A New Edition by Martin Luther
Postdoctoral Research Assistant (and former Lighting the Past Cataloguer), Drew Thomas, highlights the St Andrews University Library’s 1529 edition of Luther’s preface to the Psalter, Praefatio nova, D, Martini Lvte.…
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500th Anniversary of the Reformation
Superstitious students in St Andrews will carefully avoid stepping on setts in the cobbled ground outside St Salvator’s Tower marking out the initials PH. It is believed that if you tread on these during your degree…
New Acquisitions: Hand-coloured 1589 Luther Bible
Earlier this year the rare books team acquired a significant, and rather pretty, addition to its developing Bible Collection. This Bible, a 1589 folio production of Luther’s edition, was acquired with generous…