DOCSLIB.ORG

Proceedings Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Proceedings Society of Antiquaries of Scotland PROCEEDINGS SOCIET F ANTIQUARIEYO F SCOTLANDO S . HUNDEED AND FIFTH SESSION, 1884-5. ANNIYEBSAEY MEETING, 1st December 1884. AETHUE MITCHELL, M.D., LL.D., Vice-President, Chaire th n i . BalloA t having been taken e followinth , g Gentlemen were duly elected Fellows :— WALTER BIGQAB BLAIKIE, 22 Heriot Row. Rev. GEORGE BROWN, Minister of Bendochy. T. R. BUCHANAN, M.P., 10 Moray Place. The Lord COLIN CAMPBELL, M.P., Inveraray Castle. AViLLiAM CONNAL f Solsgirtho . yr , . PATRIC . CONNAL-ROWAF K f MeiklewoodNo . Rev. SHOLTO D. C. DOUGLAS of Douglas Support, Coatbridge. D. HAT FLEMING, St Andrews. ROBERT GLEN, 3 North Bank Street. EDMUND GOLDSMID, Lufra House, Granton. ANDREW JAMESON, Advocate t ColmS 3 , e Street. THOMAS GRAVES LAW, Signet Library. DAVID STEWART LITTLEJOHN, Solicitor, Dundee. JOHN MACDONALD, Solicitor, Buckie. WILLIAM M'DOWALL Creswel7 1 , l Terrace, Dumfries. VOL. XIX. A PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 1, 1884 ROBERT NAISMITH, Cross, Stonehouse. DAVID NICHOLSON, M.D., Broadmoor, Berks. STEW ART M'GLASHAN, Sculptor, 1 Brandon Street. EDWIN MILLIDGE, Jeweller Prince8 2 , s Street. Rev. JOHN MONTEITH, Ministe f Glencairnro . ROBERT PIRIE Buckingha9 , m Terrace, Glasgow. JAMES MELISS STUART of Erifka. ROBERT K. STEWART of Murdostoun Castle. ALEXANDER THOMSON Cheste5 3 , r Street. The Office-Bearers for the ensuing year were elected as follows :- Patron. MAJESTR HE QUEENE YTH . President. THE MOST HON. THE MARQUIS OF LOTHIAN, K.T., LL.D. Vice-Presidents. ARTHUR MITCHELL, M.D., LL.D. e RighTh t Hon e EAR ROSEBERYTh .F LO , LL.D. r WILLIASi M FETTES DOUGLAS, LL.D., P.R.S.A. Councillors. Si NOEL-PATON. rJ , Kt, \ Representing GEORGE SETON, M.A. LL.D., U.S.A., e Boardth ( STAIR AGNEW, M.A., C.B. FRANCIS ABBOTT, ) of Trustees. Right. Hon. The EARL OF STAIR. DAVID DOUGLAS. ROBERT HERDMAN, R.S.A. GEORGE HUNTER M. THOMB. Professor DUNS, D.D. Secretaries. JOHN RITCHIE FINDLAY. R. W. COCHRAN-PATRICK, LL.D., M.P. JOSEPH ANDERSON, LL.D., Assistant Secretary. WILLIAM FORBES, ) Secretaries r Foreignfo THOMAS DICKSON, H.M. General Register House, J Correspondence. ANNIVERSARY MEETING. o Treasurer. GILBERT GOUDIE, 39 Northumberland Street. Curators of the Museum. ROBERT CABFBAB. JOHN J. REID, B.A. Curator, of Coins. GEORGE SIM. Librarian. JOHN TAYLOR BROWN. The following list of the names of Honorary Members and Fellows who have died sinclase e datth t th ef Annua eo l Meetine th reas y wa gdb Secretary :— Honorary Members. Elected Dr EICHAED LEPSIUS, Berlin, ..... 1860 JOHN HENRY PARKER, C.B., D.C.L., Keeper of the Ash- molean Museum, Oxford, ...... 1869 Dr B. E. HILDEBRAND, Royal Antiquary of Sweden, President of the Royal Academy of Science and Archae- ology, Stockholm, ....... 1875 Fellows. JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR, M.D., LL.D., Emeritus Professor of Botany, ......... 1861 s GracHi e DDKeTh BUCCLEUC F EO QUEENSBERRYD HAN , K.G., .......... 1845 \V. S. COOPER of Failford, ...... 1876 WILLIAM DICKSON, Accountant, ..... 1844 RALPH CARR ELLISO f DunstanehillNo , Northumberland, 186(1 WALTER PERGUSON, ........ 1848 ALEXANDER HAMILTON, LL.B., W.S.,The Elms, Morning- side. .......... 1833 4 PROCEEDING SOCIETYE TH F O S , DECEMBE , 18841 K . Elected CHARLES HENDERSON, S.S.C., ...... 1881 GEORG . BINNING-HOMM . EH Argatyf Eo , . Doune186 7. , DAVID LUMSDE Fincastlef No , Perth, .... 1883 JAMES MARSHALL, Carlston, Great Western Eoad, Glasgow, 1880 JOHN WHITEFOORD MACKENZIE, W.S., .... 1844 ROBERT I. J. MONTEITH of Carstairs, .... 1851 ROBERT ANGUS SMITH, LL.D., H.M. Inspecto f Alkalo r i Works, Manchester, ....... 