Sibbald, Robert, Sir, Knight (physician and Geographer Royal)
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Dates
- Existence: 1641 - 1722
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
15th-century manuscript containing 'De vero et falso bono' of Bartolomeo Platina in the hand of Bartolomeo Sanvito.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.7.16
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Manuscript produced in Italy, either in late 1471 or early 1472, after the election of Sixtus IV to the Papacy. The work is a dedication copy to Pope Sixtus IV of a moral treatise, consisting of three dialogues written by Bartolomeo Sacchi, more commonly known as Bartolomeo Platina. This is the second version of the dialogue, with an earlier version called 'De falso ac vero bono' dedicated to Pope Paul II. The work starts with a dedication to Sixtus IV by Bartolomeo Platina on...
Dates:
[?1471-?1472]
17th-century extracts and transcripts, in the hand of Sir James Balfour, of chartularies and other historical works.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.9
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17th-century manuscript written and compiled by Sir James Balfour containing the following works:1. Copy by Sir James Balfour of George Marjorybanks, 'Annals of Scotland, 1514-94'. Folios 6r-23r.A history of Scotland in the form of annals written in Scots, originally written in the late 16th century by George Marjoribanks, burgess of Edinburgh. The location of the original manuscript from which Balfour made his copy is unknown. The work is separated into...
Dates:
17th century.
17th-century manuscript, probably written in Scotland, containing a translation into Latin of the 'Οἰκουμένης περιήγησις' ['Description of the Known World'], by Dionysius Periegetes.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.5.7
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17th-century manuscript, probably written in Scotland, containing a translation into Latin of the 'Οἰκουμένης περιήγησις' of Dionysius Periegetes, also known as the Description of the Known World.The translation is probably the work of Sir John Nisbet, Lord Dirleton, as suggested in a heading on page 1 in the hand of Sir Robert Sibbald, which reads: 'Dionisii Alexandrini Perihegesis Carmine Heroico Latino e Graeco reddita per Anonymum Scotum (ut creditur D. Jo. Nisbeti de...
Dates:
17th century.
Early 16th-century transcript of selected parts of the chartulary of Lindores Abbey.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.7.1
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Chartulary produced in Scotland containing copies of royal, papal, episcopal, and other charters, as well as some grants of the abbey of Lindores.The work is written in a small cursive hand and was probably written in the early 16th century. According to Davis it certainly dates from after 1502. Dickson also suggests that the manuscript may have been written as late as the reign of James IV (d. 1513). The work contains 25 documents concerning the abbey of Lindores and...
Dates:
Early 16th century.
Late 15th-century manuscript containing 'Moralium dogma philosophorum' attributed to Guillaume de Conches, bound with 3 incunabula.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.7.5
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15th-century manuscript produced in Italy containing the 'Moralium dogma philosophorum' attributed to Guillaume de Conches. The script and watermark evidence suggest that the manuscript is a work of the late 15th century, probably 1470 and after. The manuscript is the work of one scribe using an Italian humanistic script with 26 lines to a page.The contents of the volume are as follows:Pasted to the inner of the front board is a letter from J. B. Oldham, Librarian,...
Dates:
Late 15th century.
Manuscript, by John Gibson junior, a canon of Glasgow, of an abridged copy of the 'Black Book of Paisley', a version of the 'Scotichronicon' of Walter Bower.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.35.6.8
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Manuscript produced in Scotland and written by John Gibson junior, a canon of Glasgow. The manuscript is an abridged copy of the 'Black Book of Paisley', a version of the 'Scotichronicon'. The original copy of the 'Black Book of Paisley', from which Gibson made his abridgement, is in the British Library. The full contents of the manuscript are as follows:A verse history of the Scots from their origins to the reign of James II. Folios 1r-10r.Genealogy from...
Dates:
1501
Manuscript of an incomplete copy of 'De Actibus Apostolorum' by Arator.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.19
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Manuscript produced in England containing an incomplete copy of Arator's 'De Actibus Apostolorum'. The manuscript was probably written at the end of the 12th century, and has been dated as such by Ker and Watson. The work has also been dated to the 13th century by Borland and McKinlay. The work is written in a gothic script with between 27-34 lines to a page. The manuscript is the work of several contemporary hands. McKinley has identified four different hands present...
Dates:
Late 12th century.
Manuscript of the 'Bartasias' of Adrian Damman de Bystervelt, a translation of 'La premiere sepmaine' of Guillaume de Saluste du Bartas.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.10
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This manuscript was probably written in Scotland and can be dated to 1596. It is the work of Adrian Damman and contains his translation of the 'Sepmaine' of Guillaume de Saluste du Bartas, which is dedicated to King James VI by his 'cliens devotissimus'. The work comprises seven books, each of which is preceded by an 'argumentum'. There is a running header designating the division of each book in the upper margin.This manuscript is a fair copy which was probably meant for the...
Dates:
1596
Photocopies of a transcript of Sir Robert Sibbald, "Account of the Rights of the Professors of Medicine".
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Identifier: Acc.4859
Dates:
18th century.
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- Abstracts. Summaries. 1
- Chronicles. 1
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