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Microfilm of 11th and 12th century manuscripts.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.350
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript of the late 11th and early 12th century containing: the 'Paradisus' of Heraclides; the 'Historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae temper Wandalorum' of Victor Vitensis; 'De corpore et sanguine Domini' of Paschasius Radbertus (attributed to Rabanus Maurus); 'De corpore Domini contra Berengarium' of Guitmund; and two sermons of St Augustine of Hippo (Adv.MS.18.4.3);Medical manuscript, 1st half of 12th century, written in South France or...
Dates:
Late 11th century-1st half of 12th century.
Microfilm of abbreviated version of ‘Scotichronicon’ by Walter Bower.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1522
Dates:
[?1450-?1480.]
Microfilm of Andrew of Wyntoun: 'The oryginale cronykil of Scotland'.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.910
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Andrew of Wyntoun: 'The oryginale cronykil of Scotland', early 16th century (Adv.MS.19.2.4);
Abbreviated version of ‘Scotichronicon’ by Walter Bower, [circa ?1450-circa ?1480](Adv.MS.35.1.7).
Dates:
[Circa ?1450-circa ?1480], early 16th century.
Microfilm of assorted 13th-17th century manuscripts.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.465
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Fair copy, 1686-1689, of ‘Diplomatum veterum collectio’, being Richard Augustine Hay’s transcripts of charters and other formal documents contained in cartularies of mediaeval Scottish religious houses and the archives of the city of Edinburgh, volume 1. (Adv.MS.34.1.10(i)); Register of the Chapel Royal of Stirling, written, circa 1537, by John Lambert, prebendary of the Chapel, containing copies of papal bulls and other documents, 1501-1537...
Dates:
13th century-1689.
Microfilm of Chronicle of England, and theological works.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.867
Dates:
14th century.
Microfilm of collection of Björn Haldórsson on Icelandic history.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.164
Dates:
15th century-18th century.
Microfilm of documents concerning the Highlands of Scotland, including a history of the Macdonalds.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.861
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
‘Some remarks on the Highland clans and methods proposed for civilising them’, early 18th century (Adv.MS.16.1.14);‘State of Emigration from the Highlands of Scotland, its extent, causes, and proposed remedy.’ An apparently unpublished treatise, dated ‘London March 21st 1803’ (Adv.MS.35.6.18);Manuscript copy of the English ‘History of the Macdonalds’, ascribed by Donald Gregory to a Hugh Macdonald, [1829, or after] (Adv.MS.73.1.12);...
Dates:
Early 18th century-[1827, or after].
Microfilm of drafts of works of George Chalmers; and, papers of Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.137
Dates:
[1811, or after]-1826.
Microfilm of manuscript produced circa 1501, an abridgement of the 'Black Book of Paisley'.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.886
Dates:
[Circa 1501.]
Microfilm of manuscripts of Alexander Walker intended for publication.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1246-1248
Dates:
1785-[circa 1825.]
Microfilm of miscellaneous historical and topographical items, copied in the 18th century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.488
Dates:
1471, 1618, 1670, 18th century.
Microfilm of miscellaneous works, chiefly theological, written in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.304
Dates:
12th century-13th century.
Microfilm of miscellaneous works, chiefly theological, written in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.870
Dates:
12th century-13th century.
Microfilm of papers chiefly of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2033-2037
Dates:
1797-[circa 1825].
Microfilm of papers of James Augustus Grant and his family.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.928
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Legal, financial and other papers, [?1827-?1913], concerning James Augustus Grant (MS.17933);'Private Copy' of 'Memoranda' (no publisher, undated) by James Augustus Grant, [1880, or after] (MS.17940);Pedigrees of James Augustus Grant's family and others (Chisholm, Cuthbert, Fraser, Mackintosh, etc.) connected to it by marriage, written in an unidentified hand, with notes by Grant himself, ?19th century (MS.17941);...
Dates:
19th century-[?1913].
Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant (Adam Matthew, 1999).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1209-1234
Scope and Contents
The content descriptions for each microfilm are taken from the catalogue descriptions of the original items and as such there may be variations between the contents of the microfilms and the descriptions provided.
The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.
Dates:
?19th century-[?1921].
Microfilm of three Gaelic manuscripts of religious and medical texts.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.666
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
‘1467 MS.’ written by Dubhghall Albanach mac mhic Cathail and the Reverend John Beaton’s ‘Broad Book’, written by Ádhamh Ó Cuirnín, [circa 1425, circa 1467], (Adv.MS.72.1.1);
Manuscript, 16th century-17th century, containing a medical compendium, in Gaelic, asembled by the Mull Beatons (Adv.MS.72.1.2);
‘Materia medica’, 15th century, formerly belonging to the Beaton family of physicians (Adv.MS.72.1.3).
Dates:
15th century-17th century.