1874 HOPE J. STEWART, Stoneyhill House, Musselburgli, . 1848 The meeting resolved to record their sense of the loss the Society has sustained in the deaths of these members. Professor KARL EICHARD LEPSIUS, Principal Libraria e Eoyath f no l Library, Berlin, born at Nanneburg in 1810, educated at the public school of Pforta and the Universities of Leipzig and Gottingen, studied Egyptology at Paris and Borne, under Champollion and Bunsen, con- ducte e well-knowth d n expeditio o Egyptt n s , hi 1842-46 n o d an , return became Professor of Egyptian Archaeology at Berlin, and sub- sequently organise arranged dan e magnificenth d t Museu f mEgyptiao n Antiquities there n 186I .e agai h 6 n visited Egypt e materialTh . s accximulate n theso d e expeditions d systematisean , d illustratean d n i d his numerous works, have made a new era in the study of Egyptian Literature and Antiquities. JOHN HENRY PARKER, C.B., e KeepeAshmoleath f o r n Museum, succeede s uncldhi bookselles ea t Oxfora r n 1832di , publishe s welldhi - known Glossary of Architecture s elaborat hi 1836n i d an , ee worth n ko Domestic Architecture e Middleth f o Ages n 1859.i e subsequentlH ' y devoted himsel excavationo t f publicatioe th t Komeo sa t d seriea an f ,n o s of volume Archceologye Th n so f Rome,o illustrate valuabla y db e series of photographs appointes wa e H d. Keepe e Ashmoleath f o r n Museum at Oxford in 1870, and was nominated C.B. by Mr Gladstone in 1871. BROR EMIL HILDEBRASTD, Eoyal Antiquar f Swedenyo , bor n 1806i n , ANNIVERSAR0 Y MEETING. became Assistan e Historicath n i t l Museu e Universitth f mo f Lunyo d yearw fe sn a 1830i afterwardd an , s wen o Stockholt t s assistanma t at the Royal Academy of Arts. In 1837 he received the important appointment of Rilcsantiquarien or Eoyal Antiquary of Sweden, implying the directorship of the National Collections and general promotion of e sciencth f Archaeologeo y throughou e kingdom,—ath t n office whice hh hel r forty-sevedfo s besn wa tyears e knowf SwedeH o s .t hi nou y nb numismatic works and his large work on Swedish Seals, which are much valued by scholars. JOHN BUTTON BALFOUE, M.D., LL.D., born in 1808, appointed Regius Professor of Botany in the University of Edinburgh in 1845, continued actively to discharge the duties of that office, along with those of Directo e Royath f o rl Botanic Garden, till 1877, whe e retiredh n . e greateth alss r fo owa r e par H f thao t t tim ee Medicath Dea f o n l Faculty of the University, and one of the Secretaries of the Royal Society. WALTER FRANCIS MONTAGU-DOUGLAS SCOTT, fifth Duke of Buccleuch d Queensberryan , K.G., took a livel y interese e objectth th f n i o ts Society n 186I .e succeede h 2 e latth de Marqui f Breadalbano s s a e President continued an , officn di e with much acceptance till 1872, when he was succeeded by His Grace the Duke of Sutherland. RALPH CAER ELLISON of Dunstanehill was remarkable for the zeal and assiduity with which he studied the ancient Anglo-Saxon and cognate languages. He occasionally contributed papers to the Society's Pro- ceedings, principall connection yi n wit e interpretatiohth e ancienth f no t inscribe sculptured dan d monumental stone Scotlandn si . JOHN WHITEFOORD MACKENZIE, W.S., well known in lega literard lan y circles as the possessor of one of the largest and choicest private libraries e citys formerlth wa ,n considerabl a i r fo y e tim n activa e e office-bearer of the Society, and Vice-President, 1847—49. G PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 1, 1884. EGBERT ANGUS SMITH, Ph.D., LL.D., born near Glasgow in 1817, studied chemistry in Liebig's laboratory at Giessen 1839-41, and settle n Manchesteri d s employe, whewa e h n d a teache firss a f t o