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Microfilm of manuscripts, chiefly notes and poems, of George Sibbald of Rankeillour, or in the hand of Sir Robert Sibbald.
Microfilm of manuscripts in the collection of Scottish and other music formed by Alexander Wood Inglis, Secretary to the Board of Manufactures.
Microfilm of manuscripts of Statius, Virgil, Ovid and Claudian.
The contents are as follows:
Two originally separate manuscripts, 12th century-13th century, of Statius and Virgil, bound together from at least the late 14th century, when the volume was in the Library of Dover Priory (Adv.MS.18.5.12);
Two originally separate manuscripts, late 12th century-13th century, of the ‘Fasti’ by Ovid and of major poems of Claudian, the former of which belonged to Leicester Abbey, bound together from at least the 16th century (Adv.MS.18.5.13).
Microfilm of manuscripts of three Middle-English texts: 'Liber maundevyle'; the poem 'Sir Cleges'; and, 'De regimine principum' by Thomas Hoccleve.
Microfilm of Margaret Sinkler's music-book, containing a collection of airs, chiefly Scottish; with notes thereon by Lady Dorothea Ruggles-Brise.
The contents are as follows:
Margaret Sinkler's music-book, 1710, containing a collection of chiefly Scottish airs (MS.3296 [Glen.143(i)]);
Notes, [1927, or before], on the airs in Margaret Sinkler's music-book, by Lady Dorothea Ruggles-Brise, who indicates in what collections, if any, they first appeared (MS.3297 [Glen.143(ii)]).
Microfilm of medical casebook containing the notes of a physician resident in the neighbourhood of Dalkeith.
Microfilm of memoranda for David Hume’s ‘History of England’, not in Hume’s handwriting except the titles which are written and signed by him; and, historical notes of David Hume.
'Memoranda for my history of England written in July 1745 or 46. David Hume. James Court, 1750’ (MS.732);
‘No. 2. Memorandum of Notes and dates for my history of England, 1749. David Hume. James Court’ (MS.733);
‘No. 5. See Miscellaneous Notes. Memoranda &c. for my history of England written during the year 1749. James Court. 1759. David Hume’ (MS.734);
Historical notes, [?1797-?1850], of David Hume (MS.786, folios 143-150).
Microfilm of minutes of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and notes of extraordinary business conducted at ordinary meetings.
Microfilm of miscellaneous autobiographical notes of Alexander Walker.
Microfilm of miscellaneous works, chiefly theological, written in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Microfilm of miscellaneous works, chiefly theological, written in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Microfilm of ‘M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. V’, being mainly a continuation of the scripts and editorial material for inclusion in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 3.
Microfilm of notebook containing works on musical theory, psalm tunes, miscellaneous recipes and a poem.
Microfilm of notebook of Sir James Matthew Barrie, containing notes on David Masson's lectures on rhetoric, 31 October-29 November 1881, written throughout in longhand.
Microfilm of notebooks of Robert Garioch Sutherland, containing drafts of poems, notes on harmony, Italian grammar and vocabulary, notes from Sutherland's reading, and other miscellaneous material.
Microfilm of notes, [1839, or after-circa 1855], compiled by William B D D Turnbull; and, papers, 1558-1620, concerning Mary Queen of Scots, collected by James Anderson.
Microfilm of notes in “Jamieson's dictionary of the Scottish language", revised edition (Paisley, 1912), notebooks and a journal of William Soutar.
Microfilm of notes, mostly etymological, by George Chalmers on his ‘Topographical Dictionary’: L-R.
Microfilm of ‘Notes of genealogies, etc’, in Walter Macfarlane’s handwriting, chiefly regarding his own family, and the Earl of Lennox.
Microfilm of notes of lectures on civil law and government, given by John Millar, who was Professor at Glasgow from 1761 to 1801.
The contents are as follows:
Notes, ?late 18th century, in an unknown hand, of lectures on civil law given by John Millar (MS.2743 (entire));
Student's notes of lectures, 1780-1781, on government given by Professor John Millar. (MS.3931 (part)).
Microfilm of notes of Prof D E R Watt concerning heads of Scottish religious houses.
Microfilm of notes on alchemy and philosophy.
The contents are as follows:
Alchemy: a compilation, 17th century (Adv.MS.5.2.1);
Notes, 1675-1676, on philosophy written by James Bisset from the lectures of Thomas Nicolson, Regent at Glasgow University (later, Vicar Apostolic of Scotland) (Adv.MS.5.2.2).