An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
There are 25 receipt books from St Andrews covering our period. 5 have been fully transcribed. Press on ‘Open’ next to any register with a substantial quantity in the ‘Borrowing Records’ column to view images and transcription of the register. Digitised images of the remaining registers without transcriptions can also, however, be viewed by pressing on ‘Open’ next to any relevant register.
Name | Start year | End year | Type | Description | Pages | Books | Borrowers | Borrowing records |
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Library Receipt Book (UYLY207-11) Open | 0 | 0 | Student | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Library Receipt Book (UYLY207-15) Open | 0 | 0 | Student | 435 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Library Receipt Book 1737-1748. (UYLY205-1) Open | 1737 | 1748 | Other | 172 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) Open | 1748 | 1753 | Other | This ledger features a combination of student and professorial borrowings, with the students typically borrowing on the authority of professors (‘on order’). Borrowings of multivolume editions that do not state a number of volumes are taken as indicating all volumes (e.g. the entirety of a three-volume novel) unless this seems unreasonable, as in the case of extensive editions such as periodicals. Where they are not clearly stated in the ledger, return years should be treated with a degree of caution for professors especially, since they potentially held onto books for long periods. | 179 | 663 | 113 | 3990 |
Library Receipt Book 1752-1759. (UYLY205-3) Open | 1752 | 1759 | Other | 272 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) Open | 1768 | 1772 | Student | Borrowings of multivolume editions that do not state a number of volumes are taken as indicating all volumes (e.g. the entirety of a three-volume novel) unless this seems unreasonable, as in the case of extensive editions such as periodicals. Unless there is clear evidence to the contrary, ditto marks have been interpreted in the conventional sense as referring to the above entry. | 286 | 938 | 214 | 5254 |
Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) Open | 1772 | 1776 | Student | Borrowings of multivolume editions that do not state a number of volumes are taken as indicating all volumes (e.g. the entirety of a three-volume novel) unless this seems unreasonable, as in the case of extensive editions such as periodicals. Unless there is clear evidence to the contrary, ditto marks have been interpreted in the conventional sense as referring to the above entry. | 184 | 1194 | 198 | 5792 |
Library Receipt Book 1776-1779. (UYLY207-3) Open | 1776 | 1779 | Student | Borrowings of multivolume editions that do not state a number of volumes are taken as indicating all volumes (e.g. the entirety of a three-volume novel) unless this seems unreasonable, as in the case of extensive editions such as periodicals. Unless there is clear evidence to the contrary, ditto marks have been interpreted in the conventional sense as referring to the above entry. | 300 | 911 | 167 | 3297 |
Library Receipt Book 1779-1781. (UYLY207-4) Open | 1779 | 1781 | Student | 381 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Library Receipt Book 1781-1783. (UYLY207-5) Open | 1781 | 1783 | Student | 382 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Library Receipt Book 1781-1797. (UYLY206-2) Open | 1781 | 1797 | Professorial | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Library Receipt Book 1783-1785. (UYLY207-6) Open | 1783 | 1785 | Student | 358 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Library Receipt Book 1787-1789. (UYLY207-8) Open | 1787 | 1789 | Student | 471 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Library Receipt Book 1788-1791. (UYLY207-9) Open | 1788 | 1791 | Student | Borrowings of multivolume editions that do not state a number of volumes are taken as indicating all volumes (e.g. the entirety of a three-volume novel) unless this seems unreasonable, as in the case of extensive editions such as periodicals. Unless there is clear evidence to the contrary, ditto marks have been interpreted in the conventional sense as referring to the above entry. Both borrowed and returned dates are frequently not stated in this ledger. In the absence of a possible implied ditto in the return column for a return date, the borrowed date has been re-entered. Where borrowed dates themselves are missing, a ditto has been assumed in the borrowed column. Such dates should be treated with due caution. | 362 | 1136 | 143 | 3161 |
Library Receipt Book 1791-1795. (UYLY207-10) Open | 1791 | 1795 | Student | 359 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Library Receipt Book 1801-1816. (UYLY206-5) Open | 1801 | 1816 | Professorial | 191 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Library Receipt Book 1809-1816. (UYLY207-13) Open | 1809 | 1816 | Student | 492 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Library Receipt Book 1821-1832. (UYLY206-8) Open | 1821 | 1832 | Professorial | 634 | 166 | 19 | 194 | |
UYLY206-3 Open | 0 | 0 | Professorial | 296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
UYLY206-6 Open | 0 | 0 | Professorial | 220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
UYLY206-7 Open | 0 | 0 | Professorial | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
UYLY206-9 Open | 0 | 0 | Professorial | 818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
UYLY207-12 Open | 0 | 0 | Student | 230 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
UYLY207-14 Open | 0 | 0 | Student | 374 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
UYLY207-7 Open | 0 | 0 | Student | 371 | 0 | 0 | 0 |