r chemistry d latterlan , s Inspector-Generaya f Alkalo l s i Workswa e H . author of many important papers on the subject of Chemical Climatology, a science which he may be said to have created. Having become a Folloe Societth f wf o Antiquarie o y f Scotlano s n 1874i d e seldoh , m permitte dsessioa paso nt s without contributing somethin f importancgo e to its Proceedings. His researches in Argyleshire, which first appeared as communication e Societyth o t s , were subsequently re-cas d puban t - lished as a volume entitled Loch Etive, or the. Sons of Uisneach. He also wrote a Memoir of John Dalton and History of the Atomic Theory; and in conjunction with Mr Thomas Young he edited the collected"^ papers of the distinguished chemist and physicist Thomas Graham. The Treasurer submitted the audited accounts with a general abstract Society'e oth f s Funds, whic s ordere printee hwa b circulateo d dt dan d among the Fellows. The Secretary read the Annual Report of the Society to the Board of Trustees, approved by the Council, and ordered to be transmitted to the Lord f H.Mso . Treasur follows ya s :— ANNUAL REPOBT of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland to the Honourable the Board of Trustees for Manufactures in Scotland for the year ending 30th September 1884. Museue Th m durin pase gth t yeas beeha r n ope formerlys na , except durin monte gth f Novemberho ,close s whewa usuas t dna i r cleaninfo l g and rearrangement. The following table shows the number of visitors for each month during the year, distinguishing between day visitors and visitors on the Saturday evenings, viz. :—7 ANNIVERSAKY MEETING. DAY SATURDAY MONTHS. VISITORS. EVENINGS. TOTAL. October, . 4,956 512 5,468 December, 5,012 739 5,751 January, 14,179 272 14,451 February, 2,808 416 3,224 March, . 3,693 521 . 4,214 April, . 6,742 420 7,162 May, 5,156 467 5,623 June, 6,303 247 6,550 July, , .
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Historical Group
    Historical Group NEWSLETTER and SUMMARY OF PAPERS No. 61 Winter 2012 Registered Charity No. 207890 COMMITTEE Chairman: Prof A T Dronsfield, School of Education, | Prof J Betteridge (Twickenham, Middlesex) Health and Sciences, University of Derby, | Dr N G Coley (Open University) Derby, DE22 1GB [e-mail [email protected]] | Dr C J Cooksey (Watford, Hertfordshire) Secretary: | Prof E Homburg (University of Maastricht) Prof W P Griffith, Department of Chemistry, | Prof F James (Royal Institution) Imperial College, South Kensington, London, | Dr D Leaback (Biolink Technology) SW7 2AZ [e-mail [email protected]] | Dr P J T Morris (Science Museum) Treasurer; Membership Secretary: | Prof. J. W. Nicholson (University of Greenwich) Dr J A Hudson, Graythwaite, Loweswater, | Mr P N Reed (Steensbridge, Herefordshire) Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 0SU | Dr V Quirke (Oxford Brookes University) [e-mail [email protected]] | Dr S Robinson (Ham, Surrey) Newsletter Editor: | Prof. H. Rzepa (Imperial College) Dr A Simmons, Epsom Lodge, | Dr. A Sella (University College) La Grande Route de St Jean,St John, Jersey, JE3 4FL [e-mail [email protected]] Newsletter Production: Dr G P Moss, School of Biological and Chemical, Sciences Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS [e-mail [email protected]] http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/rschg/ http://www.rsc.org/membership/networking/interestgroups/historical/index.asp Contents From the Editor 2 RSC Historical Group News - Bill Griffith 3 Identification Query - W. H. Brock 4 Members’ Publications 5 NEWS AND UPDATES 6 USEFUL WEBSITES AND ADDRESSES 7 SHORT ESSAYS 9 The Copperas Works at Tankerton - Chris Cooksey 9 Mauveine - the final word? (3) - Chris Cooksey and H.
