Treatises.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Formal and systematic written expositions of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than essays.
Found in 97 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous papers of the Ker family., 1575-early 19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5442-5461
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The Nisbet papers fall into four groups, belonging respectively to the Nisbets of that Ilk, the original owners of the estate; the Kers (later Carres) of Cavers and West Nisbet; who acquired the estate in 1649; the Chisholmes of that Ilk, connected by marriage to Charles St Clair, 15th Lord Sinclair, who succeeded to the estate some time before 1813; and William Molleson, probably related to the sister of Charles St Clair, de jure 13th Lord Sinclair.
Dates:
1575-early 19th century.
Miscellaneous works, chiefly theological, written in the 12th and 13th centuries., 12th century-13th century.
File
Identifier: MS.6122
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Part of the 'Historia scholastica' of Petrus Comestor, containing the history from II Maccabees ii to the end of the 'Historia evangelica', beginning 'Mortuo Simone qui ultimus quinque filiorum'; printed in ‘Patrologia Latina’, volume cxcviii, 1525-1644. (Folio 1.)(ii) Commentary on the books of Kings, Tobit, Judith, Esther, Daniel, and Maccabees, beginning ‘Ozia lepra percusso in fronte'. It is apparently complete, but like Corpus...
Dates:
12th century-13th century.
Notebook kept by the 6th Marquess of Lothian, chiefly concerning the service in Ireland of the Midlothian Fencible Cavalry Regiment, of which he was Colonel., 1797-1799.
Item
Identifier: MS.5750
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains copies of correspondence, orders, etc., a report of the Regiment's movements in the 1798 rebellion, and, inter alia, a treatise, 1801, on the etymology of military words (folio 68 verso), two stories (folios 103 verso, 136 verso), and notes on military theory.
Dates:
1797-1799.
Notes and notebooks of George Dundas of Dundas, advocate., 18th century.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.6.1-80.6.14
Scope and Contents
The manuscripts are either in the hand of George Dundas, or bear evidence of his ownership.
Dates:
18th century.
Notes of George Dundas of Dundas: treatise on mathematics., 18th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.6.6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The manuscripts are either in the hand of George Dundas, or bear evidence of his ownership.
Dates:
18th century.
Notes of George Dundas of Dundas: treatise on music by – Bayne, prefaced by verses headed `The Master of Stormont to his freind Mr. Bayne on his Treatise of Musick.’, 18th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.6.9
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The manuscripts are either in the hand of George Dundas, or bear evidence of his ownership.
Dates:
18th century.
Paper titled 'Agriculture,' by Henry Fletcher of Saltoun, including also drawings for farm buildings and a hexagonal church., 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.17830
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning science.
Paper titled 'Arithmetick,' by Henry Fletcher of Saltoun., 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.17827
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning science.
Paper titled 'Elements of Geometry’, by Henry Fletcher of Saltoun., 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.17828
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning science.
Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning law ., 17th century-18th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17807-17825
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
17th century-18th century.
Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning science., 18th century-early 19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17826-17849
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
18th century-early 19th century.
Papers on agriculture and horticulture, the majority by or for Lord Milton, but with some by Henry Fletcher of Saltoun, his wife Margaret Carnegie, and General John Fletcher of Saltoun., 1717-1805, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17829
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
1717-1805, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning science.
Papers, undated, of Hugh Dalrymple Murray Kynynmound concerning law and politics., Early 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.12810
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) 'Dialogue A & B on Mare liberum & clausum law' (folio 1);
(ii) 'On Pitmeddens treaties of Mutilation & Demembration' (folio 8);
(iii) 'Introduction to a treatise on the Constitution of Scotland' (folio 13);
(iv) 'The hereditary right of the Crown of Scotland asserted' (folio 20);
(v) "On Abercrombie's first volume" (referring to Patrick Abercromby, ‘Martial achievements of the Scots Nation’, volume 1 (Edinburgh, 1711)) (folio 32);
(vi) 'Answers...
Dates:
Early 18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family.
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Literary papers, apparently of Hugh Dalrymple Murray Kynynmound of Melgund and Kynynmound (died 1741), Advocate, second son of Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, of Hailes, and father-in-law of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet of Minto.
Part of a Gaelic grammatical treatise (written in the traditional character) giving the paradigms of a number of nouns and verbs., 17th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.1745
Scope and Contents
Among several citations from bardic verse are one from Tadhg Dali Ó Huiginn (died circa 1591), and one from a poem by Eoghan Mac an Bhaird (died 1609) on the death of Ruaidhri Ó Domhnaill, Earl of Tirconnel, which took place in Rome in 1608.
Dates:
17th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts: part of a Gaelic grammatical treatise, a chronicle of the Kings of Scotland, and answers of John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol, to certain interrogatories put to him concerning his negotiations with Spain for the marriage of Charles I.
Photostat of 'De Coniugio Sacerdotum', a treatise by John MacAlpine (Maccabeus), Prior of the Dominicans at Perth and afterwards Professor of Theology at Copenhagen., 16th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.485
Dates:
16th century.
