Leighton Library has a 1543 edition of "Loci Communes rerum theologicarum seu hypotyposes theologicae" by Philipp Melanchthon

Added by Leighton Library at 07:23 on 19 April 2024

#OnThisDay 19 April 1560 German astronomer, theologian & academic Philipp Melanchthon died. He was a collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, and intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation. Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1543 ed...

Leighton Library has a 1604 edition of "De inventoribus rerum"

Added by Leighton Library at 12:56 on 18 April 2024

#OnThisDay 18 April 1555 Italian scholar, historian, priest and diplomat dubbed the "Father of English History" Polydore Vergil died. Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1604 edition of one of the books for which he is best remembered, a history of discoveries and origins, "De inventoribus re...

Leighton Library has several books by theologian and scholar Edward Stillingfleet

Added by Leighton Library at 04:22 on 17 April 2024

#OnThisDay 17 April 1635 theologian and scholar Edward Stillingfleet was born. He was known as a controversialist, considered an outstanding preacher (known as "the beauty of holiness" for his good looks in the pulpit!), and was called "the ablest man of his time." Dunblane's historic Leighton Libra...

When it first opened, Bishop Douglas drew up rules for the Keeper of the Leighton Library

Added by Leighton Library at 06:25 on 16 April 2024

It's #NationalLibrarianDay#LibrarianDay today. When Dunblane's historic Leighton Library first opened, Bishop Robert Douglas determined that the Librarian should be a Divinity student, “a young man that were pious and sober, trusty, and of good behaviour” and that he would serve for three or four ye...

Leighton Library has a 2nd edition of 1755/6 of Dr Samuel Johnson's dictionary "A Dictionary of the English Language"

Added by Leighton Library at 21:12 on 15 April 2024

Leighton Library has a 2nd edition of 1755/6 of Dr Samuel Johnson's dictionary "A Dictionary of the English Language" which was first published #OnThisDay 15 April 1755. It contained explanations and meanings for 40,000 different words and had taken him almost 9 years to compile. It is viewed as amo...