    [Show full text]
  • The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting', Sculpture Nd
    -z CONTENTS Vo1ue One Contents page 2 Acknowledgements Abstract Abbreviations 7 Introduction 9 Chapter One: Beginnings: Education and Taste 14 Chapter Two: 'A little Artistic Society' 37 Chapter Three: 'External Nature or Imaginary Spirits' IL' Chapter Four: Spirits of the enaissance 124 Chapter Five: 'Books Beautiful or Sublime' 154 Chapter Six: 'Little Lyrics' 199 Chapter Seven: Commissions 237 Conclusion 275 Footnotes 260 Bibliography 313 Appendix: Summary Catalogue of Work by Phoebe Traquair Section A: Mural Decorations 322 Section : Painted Furniture; House, Garden and Church Decorations 323 Section C: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture Section D: Designs for Mural and Furniture Decorations, Embroideries, Illuminated Manuscripts and Enamelwork 337 Section B: EmbroiderIes 3415 Section F: Enamels and Metalwork Section G: Manuscript Illuminations S-fl Section E: Published Designs for Book Covers and Illustrations L'L. Section J: Bookbindings 333 Volumes Two and Three Plates 3 ACKOWLEDGEXE!TS This thesis could not have been researched or written without the willing help of many people. My supervisors, Professor Glies Robertson, who first suggested that I turn my interest in Phoebe Traquair into a university dissertation, and Dr Duncan Macmillan have both been supportive and encouraging at all stages. Members of the Traquair and Moss families have provided warm hospitality and given generously of their time to provide access to their collections and to answer questions which must have seemed endless: in particular I am deeply indebted to the grandchildren of Phoebe Traquair, Ramsay Traquair, Mrs Margaret Anderson, and Mrs Margaret Bartholomew. Francis S Nobbs and his sister, Mrs Phoebe Hyde, Phcebe Traquair's godddaughter, have furnished me with copies of letters written to their father and helped on numerous matters, Without exception owners and.
    [Show full text]
  • William Dunbar
    PMSA NRP: Work Record Ref: EDIN1102 09-Jun-11 © PMSA RAC William Dunbar (Scottish National Portrait Gallery) 460 Sculptor: James Pittendrigh Macgillivray and Architect: Sir Robert Rowand Anderson Town or Village Parish Local Govt District County Edinburgh Edinburgh NPA The City of Edinburgh Council Lothian Area in town: New Town Road: Queen Street Location: South-east tower (2nd from left) of SNPG, 1 Queen Street A to Z Ref: OS Ref: Postcode: Previously at: Setting: On building SubType: Public access Commissioned by: John Ritchie Findlay Year of Installation: Details: Design 1898-1899 (Building 1885- 1890) Category: Architectural Category: Commemorative Category: Heraldic Category: Natural Category: Sculptural Class Type: Sculpture SubType: Define under Subject Type Class Type: Coat of Arms SubType: Define in freetext of William Dunbar Subject Figurative SubType: Standing Part(s) of work Material(s) Dimensions > Whole Red sandstone Work is: Extant Listing Status: I Custodian/Owner: Condition Report Overall Condition: Fair Risk Assessment: No known risk Structural Condition Comment Broken, missing parts Right hand, part of right sleeve, and part of left sleeve missing Surface Character: Comment Other Stone blackened with pollution Previous treatments Cleaned 1980s (bird guano removed) Vandalism: Comment None Inscriptions: On coat of arms: entwined letters P D Signatures: None Visible Physical Standing figure of William Dunbar in a niche. He wears a long hooded garment ( that of a Franciscan Description: friar) with a cross hanging from his waist. On the cross is the crucified Christ. In his left hand he holds a parchment. Below is his coat of arms - entwined letters P D amongst foliage Person or event William Dunbar (?1460-1514 (1) / 1465?-1530? (2)), poet.
