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Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.33.1.1-33.1.15
Scope and Contents

The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.

Dates: 1548-1641.

Commonplace book containing poems, household and medical recipes, riddles and notes, written in several hands.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14275
Scope and Contents

Folios 1-20 contain a collection of verses, most of which are dated 1789.

Dates: 1783-1828.

Commonplace book of George Anderson, Glasgow.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14276
Scope and Contents

As well as poetry, recipes and miscellaneous notes, the book includes instructions for road-making (page 3) and designs for a pump and a building for making lamp-black (pages 37, 66).

Dates: 1818-1827.

Fragments of at least 7 and perhaps 8 manuscripts on medicine and astrology, some, if not all, English.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.7.11A-H; (former binding)
Scope and Contents

A and E may be in the same hand and from the same manuscript.

Dates: 14th century-15th century.

Journal, 1729, of George Skene, containing ‘An Account of a Journey to London, with the particular rout by Thomas Burnett of Kirkhill, George Skene of that ilk, and David Skene his brother german'.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3806
Scope and Contents In addition to George Skene's journal there are notes of expenditure on the journey and of the mileage of part of the route (folio 1 verso); part of an anti-Hanoverian parody of the ‘Te Deum’, ?1742 (folio 34); and part of a diary, probably of Joseph Mackie, 1837 (folio 35).At the end of the volume, inverted, are detailed accounts of expenditure on the journey of 1729 (folio 1 inverted) and recipes, medical and other (folio 3 inverted), including directions for the treatment of...
Dates: 1729-19th century.

Law book compiled by James Blair of Ballindean, Writer in Perth.

 Item
Identifier: MS.5898
Scope and Contents Law book compiled by James Blair of Ballindean, Writer in Perth (folio 28), and subsequently belonging to Robert Blair, Writer in Errol (folio 176 verso).The contents are as follows.(i) Style-book of Scots Law forms based on examples collected in and around Perth (folio 5); preceded by two indices (folios 1 verso, 3).(ii) Latin verses, 1683, entitled 'Carmina auditu digna', possibly written by James Blair. (Folio 92.)(iii) Recipes for dyeing...
Dates: 1682-1683.

Notebook containing works on musical theory, psalm tunes, miscellaneous recipes and a poem.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.5.2.16
Scope and Contents The arrangement of the notebook is as follows:musical theory (folios 1-19, 35-66);tenor and bass parts only to 13 common psalm tunes, all in the psalter of 1635 (folios 20-32);the proper tune for psalm 119, tune only (folio 33);melody and figured bass parts to 10 psalm tunes, possibly from a collection circa 1750 (folios 66 verso-71);miscellaneous recipes for colours, medicines, etc. (folios 76-115); and,a poem...
Dates: Circa 1754.

Notebook of Thomas Heart, containing prose translations, poetry, notes and some medical recipes.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3004
Scope and Contents

The notebook contains prose translations of most of Horace's ‘Odes and Epodes’ (inverted folio 3, folio 1 verso), a poem entitled "The believer's dowry" with other verses and notes of a religious nature (folio 4), and some medical recipes (folio 27 verso). Dates ranging between the years 1720 and 1763 occur at points throughout the volume.

Dates: 1720-1763.

“Swinton’s kirk MSS”, a collection of original 17th-century Scottish historical documents, and of copies, 18th century.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.31.2.18-20
Scope and Contents

The papers appear to have belonged to Lord Swinton, and may be the collection of the Reverend Samuel Semple, Swinton’s maternal grandfather (cf. FES i, 172).

Dates: 17th century.

Volume containing verse and prose, chiefly Jacobite and satirical.

 File
Identifier: MS.3807
Scope and Contents

The longer pieces include 'The Tragedie of Glenco', 'Proelium Gilliekrankianum', 'Bellum Bothwellianum', 'Tarquin and Tullia', and Dr Archibald Pitcairne's 'Assembly' and 'Babell'.

There is a recipe for stomach-ache on folio x verso.

Dates: Late 17th century-early 18th century.

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