Published 09/02/2016
Discover the treasures of Scotland's oldest university
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Three manuscripts by Isaac Newton, c.1700 Notes in the hand of Isaac Newton - a list of alchemists and their works, a description of a distillation process, and a record of an experiment, purchased for the University by John Read, Professor of Chemistry (1923-63). |
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Timurid Qur’an, 1441-2 An unusually complete and well preserved royal manuscript from the library of Tipu Sultan, presented to St Andrews by the East India Company in 1806. |
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A stereographic self-portrait by John Adamson, c.1845 An early example of a stereograph - a photograph that can be interpreted by the brain as having three dimensions when placed in the correct viewer. It's a self-portrait by Dr. John Adamson (1809–1870), taken at the request of Dr David Brewster (1781-1868), then principal of the United College in the University of St Andrews. |
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Bull of Pope Benedict III, 1413 The foundation document of the University, issued in Aragon on 28 August 1413, authorising the award of degrees and licensing the graduates to teach theology, canon and civil law, arts and medicine. |
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