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Manuscripts from the library of St Andrew`s College, Drygrange.
Manuscripts of the lectures on Civil Law delivered by John Wilde, Professor of Civil Law at Edinburgh, from 1792 to 1799.
Manuscripts with translations from Sanskrit, folk tales and sketches.
Material on the early history of Scotland by Sir Robert Sibbald.
Medical notebook of Alexander Ochterlony, a younger son of James Ochterlony of Wester Seaton who studied medicine at the University of Paris.
Microfilm of books of hours and a book of devotions.
Microfilm of French manuscript containing all of the epigrams of Martial, and of the Auchinleck manuscript.
The contents are as follows:
French manuscript, 9th century, containing all of the epigrams of Martial (Adv.MS.18.3.1);
Auchinleck manuscript, 1st half of 14th century, a compilation of Middle English verse, including romances and religious and historical pieces (Adv.MS.19.2.1).
Microfilm of Gaelic-English dictionary in the hand of Sir James Foulis (1714-1791), 5th Baronet of Colinton.
Microfilm of Irish and Scottish Gaelic manuscripts.
The contents are as follows:
Book of the Dean of Lismore, 16th century (Adv.MS.72.1.37);
Manuscript, ?15th century-17th century, containing verse and tale fragments in Gaelic (Adv.MS.72.1.47);
Manuscript, 17th century, of syllabic verse (Adv.MS.72.1.48);
Manuscript, 1618-1647, containing Irish bardic verse (Adv.MS.72.1.49);
Manuscript, [circa 1658], containing historical miscellany in Gaelic, written by Niall MacMhuirich (Adv.MS.72.1.50).
Microfilm of manuscript containing poems in Latin, apparently autograph, by Mark Alexander Boyd and later poems and personal information on members of the family of Boyd of Penkill and Trochrig.
Microfilm of manuscript of the Regiam Maiestatem, statutes, Leges Portuum, forest laws, Quoniam attachiamenta, burgh and guild laws, and other smaller legal texts, some in Scots.
Microfilm of ‘Neil MacBeath’s Psalter’, 15th century-16th century; and, Dean Brown’s prayer book, [circa 1498].
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript in Gaelic, 15th century-16th century, titled ‘Neil MacBeath’s Psalter’, containing medical notes and Psalm 118, the ‘Divine Office’ (Adv.MS.72.1.4);
Dean Brown’s prayer book, [circa 1498], written and illuminated in the Netherlands (MS.10270).
Microfilm of schoolbook, transcribed in the early 12th century, containing notes and glosses (in Latin and German) on authors studied in schools and other texts which could be used in teaching.
Microfilm of the catechism, including prayers, doctrinal instructions, the order of the administration of the Sacraments, etc., in French and Mi'kmaq, by Antoine Simon (Petrus) Maillard, the "Apostle to the Mi'kmaq".
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).
Miscellaneous manuscript and a few printed items.
Miscellaneous manuscript fragments recovered from the bindings of various manuscripts and printed books.
Notebook of poems by John Willison.
Includes a Hebrew vocabulary and lexicon by Willison based on the published work of John Row.
Papers concerning a translation by Hamish Henderson of Antonio Gramsci "Lettere dal Carcere".
Includes correspondence.
Papers of Alexander Fraser Tytler.
Includes commonplace books, diaries, books of etchings, sketchbooks and a manuscript "Remembrances of Woodhouselee".
Papers of Archibald Shiells, merchant in Edinburgh, and his family.
Includes papers of, and relating to, the family of Wilsone of Murrayshall, Stirlingshire, 1701-1925; and Scottish charters and other legal and administrative documents, mainly from Fife.
Papers of Hamish Henderson.
Includes manuscript drafts of and introduction to Henderson`s translation of Antonio Gramsci, "Letter dal Calcere", and an annotated copy of the original Italian edition of the work.
Papers of James Lauder Davidson.
Papers of John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, concerning lead and copper mining in Scotland.
Papers of John MacCallum, policeman, Glasgow.
Includes Gaelic songs and music.