    [Show full text]
  • Mphil Plus Declaration
    The motivation for creating the Museum of Scotland, and the educational effectiveness of its history content for the visiting public Ronnie Cramond MPhil by Research. The University of Edinburgh, 2011 2 Contents Acknowledgements 3 Abbreviations 4 Disclaimer/declaration 5 Abstract 6 Introduction The Aim and Shape of the Research 8 Part One The Creation and Purpose of the Museum of Scotland 10 Part Two The Role of Education and Learning in Museums 42 Part Three The Displays in the Museum of Scotland 57 Part Four The Evaluation of Visitor Reaction 113 Section 1 Evaluations conducted at sites not part of NMS 116 Section 2 Visitor reaction to the original displays in the Museum of Scotland 121 Section 3 Visitor reaction to the later (2008) Scotland: A Changing Nation 151 Section 4 Visitor reaction to a display at East Fortune airfield about that site’s 155 history. Overall conclusions 159 Appendices 1 Is MoS unique in the UK as a National History Museum? 162 2 The Philip Committee Report 163 3 Membership of the Museums Advisory Board 164 4 MAB paper of 21 December, 1984 165 5 Statutory Objectives of the Museum of Scotland 166 6 Reference Manual for the Museum of Scotland Project 166 7 Patrons' Council 167 8 The Industrial Museum's ‘Civilising’ Mission 167 9 Guide Training 168 10 History Beyond the Text: A students' guide to approaching alternative sources 169 11 The Declaration of Arbroath as the Contractual Theory of Monarchy ? 171 12 Questionnaire for 2009/10 Visitor Survey in the Museum of Scotland 173 13 Customer Service Standards for Visitor Operations 174 14 Mini Groups, and Teachers’ Feedback.
    [Show full text]
  • Historical Group
    Historical Group NEWSLETTER and SUMMARY OF PAPERS No. 69 Winter 2016 Registered Charity No. 207890 COMMITTEE Chairman: Dr John A Hudson ! Dr Noel G Coley (Open University) Graythwaite, Loweswater, Cockermouth, ! Dr Christopher J Cooksey (Watford, Cumbria, CA13 0SU ! Hertfordshire) [e-mail: [email protected]] ! Prof Alan T Dronsfield (Swanwick, Secretary: Prof. John W Nicholson ! Derbyshire) 52 Buckingham Road, Hampton, Middlesex, ! Prof Ernst Homburg (University of TW12 3JG [e-mail: [email protected]] ! Maastricht) Membership Prof Bill P Griffith ! Prof Frank James (Royal Institution) Secretary: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College, ! Dr Michael Jewess (Harwell, Oxon) London, SW7 2AZ [e-mail: [email protected]] ! Dr David Leaback (Biolink Technology) Treasurer: Dr Peter J T Morris ! Mr Peter N Reed (Steensbridge, 5 Helford Way, Upminster, Essex RM14 1RJ ! Herefordshire) [e-mail: [email protected]] ! Dr Viviane Quirke (Oxford Brookes Newsletter Dr Anna Simmons ! University) Editor Epsom Lodge, La Grande Route de St Jean, !Prof Henry Rzepa (Imperial College) St John, Jersey, JE3 4FL ! Dr Andrea Sella (University College) [e-mail: [email protected]] Newsletter Dr Gerry P Moss Production: School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS [e-mail: [email protected]] http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/rschg/ http://www.rsc.org/membership/networking/interestgroups/historical/index.asp 1 RSC Historical Group NewsletterNo. 69 Winter 2016 Contents From the Editor 2 Message from the Chair 3 ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY HISTORICAL GROUP MEETINGS 3 “The atom and the molecule”: celebrating Gilbert N. Lewis 3 RSCHG NEWS 4 MEMBERS’ PUBLICATIONS 4 PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST 5 CAN YOU HELP? - Update from the summer 2015 newsletter 6 Feedback from the summer 2015 newsletter 6 NEWS AND UPDATES 7 SOCIETY NEWS 8 SHORT ESSAYS 8 175 Years of Institutionalised Chemistry and Pharmacy – William H.
