Sermons
Subject
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Found in 121 Collections and/or Records:
15th-century manuscript written in the Low Countries containing devotional texts.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.20.8.3
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Speculum peccatoris` by an unknown author. It has been variously attributed to Saints Bernard and Augustine, Richard Rolle of Hampole, and others. See ‘Writings ascribed to Richard Rolle’, pages 353-354, and ‘Die Handschriftliche Überlieferung der Werke des heiligen Augustinus’, II/2, page 116. Printed in ‘Patrologia latina’ xi, columns 983-992. (Folio 2.)(ii) Devotions to the Virgin, beginning 'O virgo concipiens et...
Dates:
15th century.
15th-century manuscript written in the Low Countries, containing various works attributed to, or written by, St Bernard.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.9
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Extracts from the `Vita beatissimi Malachie`, caps. 1-25. See ‘Patrologia Latina’ 182, 1073-1104 (folio 1 verso).(ii) Notes on vipers with reference to Aristotle (folio 8 verso).(iii) `De conversione ad clericos`, cap. 3. ‘Patrologia Latina’ 182, 856-857 (folio 9).(iv) `Bernardus de servitute vitiorum et incertitudine mortis` (folio 10).(v) Anonymous commentaries on the Song of...
Dates:
15th century.
Autograph sermon on 1 Peter iii. 15 by the Reverend Sydney Smith, Canon of St Paul`s; with explanatory letter of the donor, 1919.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.20.5.17
Dates:
Circa 1831-1840.
Business records, 1869-1892, of Walter Duncan, tea merchant in India, with his school copybook, 1846, printed sermon, 1900, from his funeral oration, with typescript and manuscript notes concerning his life.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13232
Scope and Contents
Walter Duncan (1834 – 1900) began his career in the office of a Glasgow firm of merchants, Messrs. Playfair, Bryce and Co., possibly in 1855 or early 1856. After a short spell in Demerara working for Playfair, Allan and Co., a merchant company run by Patrick Playfair but not connected in a business way with Playfair, Bryce and Co., he returned to Glasgow in 1858. At this point Patrick Playfair offered him a prospective partnership to establish a business in Kolkata, India, under the name...
Dates:
1846-1900.
Collection of romances and religious material, mostly in verse, written in the North Midlands by Richard Heeg with some items by James Hawghton and additions in other hands.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.3.1
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) ‘The Hunting of the Hare` (‘The Index of Middle English Verse’, 973) (folio 1), followed by a mock sermon in prose (folio 7 verso) and nonsense verses (folio 10 verso) (the latter ‘The Index of Middle English Verse’, 3425, both printed in ‘Reliquiae Antiquae’, volume 1, pages 82-84). See ‘The “Hunting of the Hare” in the Heege Manuscript’. Written by Richard Heeg.(ii) `Sir Gowther` (‘The Index of Middle English Verse’,...
Dates:
Circa 1480.
Collection of sermons in three parts, each written by a different 17th century hand.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.5.2.10
Scope and Contents
(i) Sermons, circa 1650, by various ministers, the majority from the Presbytery of St. Andrews. A list of the preachers and their texts precedes, (Folios 2-260).
(ii) Sermons and extracts from theological books. (Folios 261-322).
(iii) Sermons, many of which are headed `At Torphichen`, with the time taken in delivering them; possibly by George Wilson, Minister of Torphichen, 1663-1681. (Folios 323-383).
Dates:
17th century.
Copies, early 18th century, of autobiographies and other works of covenanters.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.5.19
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is apparently in the hand of John Elphinston: see Adv.MS.32.3.9, folio 78 verso. Several items in Adv.MS.32.3.9 are also in this hand.The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Autobiography of John Livingstone, minister of Ancrum. It has been published from the version in Wod.Qu.XVIII in ‘Select Biographies’, i, pages 129-197. This manuscript has a few variants from the published version. (Folio 1.)(ii) `An Account of what past when...
Dates:
2nd half of 17th century-early 18th century.
Copy of sermons of Thomas Boston, the Elder, later published in "An Illustration of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion" (1773).
File
Identifier: Acc.10880
Scope and Contents
Concern the Ten Commandments. With unpublished material criticising the English Service Book and Roman Catholicism.
Dates:
circa 1720.
Corrected manuscript of George MacDonald, "Unspoken Sermons" (First Series, 1867).
Item
Identifier: Acc.6270
Dates:
1867.
Correspondence and other papers of John Dowden, Bishop of Edinburgh.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.171
Dates:
1858-1940, and undated.
Correspondence and papers of Sir George Adam Smith, Lilian, Lady Adam Smith, née Buchanan, and other members of the Adam Smith and Buchanan families.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.311- is now Acc.9446.
Dates:
1859-1949.
Diary, sermons and notes of a minister in British Guiana.
File
Identifier: Acc.9274
Dates:
1840-1841 and undated.
"Diverse preciouse sermons upon... Scripture" by James Broun, David Broun, John Anderson, Alexander Hastay and James Stirling. Copied by William Bogle.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12566
Dates:
circa 1695.
Donald MacCalman, sermon given in Edinburgh, 1821.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13766
Scope and Contents
A sermon on Luke 15: 1-10. Signed "Don: M,Calman". On verso of final leaf: "Edin[burgh] 19th March 1821 - Delivered this day. - D.M.C.