Photostat of 'The Art of Music collecit out of all Ancient Doctouris of Music' [by a Scotsman], taken from the British Library, Addit. MS.4911., [1635, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.7196, folios 1-257
Scope and Contents
The treatise is divided into three parts.(a) Fifteen chapters with the title 'Quhat is mensural music', containing examples of twenty-five canons with resolutions. This section is called 'the secund part of Music', and it may therefore be presumed that an earlier volume was written by the same author. (Folio 1.)(b) 'Music Mensurall', beginning with five chapters on counterpoint and followed by examples of harmony in three, four and five parts. (Folio 90.)...
Dates:
[1635, or before.]
Photostats of manuscript additions to ‘Ane compendius Tractiue ... ‘ by Abbot Quintin Kennedy (St Andrews, 1558), including copies of two treatises by Kennedy., [Before 1565.]
File
Identifier: MS.8494, folios 43-83
Dates:
[Before 1565.]
Printed Books from the Riddell Collection., 1718-1850.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.25.8.1-25.8.42
Scope and Contents
Printed books owned by John Riddell, consisting of standard works of Scottish genealogical reference, volumes of printed session papers, collections of papers in peerage and other claims, and copies of some of Riddell`s published works.
Dates:
1718-1850.
Seven works on medical subjects., 13th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.6.1(iv), folios 32-151
Scope and Contents
`Practica’ by Bartolomaeus Salernitanus; printed in ‘Collectio Salernitana’, volume 4, page 321). Author and title are not given. (Folio 32.)`Practica` by Joannes Platearius. (Folio 68.) At the end are added a series of recipes (14th century, folios 111-112). There are notes, 15th century, in the lower margins of folios 72, 75 verso, 86, and 111 verso.`Exceptiones de disputatione phisicorum et arte medicorum`. (Folio 112 verso.)`Liber aureus` by Joannes...
Dates:
13th century.
Seven works on medical subjects., 14th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.6.9(ii), folios 49-58
Scope and Contents
End of an unidentified work, explicit `ad attrahendum hunc (?) sine scarificatione` (folio 49).Matthaeus Salernus, `Tractatus pulsuum`, incipit `Pulsus ut dicit Philaretus est motio cordis` (‘Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin’, column 1151), headed `De pulsibus` without author (folio 49).`De diebus creticis`, incipit `De criticis diebus tractaturi uideamus` (‘Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin’, column 370)....
Dates:
14th century.
Style book of Scots Law forms, of the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century., Late 17th century-early 18th century.
Series
Identifier: MSS.2802-2803
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Many of the manuscripts contain notes, indexes, etc., by George Neilson.
Dates:
Late 17th century-early 18th century.
Style book of Scots law forms of the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century., Late 17th century-early 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.2802
Scope and Contents
The styles are prefaced by a short treatise in nineteen chapters entitled "Observationes anent Security's" (folio 1).
Dates:
Late 17th century-early 18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts collected by George Neilson, Glasgow, author of ‘Trial by combat’ (Glasgow, 1890) and joint-editor of the ‘Acta Dominorum Concilii, 1496-1501’ (Edinburgh, 1918).
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Style book of Scots Law forms, of the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century.
`Summa magistri Walteri de Agelon facta de dosis medicinarum`, and a list of symptoms., 14th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.6.9(iii), folios 59-68
Scope and Contents
`Summa magistri Walteri de Agelon facta de dosis medicinarum`, incipit `Medicinarum uero quedam sunt simplices quedam composite` (‘Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin’, column 860) (folio 59).A list of symptoms, incipit `Significat solutionem se acute mediante fluxu sanguinis a naribus’ (folio 65 verso).Vacant spaces are filled in by different hands of the 14th and 15th centuries with recipes (folios 65, 68 verso, some of the latter in...
Dates:
14th century.
`The Customs of Amsterdam Concerning assurances`., 1598.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.6.2.2(ix), folios 77v-81
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The manuscript is in the hand of Robert Mylne, and his initials are recorded on the inside front cover. The latest document is dated 1706, and the manuscript was probably written soon after that date. On the flyleaf a contemporary hand has written `This Book Considering the Valuable Miscellanies therein cannot be sold under ten dollars at least [[ … ]] I.V.G.`
Dates:
1598.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Volume containing inter alia translations or copies, 1706 or after, of treatises on maritime law, chancery styles, and Crown patrimony, an index to Stair’s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’, and copies of Scottish patents, 16th and 17th century.
`The Jurisdiction off the Admiralitie off France Both in tyme off peace and warre.`
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.6.2.2(v), folios 40v-47
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The manuscript is in the hand of Robert Mylne, and his initials are recorded on the inside front cover. The latest document is dated 1706, and the manuscript was probably written soon after that date. On the flyleaf a contemporary hand has written `This Book Considering the Valuable Miscellanies therein cannot be sold under ten dollars at least [[ … ]] I.V.G.`
Dates:
16th century-1706.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Volume containing inter alia translations or copies, 1706 or after, of treatises on maritime law, chancery styles, and Crown patrimony, an index to Stair’s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’, and copies of Scottish patents, 16th and 17th century.