    [Show full text]
  • THE HOME of the ROYAL SOCIETY of EDINBURGH Figures Are Not Available
    THE HOME OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH Figures are not available Charles D Waterston The bicentennial history of the Royal Society of Edinburgh1, like previous accounts, was rightly concerned to record the work and achievements of the Society and its Fellows. Although mention is made of the former homes and possessions of the Society, these matters were incidental to the theme of the history which was the advancement of learning and useful knowledge, the chartered objectives of the Society. The subsequent purchases by the Society of its premises at 22–28 George Street, Edinburgh, have revealed a need for some account of these fine buildings and of their contents for the information of Fellows and to enhance the interest of many who will visit them. The furniture so splendidly displayed in 22–24 George Street dates, for the most part, from periods in our history when the Society moved to more spacious premises, or when expansion and refurbishment took place within existing accommodation. In order that these periods of acquisition may be better appreciated it will be helpful to give a brief account of the rooms which it formerly occupied before considering the Society's present home. Having no personal knowledge of furniture, I acknowledge my indebtedness to Mr Ian Gow of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland and Mr David Scarratt, Keeper of Applied Art at the Huntly House Museum of Edinburgh District Council Museum Service for examining the Society's furniture and for allowing me to quote extensively from their expert opinions.
    [Show full text]
  • DD391 Papers of Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone and His Trustees
    DD391 Papers of Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone and his trustees c.1852 - 1903 The fonds consists of correspondence and other papers generated by Alexander Macdonald, including letters from the artists that Macdonald patronised. The trustees' papers include minutes, accounts, vouchers and correspondence detailing their administration of Macdonald's estate from 1884 until the division of the estate among the residuary legatees in 1902. The bundles listed by the National Register of Archives (Scotland) have not been altered since their deposit in the City Archives. During listing of the remaining papers, any other original bundles have been preserved intact. Bundles aggregated by the archivist during listing are indicated in the list with an asterisk. (15 boxes and one volume) DD391/1 Macdonald of Kepplestone: trust disposition, inventory, executry and subsidiary legal papers (1861, 1882-1885) 18611882 - 1885 DD391/1/1: Trust disposition and deed of settlement (1885); DD391/1/2: Copy trust disposition and settlement (1882) DD391/1/3: Draft abstract deed of settlement (1884); DD391/1/4: Inventories of estate (1885); DD391/1/5: Confirmation of executors (1885); DD391/1/6: Copy contract of marriage between Alexander Macdonald and Miss Hope Gordon (3 June 1861). (9 items) DD391/1/1 Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone: Trust disposition and deed of settlement, 11 December 1882, 1885 1882 - 1885 *Trust disposition and deed of settlement of Alexander Macdonald dated 11 December 1882. Printed at the Aberdeen Journal Office, 1885 (1 bundle, 14 copies) DD391/1/2 Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone: copy trust disposition and settlement, 11 December 1882 11 December 1882 *Copy trust disposition and settlement of Alexander Macdonald, and two draft trust dispositions and deed of settlements, 11 December 1882 (1 bundle, 3 items) DD391/1/3 Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone: draft abstract deed of settlement, 11 December 1882 11 December 1882 *Draft abstract deed of settlement of Alexander Macdonald dated 11 December 1882.
    [Show full text]
  • Download Newsletter
    Edinburgh Old Town Association Newsletter January 2021 A Happy New Year to all our readers! After the year we have just been through we must all be hoping fervently that 2021 will be happier. At the time of writing Edinburgh is experiencing Tier 4 Covid restrictions – very close to the lockdown we had in the spring of 2020. Only essential shops are open, and other shops and all museums, galleries, libraries, gyms and bars are all closed down again. But vaccination against the virus has started so perhaps there is cause for hope. Maybe Martin Creed’s work on the portico of the Gallery of Modern Art is pointing the way: Thoughts as we leave 2020 … Christmas 2020 was like none other in recent memory: none of the usual festive season events could take place; there was no Christmas market, no fairground rides, no ice rink. Yet all credit to the City Council, individual traders and others, the festive lights in the Old Town were much better than they have been in recent years. The photographs overleaf give a glimpse of what was on offer. Edinburgh Old Town Association · Scottish Charity No SC009217 ℅ The Cockburn Association, Trunk’s Close, 55 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1SR Images (from top left) of festive cheer on The Mound (including NHS rainbow), Victoria Street and Teviot Row, followed by cheerful shopfronts and window displays in Cockburn Street and The High Street. 2 Anyone walking down Jeffrey Street recently And what we might see in 2021 … is likely to have spotted a rather more controversial (and long-lasting) addition to the This time last year we looked at the City Edinburgh scene – the hotel in the new Council’s draft tourism strategy for the period St James Centre development.
