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Scholarly Favourites. Researching in Special Collections. Online exhibition
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18th May 2016
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Who uses Special Collections? And why? And what research results emanate from physically examining books and manuscripts? It was these questions that prompted the development of this ‘engagement’ exhibition, now called <em>Scholarly Favourites. Researching in Special Collections</em>. We certainly have a wide variety of readers. After filling out the appropriate registration forms, they settle into our Reading Room. A brief wait and they get the requested item. The type of materials used is equally varied, ranging from a single sheet Medieval manuscript and a 17th century herbal, to an issue of the Gentleman’s Magazine or a Pulp Fiction book. The actual research and the publication of the end-result can often take a long time; indeed sometimes years. It can be circuitous. The time spent poring over the books also varies: three hours to three weeks, and sometimes more. And importantly, it is just not about research. Many readers use a particular book or manuscript because it is a favourite; a work that resonates with their sense of being. It has become important to them. Readers from inside and outside the University of Otago were contacted to choose a Special Collections item. They were each asked to write 150 words on ‘their’ chosen book; their favourite, or that one item that assisted their research. <em>Scholarly Favourites. Researching in Special Collections</em> is the result. In most cases, it meant a re-engagement with the item. A new handling of an old friend. The exhibition offers true variety, with items selected from the diverse collections within Special Collections: Brasch, de Beer, Shoults, Truby King, Pulp & Science Fiction, Monro, Stack. Items on display range from Albinus’s spectacular <em>Tabulae Sceleti et Musculorum Corporis Humani</em> (1747); Augustus Hamilton’s <em>The Art Workmanship of the Maori Race in New Zealand</em> (1901); and Johannes Wolleb’s <em>Compendium Theologiae Christianae</em> (1642); to Gregory M. Mathews’s <em>Supplement to The Birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands and the Australasian South Polar Quadrant</em> (1928); the scurrilous <em>Alvin Purple</em> (1974); and <em>Egypt and the Sudan: Handbook for Travellers</em> (1929). Please enjoy what others have researched and enjoyed.
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Compendium Theologiæ Christianæ
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Johannes Wolleb
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Shoults Collection Eb 1642 W
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Books
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[Cambridge]: [Roger Daniel]
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Poet and civil servant John Milton (1608-74) composed a systematic theology consisting solely of beliefs which scripture validated. More than half of his Christian Doctrine is made up of thousands of biblical citations, arranged under headings. All this work was modelled on that of Johannes Wollebius or Wolleb (1589–1629), a Swiss Protestant theologian. However, whereas Wollebius was orthodox, summarising mainstream doctrines, Milton often veered away from what he read in Wollebius. For example, regarding the Protestant Last Supper in contrast to the Catholic Mass, Wolleb’s writes: 3. <em>Christus se non in Sacra Coena, sed in cruce obtulit; at in Missa sua Christum offerri volunt</em>. (3. Christ did not offer himself in the sacred Supper, but on the Crosse; but they [Catholics] will have Christ to be offered in their Masse.) Milton’s version is: 3. <em>Christus se non in sacra coena, sed in cruce obtulit; in Missa Christus quotidie a sacerdote sacrificatur.</em> (3. Christ did not offer himself in the sacred supper, but on the Crosse; in the mass Christ is sacrificed daily by the priest.). Here the poet keeps the first half verbatim, then hinges the contrast more starkly with no conjunction. He puts the description of Catholic practice more strongly, stressing ‘daily’ and ending with a figured climax, echoing sac- in his last two words. <br /><strong>(Chosen by Dr John Hale, Fellow, Department of English and Linguistics, Otago)</strong>
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1642