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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publications: Aberdeen University and King's College. Officers and graduates of University & King's college, Aberdeen, MVD-MDCCCLX. Ed. by Peter John Anderson. 1893
Author: Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester
Author: John Rylands LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
King's College Chapel, Aberdeen, 1500-2000
Author: Jane GeddesPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000107132
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
This new edition is a revised and expanded version of the book produced in 2000 to celebrate the quincentenary of King's College Chapel, Aberdeen. Since then, exciting discoveries have taken place and old ideas have been reappraised. The choir stalls and woodwork have provided a fresh seam of information about the meaning and use of the medieval chapel. Daniel MacCannell has identified new iconography in the stalls. Jane Geddes, prompted by the installation of the new organ, has investigated the original function and appearance of the great pulpitum or screen between the choir and nave and discovered the location of a magnificent lost organ loft. Mary Pryor and John Morrison have examined the great baroque biblical paintings and come up with a totally new interpretation of their iconography and function: a political warning to King Charles II. Easter Smart, the university chaplain, describes the flexible and ecumenical use of the chapel today. The revised edition appears in time to honour the quincentenary of the death of Bishop William Elphinstone, the founder of Aberdeen University, who died in 1514. This book aims to integrate his legacy to the chapel: the liturgy, music, architecture and fittings. Thanks to an unusually tolerant and conservative attitude towards religion at the university following the Reformation, the chapel has survived in a more complete medieval state than any other church in Scotland. The rich archive of university documents show how benign neglect and a fierce pride in their iconic building caused the university to maintain the structure and its furnishings even during the long centuries when it ceased to serve a religious function.
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Author: John Rylands LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rare books
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
An Account of the Life and Works of Dr. Robert Watt
Author: James FinlaysonThe Sixth Scottish University
Author: Tom McInallyPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004214267
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
This book deals with an area of Scotland’s intellectual history which previously has been neglected. The alumni of the Scots Colleges abroad gave a distinctive Catholic voice to the Enlightenment with major achievements in Arts, Architecture and scientific experimentation.
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed BooksPublisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
A Union for Empire
Author: John RobertsonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521029889
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Essays by leading historians which explore the political significance of the Anglo-Scottish Union of 1707.
Aberdeen Before 1800
Author: E. Patricia DennisonPublisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 9781862321144
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
This volume, the earlier of the two-volume official History of Aberdeen, provides a comprehensive picture of the development of the two historic burghs of Old Aberdeen and New Aberdeen over their first seven centuries, from 1100 to 1800. As early as the 14th century, Aberdeen was: recognized as one of the 'four great towns of Scotland'. Early settlement, the growing townscape and social change over the centuries are all traced. Aberdeen's contacts with the sea and other towns overseas and its economy and politics, both local and national, are assessed. And Aberdonians themselves, the vital forces behind the history of the two burghs, are highlighted: their faith and culture, homes and health, and their education and pastimes are all rediscovered.
The National Covenant in Scotland, 1638-1689
Author: Chris R. LangleyPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783275308
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
What did it mean to be a Covenanter?