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Microfilm of 11th and 12th century manuscripts.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.350
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Manuscript of the late 11th and early 12th century containing: the 'Paradisus' of Heraclides; the 'Historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae temper Wandalorum' of Victor Vitensis; 'De corpore et sanguine Domini' of Paschasius Radbertus (attributed to Rabanus Maurus); 'De corpore Domini contra Berengarium' of Guitmund; and two sermons of St Augustine of Hippo (Adv.MS.18.4.3);Medical manuscript, 1st half of 12th century, written in South France or...
Dates: Late 11th century-1st half of 12th century.

Microfilm of assorted 17th-century manuscripts.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.360
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Copies of Acts and minutes of sederunt of the second session of the first parliament of King William and Queen Marie, 15 April 1690, in a contemporary hand. (Adv.MS.15.2.12);Heraldic and genealogical material, 2nd quarter of 17th century, in the hand of Sir James Balfour (Adv.MS.15.2.13);Treatise, 1st half of 17th century, ‘On nobility’ by Sir James Balfour (Adv.MS.15.2.14);Description of Italy, its principal towns and most...
Dates: 2nd quarter of 17th century-1655.

Microfilm of documents concerning the Highlands of Scotland, including a history of the Macdonalds.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.861
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: ‘Some remarks on the Highland clans and methods proposed for civilising them’, early 18th century (Adv.MS.16.1.14);‘State of Emigration from the Highlands of Scotland, its extent, causes, and proposed remedy.’ An apparently unpublished treatise, dated ‘London March 21st 1803’ (Adv.MS.35.6.18);Manuscript copy of the English ‘History of the Macdonalds’, ascribed by Donald Gregory to a Hugh Macdonald, [1829, or after] (Adv.MS.73.1.12);...
Dates: Early 18th century-[1827, or after].

Microfilm of genealogical material.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.28
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Genealogical material, 17th century-18th century, relating to various families in Scotland (Adv.MS.16.2.5);Collection of papers, 16th century, relating to Scottish earldoms, with transcripts, early twentieth century, by Sir Alexander Lawrie, of early charters and other documents (Adv.MS.19.1.18);Copy, 16th century, of `Recueil des Principaux Seigneurs qui passerent la Mer avec Guillaume Conquereur d`Angleterre`, a treatise on the...
Dates: 16th century-18th century.

Microfilm of 'Liber taxarum' of the Papal Chancery; and, ‘Meroure of Wyssdome’ by John Ireland.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.420
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Manuscript produced in 1484, a 'Liber taxarum' of the Papal Chancery (Adv.MS.18.2.1);

‘Meroure of Wyssdome’ by John Ireland, ?1490 (Adv.MS.18.2.8).

Dates: 1484, ?1490.

Microfilm of works of Robert Mylne, Alexander Hume and William Drummond.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.196
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Index, early 18th century, to ‘Mercurius Aulicus’ for 1641-1661, in the hand of Robert Mylne, ‘as also to the large vol. of Mercurius’ (Adv.MS.13.2.1);Copies of historical works of Alexander Hume, preceded by a Latin treatise. Includes ‘De foedere Dei cum homine’ by Alexander Hume, 1653 (Adv.MS.13.2.3);Copy, 17th century, of five prose tracts of William Drummond, of Hawthornden, the poet, written between 1638 and 1642 about the time of...
Dates: 1638- early 18th century.

Microfilm of various Gaelic manuscripts.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1391
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Manuscript, 18th century, containing a collection of tales by an anonymous Irish scribe (Adv.MS.72.2.6);Composite manuscript, 18th century, of miscellaneous Gaelic texts (Adv.MS.72.2.8).Compendium of medical treatises, 1611-1614, in Gaelic, written by Angus Beaton (Adv.MS.72.2.10);   Cath Fhionntragha, Gaelic manuscript, 18th century, of folk-tales, in the hand of Alexander MacDonald (Alasdair Mac Mhaighistir Alasdair)...
Dates: 1611-18th century.