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Lecture notes.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Notes made with reference to a lecture, both those from which the lecturer speaks, and those taken by people in attendance.

Found in 467 Collections and/or Records:

Notes, in an unknown hand and undated, of lectures on Civil Law given by John Millar, who was Professor at Glasgow from 1761 to 1801., ?Late 18th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.2743
Scope and Contents

On the left-hand pages, which the original note-taker left blank, there are supplementary notes in a second hand which have been ascribed to Lawrence Hill of Barlanerk, Writer to the Signet (folio 1).

Dates: ?Late 18th century.

Notes, made by William J Russell, on lectures on chemistry delivered by Thomas Graham, Professor of Chemistry, at University College, London, in the session 1848-1849.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.8920-8921
Scope and Contents

The notes, evidently a fair copy, cover an entire general course, the greater part of which is concerned with inorganic subjects.

Dates: 1848-1849.

Notes of a course of lectures of Henri Michiels at Louvain., 1676-1677.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.23.5.6
Scope and Contents

'Logica Aristotelis sub d. d. D. Henri co Michiels'.

The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.195) includes the reference: (Rob.III.1.7).

Dates: 1676-1677.

Notes of a course of lectures of Johann Stevenot at Louvain., 1676-1677.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.23.5.5
Scope and Contents

‘Logica Aristotelis sub. E.d. D. Johanne Stevenot’.

The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.195) includes the reference: (Rob.III.1.10).

Dates: 1676-1677.

Notes of a lecture on Gaelic phonetics by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson ., [Before 1928.]

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Identifier: MS.429
Scope and Contents From the Series: “An exceptionally accurate and accomplished Gaelic scholar and phonetician, [Charles Robertson] was also for over thirty years a diligent collector of facts relating to Gaelic philology and topography, and — to a less extent — of folk-lore. Much of his work on Gaelic phonetics and dialects has been published in the ‘Celtic Review’ and elsewhere.” (‘Scotsman’, 6 August 1928.)The collection is composed chiefly of notebooks, bound or loose-leaf. Some have many blank pages; only the...
Dates: [Before 1928.]

Notes of Alexander Turnbull Christie on a series of lectures chiefly on meteorology and geology by Robert Jameson, Professor of Natural History at Edinburgh University., 1828-1829.

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Identifier: MS.9490
Scope and Contents

The numbering of the lectures is faulty, repeating numbers nineteen to twenty-nine, and the notes for lectures four, twenty-four (second series) and thirty-eight to forty are missing.

Dates: 1828-1829.

Notes of David Hume`s lectures on Scots Law at Edinburgh University, taken by an unknown student.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.6.10(I)-(IV)
Scope and Contents

The main differences from the Stair Society edition are that Part II, Chapters XIV-XVI appear after Chapter VIII (as in Adv.MSS.7.2.4-7.2.17), and that the chapters on Insurance (Adv.MS.81.6.12), and on Teinds and Patronage (Adv.MS.81.6.31) are omitted. For cases where these notes fill gaps in Hume`s manuscript, see the prefaces to the Stair Society edition. This is apparently a fair copy of notes taken at the lectures.

Dates: 1822.

Notes of David Hume`s lectures on Scots Law at Edinburgh University, taken by an unknown student; volume 1., 1822.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.6.10(I)
Scope and Contents

At the beginning of the volume, space is left for a `Memoir of Baron Hume`, which has not been written or inserted.

Dates: 1822.

Notes of David Hume`s lectures on Scots Law at Edinburgh University, taken by an unknown student; volume 2., 1822.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.6.10(II)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The main differences from the Stair Society edition are that Part II, Chapters XIV-XVI appear after Chapter VIII (as in Adv.MSS.7.2.4-7.2.17), and that the chapters on Insurance (Adv.MS.81.6.12), and on Teinds and Patronage (Adv.MS.81.6.31) are omitted. For cases where these notes fill gaps in Hume`s manuscript, see the prefaces to the Stair Society edition. This is apparently a fair copy of notes taken at the lectures.

Dates: 1822.

Notes of David Hume`s lectures on Scots Law at Edinburgh University, taken by an unknown student; volume 3., 1822.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.6.10(III)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The main differences from the Stair Society edition are that Part II, Chapters XIV-XVI appear after Chapter VIII (as in Adv.MSS.7.2.4-7.2.17), and that the chapters on Insurance (Adv.MS.81.6.12), and on Teinds and Patronage (Adv.MS.81.6.31) are omitted. For cases where these notes fill gaps in Hume`s manuscript, see the prefaces to the Stair Society edition. This is apparently a fair copy of notes taken at the lectures.

Dates: 1822.

Notes of David Hume`s lectures on Scots Law at Edinburgh University, taken by an unknown student; volume 4., 1822.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.6.10(IV)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The main differences from the Stair Society edition are that Part II, Chapters XIV-XVI appear after Chapter VIII (as in Adv.MSS.7.2.4-7.2.17), and that the chapters on Insurance (Adv.MS.81.6.12), and on Teinds and Patronage (Adv.MS.81.6.31) are omitted. For cases where these notes fill gaps in Hume`s manuscript, see the prefaces to the Stair Society edition. This is apparently a fair copy of notes taken at the lectures.

Dates: 1822.

Notes of George Combe on lectures of A W von Schlegel on dramatic literature, 1818, and a select list of the contents of the London Courier, 1834-1838., 1818, 1834-1838.

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Identifier: MS.7403
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: George Combe was educated at Edinburgh High School and at Edinburgh University, where he studied law; he became a Writer to the Signet in 1812. At this time he began to study the phrenological works of Franz Josef Gall and Johann Kaspar Spurzheim, and soon became a fervent advocate of that science. In 1837 he gave up his legal practice to devote himself to spreading the causes of phrenology, secular education, and criminal and prison reform, travelling widely in Europe and America. His views...
Dates: 1818, 1834-1838.