The persecution of Robert Leighton's father was described as "one of the most disgraceful incidents of the reign of King Charles I"

Added by Leighton Library at 07:14 on 16 June 2024

The father of Robert Leighton was Alexander Leighton who came from Montrose. He studied at the University of St Andrews and Leiden University in Holland, Netherlands. He worked as a medical doctor in London (though was twice prohibited from practice). He moved to Holland for one to three years, duri...

Leighton Library has a 1711 edition of "Apparatus Biblicus" by Bernard Lamy

Added by Leighton Library at 07:26 on 15 June 2024

#OnThisDay 15 June 1640 French Oratorian, mathematician and theologian Bernard Lamy was born. Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1711 edition of his "Apparatus Biblicus" in which he calls into question the historical character of the book of Tobias and book of Judith

Leighton Library has a 1667 edition of "Index Librorum Prohibitorum"

Added by Leighton Library at 05:39 on 14 June 2024

#OnThisDay 14 June 1966 the Vatican announced the abolition of the "Index Librorum Prohibitorum" ("index of prohibited books"), which had been originally instituted in 1557. This listed publications deemed heretical, anti-clerical or lascivious, and therefore banned by the Catholic Church. Dunblane'...

Leighton Library has a 1785 edition of "The spectator. In eight volumes" by Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele

Added by Leighton Library at 05:38 on 13 June 2024

#OnThisDay 13 June 1827 Daniel Macnie of Drumraich, Kilmadock, a borrower at Dunblane's historic Leighton Library, borrowed 2 volumes of "The spectator. In eight volumes."Leighton Library has a 1785 edition of "The spectator. In eight volumes" by English essayist, poet, playwright and politician Jos...

Leighton Library has a 1618 edition of "M. Annaei Lucani Pharsalia, sive De bello civili Cæsaris et Pompeji lib X" by Thomas Farnaby

Added by Leighton Library at 06:22 on 12 June 2024

#OnThisDay 12 June 1647 leading classical scholar & outstanding educator of his time Thomas Farnaby died. His works chiefly consisted of annotated editions of Latin authors, and textbooks on rhetoric and Latin grammar, which enjoyed extraordinary popularity. Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has ...