Dates:
1821
Elegiac verses and funeral sermons on Jean Smith, by her husband the Reverend John Bonar.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7614
Scope and Contents
With decorative penwork.
Dates:
1737.
Manuscript of a sermon, "1. Book Saml. 2d Chap. 1 and 2 verse; 1 Chap Isaiah 10 verse; 10 St Luke 20 Verse", by George Crabbe., 1795-1829.
Item
Identifier: MS.42089
Scope and Contents
The sermon is listed in the "Index of English Literary Manuscripts", volume 3, part 1, pages 324-325, "Sermon on Luke 10.20. CrG 320" (London : Mansell, 1986).
Dates:
1795-1829.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning George Crabbe.
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Manuscripts of sermons composed and delivered by George Crabbe.
Manuscript of a sermon, "1 Epis. to Thessalonians 2d Chap. 13 verse [and] 2d Timothy 1 Chap. 13 verse", by George Crabbe., 1805.
Item
Identifier: MS.42098
Scope and Contents
The sermon is listed in the "Index of English Literary Manuscripts", volume 3, part 1, page 327, "Sermon on I Thessalonians 2.13 and II Timothy 1.13. CrG 363" (London : Mansell, 1986).
Dates:
1805.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning George Crabbe.
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Manuscripts of sermons composed and delivered by George Crabbe.
Manuscript of a sermon, "2 Epist. St Peter 2d. Chap. 20 verse", by George Crabbe., 1796-1832.
Item
Identifier: MS.42091
Scope and Contents
The sermon is listed in the "Index of English Literary Manuscripts", volume 3, part 1, page 328, "Sermon on II Peter 2.20. CrG 374" (London : Mansell, 1986).
Dates:
1796-1832.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning George Crabbe.
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Manuscripts of sermons composed and delivered by George Crabbe.
Manuscript of a sermon, "2d Chap. 1st Epis. Timothy 5 and 6 verses", by George Crabbe., 1827-1830.
Item
Identifier: MS.42117
Scope and Contents
The sermon is listed in the "Index of English Literary Manuscripts", volume 3, part 1, page 327, "Sermon on I Timothy 2.5-6. CrG 366" (London : Mansell, 1986).
Dates:
1827-1830.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning George Crabbe.
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Manuscripts of sermons composed and delivered by George Crabbe.
Manuscript of a sermon, "2d Chapter of the Epistle to the Ephesians 8th verse", by George Crabbe., 1828-1833.
Item
Identifier: MS.42121
Scope and Contents
The sermon is listed in the "Index of English Literary Manuscripts", volume 3, part 1, page 327, "Sermon on Ephesians 2.8. CrG 358" (London : Mansell, 1986).
Dates:
1828-1833.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning George Crabbe.
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Manuscripts of sermons composed and delivered by George Crabbe.
Manuscript of a sermon, "2d Epistle of St Peter 3 Ch. 14 verse", by George Crabbe., 1825.
Item
Identifier: MS.42114
Scope and Contents
The sermon is listed in the "Index of English Literary Manuscripts", volume 3, part 1, page 328, "Sermon on II Peter 3.14. CrG 375" (London : Mansell, 1986).
Dates:
1825.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning George Crabbe.
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Manuscripts of sermons composed and delivered by George Crabbe.
Manuscript of a sermon, "4 Chapter of ye 2d Epistle to Timothy and ye 2d Verse", by George Crabbe., 1813-1814.
Item
Identifier: MS.42103
Scope and Contents
The sermon is listed in the "Index of English Literary Manuscripts", volume 3, part 1, page 327, "Sermon on II Timothy 4.2. CrG 367" (London : Mansell, 1986).
Dates:
1813-1814.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning George Crabbe.
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Manuscripts of sermons composed and delivered by George Crabbe.
Manuscript of a sermon, "6th Chapter Epistle to Gallatians and 7. Verse [and] 5th. Chapr. Prophet Jeremiah 4 verse", by George Crabbe., 1798-1833.
Item
Identifier: MS.42093
Scope and Contents
The sermon is listed in the "Index of English Literary Manuscripts", volume 3, part 1, page 327, "Sermon on Galatians 6.7 and Jeremiah 5.4. CrG 356" (London : Mansell, 1986).
Dates:
1798-1833.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning George Crabbe.
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Manuscripts of sermons composed and delivered by George Crabbe.
Manuscript of a sermon, "7. Chapt. St. Matthew. 1st. verse", by George Crabbe., 1801-1830.
Item
Identifier: MS.42094
Scope and Contents
The sermon is listed in the "Index of English Literary Manuscripts", volume 3, part 1, page 323, "Sermon on Matthew 7.1. CrG 296" (London : Mansell, 1986).
Dates:
1801-1830.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning George Crabbe.
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Manuscripts of sermons composed and delivered by George Crabbe.
Manuscript of a sermon, "7 St. Matthew`s Gospel. 13th. verse", by George Crabbe., 1827-1830.
Item
Identifier: MS.42120
Scope and Contents
The sermon is listed in the "Index of English Literary Manuscripts", volume 3, part 1, page 323, "Sermon on Matthew 7.13. CrG 299" (London : Mansell, 1986).
Dates:
1827-1830.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning George Crabbe.
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Manuscripts of sermons composed and delivered by George Crabbe.