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Commentary on ‘Isagoge’ on Galen’s 'Tegni', by Johannicius (Honein ben Ishak); and, commentary on the 'Aphorisms' of Hippocrates by Oribasius, both written by the same scribe in the 12th century and bound together at least from the 15th century.
Commonplace book of James Gray, priest of the diocese of Dunblane.
Commonplace book of the Earl of Buchan.
Commonplace book, probably English, mostly compiled from classical authors and church fathers.
Later authors include Bishop Stillingfleet (folio 197), Thomas Hooker (folio 92) and John Paul Marana, author of ‘The Turkish Spye’ (1686) (folio 178).
The date of the volume is no earlier than 1686.
Compendium of medical treatises in Gaelic written by Angus Beaton.
‘Compendium physiologicae’, being works on logic and natural and moral philosophy by George Sibbald of Rankeillour.
At the end are a number of verses addressed by different persons.
Compilations on precious stones by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne.
Complaint made to Henry VI by the Duke of Gloucester, and ‘A fulle lamentable cronicle of the dethe and fals murder of James Steward [James I]’.
Composite manuscript consisting of two volumes (folios 1, 75) of copies, circa 1585, 1607, of papers, 1537-1606, in Italian and Latin concerning attempts to restore Roman Catholicism in England in the 16th and early 17th centuries.
Composite manuscript containing a short treatise intended for the guidance of kings, and a short account of Ḥaleb.
Composite manuscript of miscellaneous Gaelic texts.
Composite volume consisting of several commonplace books of William Thoirs of Muiresk, born 1666, covering the years 1705-1724, but also containing earlier material.
Composite volume containing four fragmentary manuscripts of the 12th and 13th centuries, all of uncertain origin.
Composite volume containing works on Latin grammar and versification.
Composite volume made up in or about 1819 (the date of the watermark of the binder`s blanks) from five folio notebooks of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton.
Composite volume of 15th-century manuscripts of miscellaneous works by four hands bound together, with an incunable, in the 16th-century or earlier.
Composite volume of English origin containing two manuscripts of the 12th and 13th century; the 'Thebaid' of Statius, and the 'Aeneid' of Virgil
Composite volume of English origin, containing works of Ovid ('Fasti') and Claudian (major poems), the former of which belonged to Leicester Abbey.
Composite volume, of uncertain origin, containing two manuscripts of works by St Bonaventure, the 'Breviloquium' and the 'Formula noviciorum'.
Conclusion of Sir John Sinclair’s Ossianic correspondence (1821-1830).
Contemporary copies and translations of letters, mainly from Italy, reporting on European and Turkish affairs.
Most of the documents are dated 1596. The subjects include Spanish policy in June and July of that year, leading up to the capture of Cadiz by the English (cf. ‘Calendar of State Papers, Domestic series ... 1595-1597’); a rising of janissaries in Constantinople; and events in Italy and eastern Europe. These are followed (folio 33) by miscellaneous papers, mostly concerning the siege of Montauban in 1621.
Contemporary copies of correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Smith, mostly concerning the proposed marriage of Queen Elizabeth with the Duc d`Anjou (later Henri III) and the Duc d`Alençon.
Contemporary copies of letters apparently written by a high-ranking member of the Army party, taking the form of a weekly newsletter from 12 December 1648 to 29 June 1649.
Contemporary copies of state papers, concerning the negotiations between Charles I and the Covenanters, which led up to the Pacification of Berwick and the Covenanters` protestation of 1 July.
Also included are the petition of the Scots living in Ireland to the Lord Deputy and Council of Ireland, 1639 (folio 9), and an incomplete treatise `A distinction betweene the Ecclesiasticall Lawe and the Common Lawe`, undated (folio 18).
Contemporary copy of a document concerning the expenses of the French royal household, entitled `Estat et menu général de la dépense ordinaire bouche de la chambre aux deniers du Roy’, the Prince de Condé`s authorisation of the year`s expenditure.
The document includes a list of persons entitled to eat at the King`s table; food, wine and other commodities required throughout the year, with special allowances for feast days and other occasions; and expenses for the dukes of Burgundy, Anjou and Berry. It is followed (folio 119) by a similar authorisation for the household of the Dauphin.