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Microfilm of 16th-century manuscript containing the 'Vie de saint Louis' of Jean de Joinville.
Microfilm of biographical notices of Scottish and other pipers, with notes on persons, places and things connected in any way with piping, compiled by John MacLennan with additions and corrections by Ian H Mackay Scobie.
Microfilm of copy, 17th century, of ‘The Life, Araignment, and Death of the famous and learned Sir Thomas More Knight, sometimes Lord Chauncellor of England. Together with his Vision’.
Microfilm of Gaelic manuscripts.
Microfilm of heraldic and genealogical material.
Microfilm of 'Historical Account of the Comyns, Earls of Buchan’ by James Mitchell.
Microfilm of manuscript of ‘Life of Beattie’ by Sir William Forbes.
Microfilm of manuscript of Persius, Avianus, etc. from Thorney Abbey.
Microfilm of manuscript, possibly from Mount Athos, of St Dorotheus and sermons of Isaias, with an account of the miracle performed by the Virgin at Blachernae.
Microfilm of Nicholas Love, "Myrrour of the Blessed Lyf of Jesus Christ".
Microfilm of papers chiefly of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
Microfilm of papers of James Augustus Grant and his family.
Microfilm of part of a proof-sheet of ‘Frederick the Great’ by Thomas Carlyle, with his corrections.
Microfilm of ‘Parte of the life of Lady Margaret Cunning…’ ; and, a book of French maxims.
The contents are as follows:
Book of French maxims, 1629 (MS.5786);
‘Parte of the life of Lady Margaret Cunningham, Daughter to the Earle of Glencairn yt she had wt her first husband the master of Evandale. The just and true account yrof as it was first written wt her oun hand’, 1608, with letters and her will, 1607, 1622 (MS.906).
Microfilm of proof-sheets, [1827, or before], of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott; and, letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland.
The contents are as follows:
Proof-sheets of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott, volume v, pages 225-240, with autograph corrections by Scott, [1827, or before] (MS.496);
Letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland (MS.2991).
Microfilm of psalters and chartulary, 13th-15th century, of Scottish religious houses; and, 'Lives of the bishops of Dunkeld' by Alexander Myln, 16th century.
The contents are as follows:
Culross psalter, [circa 1470], made for Richard Marshall, Cistercian abbot of Culross (Adv.MS.18.8.11);
Aberdeen psalter and hours, 15th century (Adv.MS.18.8.14);
Ramsay psalter, late 13th century, written for use at Saint Omer (Adv.MS.18.8.8);
15th century manuscript, Chartulary of Scone Abbey (Adv.MS.34.3.28);
'Lives of the bishops of Dunkeld' by Alexander Myln, 16th century (Adv.MS.34.5.4).
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 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 sermons of Adam of Dryburgh, and other works.
Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant (Adam Matthew, 1999).
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.
Microfilm of two 11th century manuscripts.
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript, late 11th century, of Persius, Avianus, etc. from Thorney Abbey (Adv.MS.18.6.12);
Palimpsest, made up of at least five English manuscripts of the 8th to 11th centuries, overwritten in England in the late 11th century and belonging to Thorney Abbey (Adv.MS.18.7.8).