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Tag Archives: Victorian

Compass of the heart: following the map of matrimony on St Valentine’s Day

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To celebrate St Valentine’s Day this year we are featuring the Map of Matrimony, with its Kingdom of Courtship, River of Love, Dangerous Straits of Flirtation, Isles of Jealousy and […]

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Manuscript Collection

Ten Minutes in Murderland. Horror and Sensationalism in The St Andrews Citizen, Week 3: Jack the Ripper.

21/02/2018by St Andrews Special Collections Leave a comment

This is the final part of our mini blog series featuring sensational headlines from The St Andrews Citizen newspaper. Spoiler alert: contains graphic descriptions of murder – not for the faint-hearted! There are few people […]

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Rare Book Collection, Reading the Collections

‘Ten Minutes in Murderland’. Horror and Sensationalism in The St Andrews Citizen, Week 1: Lizzie Borden

03/11/2017by St Andrews Special Collections 2 Comments

One of the most enjoyable parts of working in Special Collections is, for me, answering the myriad of enquiries we receive from all over the world. Some of these are […]

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general information, Rare Book Collection

Victorian cloth bindings, week 7: conclusion

06/10/2016by St Andrews Special Collections 4 Comments

Over the last six weeks we’ve had a glimpse into the world of Victorian cloth bindings, from its humble beginnings in coloured cloths and paper labels to bindings ostentatiously covered […]

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bindings, general information, Rare Book Collection

Victorian cloth bindings, week 3: blocking in gold, blind, black, and silver

08/09/2016by St Andrews Special Collections 5 Comments

Last week we considered grains as a form of decoration, whereby the natural grain of the cloth was disguised with a design. Almost simultaneously with the development of a myriad […]

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bindings, general information, Rare Book Collection

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