📷| A new blog post just landed on the @edinburghnapier.bsky.social's Library Blog.
Photography student Yzella talks about her trimester-long work placement with the Heritage Collections, showcasing some of her brilliant work.
blogs.napier.ac.uk/library/2025...
#Photography #Heritage
🏥| This event highlights stories from Craiglockhart War Hospital (now @edinburghnapier.bsky.social Business School), among many others.
Join us tonight to see original War Poets Collection items, including a recent donation that is yet to go on display!
Tickets are available: buff.ly/ViFWPC9.
Photograph showing the front cover of Moore's Irish Melodies (1866), which is a vivid green with golden decoration of a small harp in the centre, enclosed by four interlocking hearts featuring the book's title, and surrounded by swirling leaves and flowers.
Photograph of an hand inside a blue nitrile glove holding the book entitled Moore's Irish Melodies which is inserted into an archival-quality zip lock bag. A handwritten note on the front reads: 'WARNING! This bookbinding contains arsenic & lead. Only handle with nitrile gloves.'
☠️| Did you know that books can be dangerous?
We discovered a poisonous book today!
During the 19th century, heavy metals such as arsenic and lead were sometimes added to book bindings to create the vivid green colours like in this copy of Moore's Irish Melodies (ECC E346).
#PoisonBooks #booksky
Photograph of Merchiston Tower at the heart of Edinburgh Napier University's Merchiston campus.
Bronze bust of John Napier. Sculptor: Valentin Ivanovich Znoba.
🏰| The late medieval Merchiston Tower stands at the heart of our Merchiston Campus.
The tower is well-known as the birthplace of John Napier, the mathematician and inventor of logarithms for whom the University is named.
Photograph of Aristotelis working on listing a large architectural drawing.
Selection of hand-drawn architectural drawings relating to the medieval Merchiston Tower. Visible are floor plans, cross sections, and a drawing of an original fireplace.
Selection of black and white photographs detailing the refurbishment in various stages.
🗝️| A warm welcome to Aristotelis, Information & Library Studies student at the @unistrathclyde.bsky.social.
As part of a wider @enulibrary.bsky.social placement, Aristotelis will be unlocking some of our collections on the 1950s/60s Merchiston Tower redevelopment.
Three books from the War Poets Collection at Edinburgh Napier University: 1. Made in the Trenches: composed entirely from articles & sketches contributed by soldiers (1916) 2. Edith Sitwell's Wheels 1919 3. Field service pocket book (1914).
Front cover of the Hydra: The Magazine of Craiglockhart War Hospital, featuring nurses ready to attend to a soldier caught up in a shell shock nightmare (depicted here in the form of the Hydra of Lerna).
Decorative endpapers of Edith Sitwell's Wheels 1919 edited poetry volume. The modernist drawings of men playing darts were made by William Roberts.
📖 | Starting the year off strong with some wonderful items from our War Poets Collection out for consultation today.
Find your favourite items from our collections, and information on how to view them in person at ➡️ tinyurl.com/3ajbbaxt
🎆 | Happy New Year!
Wishing the #EdNapier community all the best for 2025 - it's going to be a good year!
#MustBeNapier
Attendees receive a talk from Dr H S Williams, Honorary Edward Clark Fellow
An artefact on display from the Edward Clark Collection.
Attendees inspect an artefact on display from the Edward Clark Collection.
Attendees inspect an artefact on display from the Edward Clark Collection.
📖 | We had a lovely time at the Publishing and Printing Archive Open Day at Merchiston yesterday with @enuheritage.bsky.social!
The event gave people a unique opportunity to view materials from the Edward Clark Collection, alongside receiving a talk on print production.
#MustBeNapier
A screengrab from the new Heritage Collections Discovery online tool.
📖 | A way to view @enuheritage.bsky.social like never before!
The launch of the Heritage Collections Discovery Page has brought all of Edinburgh Napier's heritage collections together in one place.
Explore today ➡️ orlo.uk/brvyg
#MustBeNapier | #ENUDifferenceMakers
Landing page of the new Heritage Collections Discovery portal.
Exciting news! 📢
After many months of work, our new Heritage Collections Discovery portal is now live.
From rare books, to archives, and unique artifacts, you can find exactly what you’re looking for – quickly and easily.
Do have a look to explore our unique collections
➡️ tinyurl.com/2hsve3pm
There are still a few places left for the event tomorrow! Do come along if you'd like to see some beautiful books. 📖📚
19.11.2024 15:15 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We've got a wee museum, archive and library full of rare books, so Art & Culture in spades! Might we be added to this list?
15.11.2024 16:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0We have a wee museum too! Might we join this lovely list?
13.11.2024 11:05 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Hello! Might we be added to the list? As part of our heritage collections, we hold the wonderful Jim Haynes Archive, which may be of interest to this list.
www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/our...
Hi! Could we be added as well? Thanks so much!
12.11.2024 19:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📖 | With @edinburghnapier.bsky.social Publishing degree, we invite you to our Open Day! This Book Week Scotland event offers a chance to view items from the Edward Clark Collection.
📍 - Merchiston Campus
📅 - 20 November
Morning and afternoon sessions available. Reserve your ticket ➡️ orlo.uk/YpYZj
