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Manuscript volume entitled "The Journey Rout[e] of Her Imperial Majesty from Charcoff thro' the Government of Kursk to Moscow ... By the Governments Geometrician & Land Measurer Basshiloff 1787", consisting of descriptions of the different sections of the route through Kursk with illustrative maps.
The title of the main text is on folio 2. It is followed by a 'Short Delineation' (folio 17) and a map (folio 22) of the district. It is presumably a contemporary translation of part of the route of the return journey of Catherine II from her visit to the south and the then recently acquired territories in the Crimea.
Manuscript, written in South France or Spain in the first half of the 12th-century, containing medical treatises.
Manuscripts and typescripts of "The Fanatic" and of a translation of Dughall Bochanan`s "La a`Bhreitheanais", by James Robertson.
Manuscripts and typescripts, undated, of translations of poetry and prose by George S Fraser.
Includes related correspondence, 1965-1986, and an undated manuscript of W S Graham.
Manuscripts from Blairs College Library.
Manuscripts of poems and translations by Edwin Morgan (1920-2010).
Edwin Morgan was educated in Glasgow and joined the English Department of Glasgow University in 1947, becoming Titular Professor in 1975.
Manuscripts of "Thomas Carlyle. A Biographical and Literary Character-sketch" and "Memories of Thomas Carlyle", being translations by Otto Schlapp of articles of Friedrich Althaus in "Unsere Zeit".
Manuscripts, typescripts and printed books of Eric Linklater.
Including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of novels, plays, translations, and historical and critical works.
Manuscripts with translations from Sanskrit, folk tales and sketches.
Microfilm of 11th and 12th century manuscripts.
Microfilm of assorted manuscript material.
Microfilm of Autograph manuscript of `Ragionamento di Carlo V. Imperatore tenuto al re Philippo suo figliuolo In dargli la libera signoria di tutti gli stati suoi`, Giacomo Castelvetro`s translation, 1592, of Charles V`s advice to his son, 1555.
Microfilm of manuscript, ‘Jus Liberae Monarchiae’, Latin translation by James VI of his ‘The True Lawe of Free Monarchies’.
Microfilm of manuscript, written by Antonio di Mario, of Jerome’s translation of ‘Chronici Canones’ by Eusebius, with the continuation by Prosper.
Microfilm of manuscripts of Alexander Walker intended for publication.
Microfilm of ‘M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. V’, being mainly a continuation of the scripts and editorial material for inclusion in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 3.
Microfilm of papers relating to 'Translation from an ancient Chaldee manuscript' by James Hogg.
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 Sermones de Tempore, a homiliary, early 12th century; and, medical manuscripts, 13th century.
The contents are as follows:
Sermones de Tempore, a homiliary written in the early 12th century for Rochester Cathedral Priory (Adv.MS.18.2.4).
Two English medical manuscripts, each written by two scribes of the thirteenth century, bound together from an early date (Adv.MS.18.2.5).
Microfilm of translation by Principal William Robertson of Marcus Aurelius, i, 1-16, and ii, 1-viii, 2 (incomplete).
Microfilm of two books, 1692, 1697, of household recipes of Katherin Smith and correspondence and papers, 1818-1831, undated, of Sir John Sinclair on agriculture.
The correspondence and papers of Sir John Sinclair includes translations and copies of letters on his ‘Code of agriculture’ and letters of him to Sir Patrick Murray Threipland.