Architectural drawings by William Henry Playfair
This collection of architectural drawings by William Henry Playfair (15 July 1790 – 19 March 1857) have been digitised by […]
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MS 183: Royal Letter Book
MS 183, the Royal Letter Book, is an English late medieval manuscript containing contemporary copies of 374 letters, most of which […]
Read moreIn conversation with Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
A conversation with documentary photographer Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert. As part of the year-long celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding […]
Read moreWe have great stuff – colouring books
Two colouring books featuring fantastic images from our University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collection are available on a CC […]
Read moreHortus Sanitatis: Latin natural history encyclopaedia
This is a digitisation of a 1497 publication of the Hortus Sanitatis, a Latin natural history encyclopaedia in the Centre […]
Read moreAesop’s Fables 1486
Explore the 193 hand coloured woodcut illustrations and details of Aesop’s Fables 1486 Latin edition digitised and available for download […]
Read moreMain Library Construction Images
Did you know that The University of Edinburgh’s Main Library was deliberately designed to look like a bookcase? Opened in […]
Read moreDiscover St Cecilia’s Hall and Musical Instrument Collection!
Almost 50 new open licensed videos that celebrate the unique, world famous, historical St Cecilia’s Hall and Musical instrument collection. […]
Read moreScientific Analysis of Heritage Collections
This open licensed video explains the process using XRF Spectrometry to analyse and determine the elemental composition of Egyptian ushabtis […]
Read moreMahabharata scroll digitisation
The Mahabharata scroll in the CRC Collections at The University of Edinburgh, dated back to 1795CE, has gone through restoration […]
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