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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 959 Collections and/or Records:

Contemporary copy of the 'Pockmantie sermon', 'a Sermon preached att St Giles the great Church in Edenburgh uppon a fast day, the last Sunday in July [1638] by Mr James Rowe', on 'Jeremiah', xxx. 17.

 Item
Identifier: MS.498
Scope and Contents

Another version of the 'Red-shankes Sermon' (preached in April) and the 'Cupp of Bon-Accord', printed in 'Memorials of the Family of Row'.

Dates: [1638.]

Copies, 17th and 18th century, of English and Scottish state papers, 1558-1641.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.2.10
Scope and Contents

The papers include correspondence relating to the Earl of Essex, 1599, and material on the General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland, 1638-1640.

Dates: 1558-1641.

Copies, 17th century, of correspondence, 1586-1623, and undated.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.7.19
Scope and Contents

The topics are very miscellaneous and include the Spanish match (1620), appeals for royal clemency, voyages of exploration and political events.

Dates: 1586-1623.

Copies, 17th century, of documents relating to heraldry.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.31.3.18
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) A treatise on heraldry in 28 chapters, with particular reference to the Court of the Lord Lyon, 1661 (page 1). The last chapter is a copy of the proclamation, 1447, of Arthur, Constable of France and later Duke of Brittany. See Adv.MSS.31.5.2, folio 1, and 31.3.20, folio 1.(ii) `Kinges of armes and heraulds in Ingland 1628` (pages 75, 79). This has been numbered Cap.29 in continuation of (i). The work has been printed,...
Dates: 1385-1661.

Copies, 17th century, of letters, 1636-1640, of Samuel Rutherfurd chiefly written during the period of his banishment to Aberdeen in 1637.

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Identifier: MS.15950
Scope and Contents

The letters are followed (folio 56) by copies of sermons and similar material of Hugh Mackail, David Dickson and others.

The inverted folios contain political and other poems, including 'The black bastel' by James Melvill.

Dates: 1636-1640.

Copies, 17th century, of Ramón Lull, ‘Ars juris’ and ‘De inventione mediorum juris civilis’.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.28.6.4
Scope and Contents

The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (W.5.7).

Dates: 13th century-14th century.

Copies, 17th century, of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall`s renderings in Latin verse of the Psalms and the Song of Solomon.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.12
Scope and Contents

The original was probably written after 1616, since it includes a dedicatory poem to Charles I as Prince of Wales.

Dates: ?After 1616.

Copies, 17th century, of treaties and other documents, 13th-16th century, concerning France and Scotland.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.35.1.5
Scope and Contents A book distinctly written in a modern hand, which according to Thomas Ruddiman contains writings in the Public Archives of France and was presented by Louis XIV to Richard, Viscount Preston when Ambassador of Charles II at the French Court.It is entitled: “Traittez entre les Roys de France, et les Roys d’Ecosse. Privilleges accordez aux Ecossois par les Roys de France. Et les Memoires comment les Roys d’Ecosse a reconnu le Royaume d’Ecosse a Foy et Homage du Royaume d’Angleterre...
Dates: 13th century-16th century.

Copies, 18th century, of parts of ‘La Navigation du roy d`Escosse Iaques cinquiesme du nom, autour de son royaume’ by Nicolas de Nicolay (Paris, 1583) (folio 1), and of documents concerning the foundation of the University of Aberdeen, 1494-1538 (folio 6).

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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.3.6
Scope and Contents

The parts of ‘La Navigation du roy d`Escosse Iaques cinquiesme du nom, autour de son royaume’ were copied by Tait for Walter Macfarlane. The sections copied concern Orkney and the East coast from Leith to Duncansby Head.

With one exception, the documents concerning the foundation of the University of Aberdeen are all printed in ‘Fasti Aberdonenses’.

Dates: 1494-1538, 1583.

Copies, 19th century, and original papers collected by Sir William Fraser, 16th century-1793.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.23.3.25
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Latin legal abbreviations, 16th century. (Folio 1.)(ii) Speech in Latin addressed to `domine doctissime coeterique commilitones mei suavissimi`, in praise of modesty. Late 16th or early 17th century. (Folio 2.)(iii) Transcript, 19th century, of the Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3 February, 1590, concerning the slaughter of David Taillor by William Spottiswood of that Ilk and others. Cf. ‘The...
Dates: 16th century-1793.

Copies, 1636-1637, of documents and notes of Sir James Balfour on ecclesiastical history.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.32
Scope and Contents The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: W.4.16.The contents are as follows: (i) Copies of commissions, 1626, passing under the great seal (page 1); (ii) Several proclamations, 1626 (page 13); (iii) Names of the Sheriffs, Stewards, and Bailies of Scotland, 1606 (page 24); (iv) Articles and other documents concerning the commission anent tiends (page 28); (v) Documents connected with the introduction of the Service Book, 1637,...
Dates: 1st half of 17th century.

Copies, 1642, of various works, 1529-1549, made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.3
Scope and Contents

The contents of the manuscript are as follows:

(i) `A Descriptione of the Westerne Iles of Scotland` by Sir Donald Monro, 1549 (folio 1).

(ii) `Geneologies of the cheiff clans of the lies` by Sir Donald Monro, n.d. (folio 20).

(iii) `Descriptio Insularum Orchadiarum` by John Ben, 1529 (folio 24).

Dates: 1529, 1549.

Copies, 1725-1726, of Great Seal charters of the 14th and early 15th centuries, made by John Corss, Keeper of the Records.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.35.6.1-35.6.2
Scope and Contents

Each volume has an elaborate title-page and an index of personal names.

Dates: 14th century-early 15th century.