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Microfilm of the Regiam Maiestatem, [circa 1500], mid 16th century; and, Book of Hours, fifteenth- to sixteenth-century, according to the use of Sarum.
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript, [circa 1500], mid 16th century, of the Regiam Maiestatem, Quoniam attachimenta, burgh and guild laws, forest laws, De judicibus, statutes, and other legal texts, one in Scots, written by David Baldovy, vicar of Guthrie (MS.16497);
Book of Hours, fifteenth-sixteenth century, according to the use of Sarum, in Latin; written and illuminated in the Netherlands (MS.16499).
Microfilm of two manuscripts from Blairs College Library: ‘The Talbot Hours’, 15th century; and, Andrew Lundy’s Primer, late 15th-early 16th century.
The contents are as follows: ‘The Talbot Hours’, psalter and hours, 15th century (see ‘Catalogue of Scottish medieval liturgical books and fragments’ by David McRoberts, numbers 77 and 88 (Glasgow, 1953)) (Dep.221/1); Andrew Lundy’s Primer, late 15th-early 16th century (see ‘Catalogue of Scottish medieval liturgical books and fragments’ by David McRoberts, number 49. See also article by W J Anderson in the ‘Innes review’, xi, 1960, pages 39-51) (Dep.221/5).
Miniature from a book of hours painted in the style of Jean Bourdichon.
Miscellany of medieval manuscripts, chiefly books of hours, which were part of a collection of manuscripts (as well as printed books and paintings) formed by William Finlay Watson, a book-seller in Edinburgh; together with a list of the full collection.
In addition to the medieval manuscripts, there are some non-religious books of later date, and a few unrelated fragments.
Papers from the library of St Benedict`s Abbey, Fort Augustus.
Includes:
patristic texts, 1080, of Marianus at Regensburg
"Rule of St Benedict", 15th century
Book of Hours, late 15th century, with the signature of Mary of Guise
fragments of music, 15th century to 16th century, from the Inverness song-school
Photographs of five pages of MS. Lat. Q.v.1, 112 in the M E Saltuikov-Shchedrin Library in Saint Petersburg: Hours of Mary, Queen of Scots.
The manuscript, written and illuminated circa 1430, contains verses in French in Mary`s hand, most of which are reproduced here.
Placed with the photographs is a letter concerning them from Ronald Munro Ferguson to Lord Rosebery, 1903.
Two Books of Hours, one English, 15th century, and one French, 15th to 16th century; with three volumes, 17th century, concerning law and heraldry.
Yule collection, chiefly of Scottish manuscripts of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, but including a Book of Hours and some Persian manuscripts.
Many of the papers are accompanied by transcripts or summaries by Alexander Macdonald.