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Letters to and papers collected by James Greig (1861-1941), art critic of the ‘Morning Post’.
Lindsay Armorial: the armorial register of Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, Lyon King of Arms from 1542 to 1555.
List, arranged geographically, of the ministers, exhorters, and readers in Scotland, with their stipends, in 1568-1572, written by Robert Keith, Bishop of Fife.
Prefixed is a copy of Adv.MS.17.1.4, folio 2 (which belonged to Keith).
Originally part (Inv. XIV) of the Rose Collection, Adv.MSS.49.7.1-49.7.20.
List, early 19th century, of the kings of Norway and Denmark who ruled Iceland; and list, 19th century, of royal edicts relating to Iceland, 1450-1801.
`List of the haill Knight Baronets of Scotland preceiding the union with the daites of their Diplomas`, an alphabetical list in the hand of the antiquary Robert Mylne, of the Knights Baronet of Nova Scotia, 1625-1707.
‘List of the Nos. in Collington Parish in 1780’.
Lists of manuscripts belonging to Sir Robert Sibbald and others.
Lists of Presbyterian and Episcopalian ministers, the names arranged under the presbyteries in each synod.
Lists of Scottish Presbyterian and Episcopalian ministers.
Manuscript, 18th century, containing lists of peers and barons taken from the Rolls of Parliament and lists and copies of charters taken from the records of the Great Seal (both sources being then unpublished).
Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of single poems and small collections of poems by various poets.
Manuscript checklist of the works of Eden Phillpotts, compiled by W M Parker.
Manuscript, circa 1600, of Robert Lindesay, "History and Chronicles of Scotland".
With a list of the Bishops of Moray to 1638, and a letter, 1847, of Cosmo Innes to William Brodie, concerning the manuscript.
Manuscript concerning crown patrimony and south-west Scotland, written by two hands, the first, of the first half of the 18th century, being responsible for section (i), the second, circa 1760, for the remainder.
Manuscript ‘List of Electors of the County of Perth’, possibly prepared by one of the rival parties for the parliamentary by-election of that year (May 1834).
In addition to details extracted from the electoral rolls, the list has a column reserved, but not used, for `Observations` of canvassers.
Manuscript list of paintings of George F Robson, to be shown in an exhibition by Society of Painters in Watercolour.
Manuscript notes and writings of George Mackay Brown, including journal entries, lists, drafts of a short story, review, and poems.
Manuscript of chapters 1-2 and 4-11 of ‘The first ascent of Mont Blanc’, and of the 'List of Ascents, etc.' and 'Bibliography', written by Professor Thomas Graham Brown.
Chapter 3 was written by Sir Gavin de Beer, who also prepared and annotated the appendices, but this portion of the book is not represented in the manuscript.
Manuscript of English-Gaelic vocabulary compiled by a blinded veteran of the 92nd (Gordon) Regiment, Malcolm MacPherson, at Bridge of Teith, Doune, Perthshire, and written for him by another.
Manuscript of Ewen MacLachlan’s ‘Celtic Analysis’.
Manuscript of 'Secretum secretorum' by Pseudo-Aristotle, 'De excidio Troiae' by Dares Phrygius, and 'Historia regum Britannie' by Geoffrey of Monmouth; written by a 13th- or 14th-century hand of uncertain origin.
Manuscript of 'The Gododdin' by William Owen Pughe, with facing English translation, and other papers.
Manuscript of the ‘Historia Ecclesiastica’ by Bede, probably from Exeter Cathedral.
Manuscript of the ‘Regiam Maiestatem’, baron court laws, burgh and guild laws, and some other legal texts, some in Scots, written by George Cuyk (later clerk of the Privy Seal) in 1528.
Manuscript on botany.
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:
(i) `Historia plantarum in horto regio Parisiensi`, late 17th century (folio 1). A list of plants, followed (folio 275) by a list of the trees and shrubs. They are closely related to Joseph Pitton de Tournefort`s Schola Botanica (Amsterdam, 1689), but are not as full.
(ii) `Methodus plantarum secundum D.D. Turnefortij principia Adornata`, dated at Paris, 14 April 1696 (folio 305).