Preview of the Glasgow Professors Borrowing Registers
I was part of project to transcribe and analyse the University’s student and professorial borrowing registers in 2018 and 2019.[…]
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