    [Show full text]
  • Peoceedings Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
    PEOCEEDINGS SOCIET F ANTIQUARIEO Y F SCOTLANDO S . HUNDRE SEVENTD DAN H SESSION, 1886-7. ANNIVERSARY MEETING, 30th November 1886. r ARTHUD R MITCHELL, C.B. "thn i , e Chair. A Ballot -having been taken, the following Gentlemen were July elected Fellows :— JAMES ANDERSON, Westside, Brechin. ALEXANDER J. S. BROOK, 5 Lanriston Park. Rev. THOMAS BURNS, Lady Glenorchy's Church. JAMES A CAMERON, M.D., Firhall, Nairn. JOHN COWAN, W.S. GreenhilV , l Gardens. WILLIAM DICKSON Yor8 3 , k Place. WILLIAM STEWART IRVINE, M.D., Pitlochry. W. IVISON MACADAM, Lecturer on Chemistry, Surgeon's Hall. JOHN JAMES MOWBRAT of Naemoor, Dollar. Rev. ANDREW MELDRUM, Minister of Logierait. JOHN MURRAY, Ph.D.e Challengeth f o , r Expedition. SMALLJ . W , M.A., Solicitor, Dundee. W. J. T0RNBDLL, 26 Grange Road. VOL. XXI. A 2 PROCEEDING SOCIETYE TH F O S , NOVEMBE , 188630 R . e Office-BearerTh e ensuinth r fo sg year were electe follows da s :— Patron. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. President. THE MOST HON. THE MARQUIS OF LOTHIAN. K.T., LL.D. Vice-Presidents. Sir WILLIAM FEMES DOUGLAS, LL.D., P.R.S.A. Professor NORMAN MACPHERSON, LL.D., Sheriff of Dumfries, &c. Right Hon EARe STAIRth . F LO , K.T., LL.D. Councillors. NOEL-PATONJ r Si , Kt., -\ Representing ARTHUR MITCHELL, C.B., M.D., LL.D. LL.D., R.S.A., L the Board DAVID CHRISTISON, M.D. FRANCIS ABBOTT, f Trustees.o ) Sir H. E. MAXWELL, Bart, M.P. ROBERT HERDMAN, R.S.A. Professo . MASSOND r , LL.D. Professor DDNS, D.D. THOMAS GRAVES LAW.
    [Show full text]
  • School of Education Science, Education and Social Vision of Five
    School of Education Science, Education and Social Vision of Five Nineteenth Century Headmasters David Theodore Bottomley This thesis is presented for the Degree of Doctor in Philosophy of Curtin University October 2018 DECLARATION ii ABSTRACT The study investigates how science was used by five nineteenth-century headmasters at a time when the Church of England fought to maintain its historical control of elementary education and its associated Grammar schools resisted attempts to include science in their elementary or secondary curricula; when long hours in mills precluded poor children from education; when class attitudes biased Government enquiries into education and industrial training. It was a time when belief in laissez- faire economics conflicted with the exercise of moral judgements. The headmasters viewed their students as individuals and sought to equip them with worldviews. Their curricula were inspired by their visions for society. They used science, scientific method and practical learning. They liberated subjects from traditional boundaries to provide students with comprehensive understanding of areas of knowledge. They emphasised student self-learning and provided the facilities for it. There were similarities in their radical objectives and methods. They effectively interacted with local communities. Their methods mostly did not survive their school tenures but offer challenging thoughts for science teaching today. Key words: Science education; social positioning; nineteenth century. iii DEDICATION I gratefully remember my parents’ deep contribution to my education. In loving memory of Mrs. Ellen Bottomley (née Foxcroft), 1881-1969 and Rev. William Bottomley, 1882-1966. iv PERSONAL INTEREST IN THIS RESEARCH This study connects me with my Lancashire and Yorkshire parents and grandparents.
    [Show full text]
  • Edinburgh: Printed for the Society by Neill and Company
    PBOCEEBING OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OE SCOTLAND. SESSION" MDCCCLXXXV.-LXXXVI. YOL. XX. EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY BY NEILL AND COMPANY. MDCOOLXXXVI. PROCEEDING. iff ONE HUNDRED SIXTHAND SESSION 1885-86 VOL. VIII.—NEW SERIES PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY BY NEILL AND COMPANY MDCCCLXXXVI TABLE OF CONTENTS. Anniversary Meeting, 30th November 1885, ....1 . The Oghams on the Brodie and Aquhollie Stones, with Notes on the Inscrip- tions of the Golspie and Newton Stones, and a List of the Oghams in Scotland. By the Right Hon. the EAKL OF SOUTHBSK, K.T., F.S.A. Scot., ........1 1- . Notic Cup-markeeof d Stone Curinsand g Estat "Welthe Garthon elof , For- tingall, Perthshire. With Drawings y JAMBB . S MACKINTOSH Gow, F.S.A. Soot., .......1 4 . Notic a Wood-Carver' of e s Tool-Box, with Celtic Ornamentation, recently discovered Peaa n i t e ParisMosth n si f Birsay ho , Orkney JAMEy B . S W. CimsiTEK, F.S.A. Scot., . .47 Notic Boxa f eo , supposee " Ofieranth e b o dt d Stole t Eloi'S f "o s Altan i r St John's Church, Perth. By C. A. HUNT, Perth. Communicated by REID. AG . , F.S.A. Scot., .....0 5 . Early Notice Base th f ss Ownerss o it Eoc JOHd y B kan . N.REIDJ , F.S.A. Scot., ......... 54 Notice of the Excavation of St Medan's Cave and Chapel, Kirkmaiden, Wig- townshire. By Dr ROBERT TBOTTEK. Communicated, with Additional Notes, by Sir HEKBEKT EUSTACE MAXWELL, Bart., M.P., F.S.A. Scot., 76 Notice Discoverth f eo f Portion yo Penannulao Tw f so r Brooche f Silverso , with Bead Glasf so Amber d Silvea san d an ,r Coi f Coenwulfno , Kinf go Mercia (A.D.
    [Show full text]
  • Andreapolis; Being Writings in Praise of St. Andrews
    ..t^' "?;?^t;'*?;|?p?Sfi<:|':;s?{^ LIBRARY THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA PRESENTED BY MARINELL ASH ANDRE APOLIS Edinburgh : Printed by T. and A. Constable FOR DAVID DOUGLAS. LONDON . SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT AND CO., LTD, CAMBRIDGE . MACMILLAN AND BOWES. GLASGOW . JAMES MACLEHOSE AND SONS. ANDREAPOLIS BEING WRITINGS IN PRAISE OF ST. ANDREWS Chosen and edited by PROFESSOR KNIGHT EDINBURGH: DAVID DOUGLAS 1903 All rights reserved Digitized by tine Internet Archive in 2008 witii funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation littp://www.arcliive.org/details/andreapolisbeingOOknig TO ANDREW CARNEGIE, LL.D., LORD RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS, THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED CONTENTS PAGE Preface, . xi Introduction, .... xiii I. Sir Archibald Geikie (1902), . i II. Jaspar Laet de Borchloen (1491), . 7 III. John Major (at St. Andrews, 1518-1525) . 8 IV. John Johnstoun (1570-1612), . 9 V. Arthur Johnston (1642), . .11 VI. George Sibbald (1710), ... 13 VII. John Macky (1723), . .14 VIII. John Loveday (1732), . .16 IX. Thomas Pennant (1772), . .17 X. Daniel Defoe and Samuel Richardson (1769), 18 XI. Samuel Johnston (1774), . .20 xii. Francis Douglas (17S2), . .23 XIII. George Martine (1797), . .25 xiv. - John Leyden (1798), . 27 XV. Robert Southey (1802), . .28 XVI. Robert Forsyth (1806), . .31 viii Contents PAGE XVII. William Tennant (1812), . 32 XVIII. Sir Walter Scott (1827), . 33 XIX. Patrick Fraser Tytler (182S), . 34 XX. George Fullerton Carnegie (1842), 36 XXI. Henry, Lord Cockburn (1844), . 37 XXII. Patrick Procter Alexander (1857), 45 xxiii. Sir John Skelton (1863), . 47 XXIV. Sir Archibald Geikie (1865), 54 XXV. Mrs. Stirling (1865), 56 XXVI. Principal TuLLOCH (1872), 56 XXVII. Principal James D.
    [Show full text]