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Microfilm of collection of thirty-nine seventeenth-century sermons, many of them transcribed in 1624.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1041
Dates:
17th century.
Microfilm of list, 1st quarter of 15th century-1652, concerning bequests of money and property to various religious institutions; Sermons, 1756-1776; and valuation, 17th century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.373
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
‘A perfyte inventar of all the pious donations gevin to kirks and hospitalls since the dayes of king James the first to the reigne of king James the sixt’, 1st quarter of 15th century-1652 (Adv.MS.15.2.25);Sermons, 1756-1760, preached by John Hyndman, minister of St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh (Adv.MS.15.2.26);Notes for sermons, 1773-1776, preached in Perthshire, Scotland (Adv.MS.15.2.27);Valuation, 17th century, of Perthshire...
Dates:
1st quarter of 15th century-1776.
Microfilm of manuscript, possibly from Mount Athos, of St Dorotheus and sermons of Isaias, with an account of the miracle performed by the Virgin at Blachernae.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.459
Dates:
Late 10th century-early 11th century.
Microfilm of papers, 1592-1654, of Sir James Balfour; and, sermons, 1660, of Presbyterian preachers.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.361
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
“Order of King Charles’ entering Edinburghe in stait at ye vest porte, and his march trough the towne to Holyrood House 15 Junij 1633”, and notes on other ceremonies, by Sir James Balfour, in his own handwriting (Adv.MS.15.2.17);Notes, 1592-1606, of Sir James Balfour on the order of court dignitaries on ceremonial occasions. (Adv.MS.15.2.18);Collection of sermons, 1660, by Presbyterian preachers (Adv.MS.15.2.20);Commonplace...
Dates:
1592-1660.
Microfilm of preaching-book of John of Grimestone, a Franciscan friar from Norfolk.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.61
Dates:
1372.
Microfilm of preaching book of John of Grimestone, a Franciscan friar from Norfolk.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.165
Dates:
1372.
Microfilm of Sermones de Tempore, a homiliary, early 12th century; and, medical manuscripts, 13th century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.423
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Sermones de Tempore, a homiliary written in the early 12th century for Rochester Cathedral Priory (Adv.MS.18.2.4).
Two English medical manuscripts, each written by two scribes of the thirteenth century, bound together from an early date (Adv.MS.18.2.5).
Dates:
Early 12th century, 13th century.
Microfilm of sermons in the hand of Archbishop Spottiswoode.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1045
Dates:
[?1615.]
Microfilm of sermons of Adam of Dryburgh, and other works.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.446
Dates:
Early 15th century.
Microfilm of theological works of Saints Jerome, Augustine, and others, written in the 12th century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.851
Dates:
12th century.
Miscellaneous manuscript and a few printed items.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.19
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Printed prospectus of the Sanitary Protection Association of Edinburgh, late 19th century. (Folio 1.)(ii) Printed list of members, with subscriptions, of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries (Konungliga Norraena Fornfraeda-Felag), 1849, in Icelandic. There are also an extract from the constitution of the Society (in French), a note on the subscriptions (in Danish), and a list of the books published by the Society....
Dates:
1561, 17th century-late 19th century.
Miscellaneous material, mostly of a religious nature.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.3.9
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `A Testamentary Memoir written by Theophilus, in which his own dearest concerns are Ingenuously Narrated, and sundry of a more publick Nature are also touched, all Addressed to his surviving friends`, early 18th century. This is similar in style to the ‘Memorial` of James Hog, and the hand is probably the same as that of Adv.MS.32.3.8. The author appears to have written other memorials and a short history of the Covenanters based...
Dates:
18th century.
Notebook belonging to William Rankin, James Rankin, and, finally, to Gabriel Rankin of Orchardhead.
Item
Identifier: MS.6159
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Memoranda relating to financial and other transactions of Rankin of Orchardhead, 1605 (folio 1); 1605-1609 (folio 2 inverted);(ii) Miscellaneous material, mid-seventeenth century: 'Lactari cordato et greca lingua studioso' (folio 4); latin verses (folio 12 inverted); sermons and historical notes (folio 13 inverted);(iii) Material relating to Alexander Mure, portioner of Grange of Bothkennar: 'Rentall of the Bacraw', 1639,...
Dates:
1605-1725.
Notebook containing twelve sermons for use at Communion.
Item
Identifier: MS.9351
Scope and Contents
Each sermon is followed by notes of the occasions on which it was delivered, from which it appears that the owner was an itinerant preacher working mainly in East Fife, 1817-1845, but with a few visits to Edinburgh and Glasgow. There is also a record of the numbers of communicants from 1814 to 1841 (folio i verso).
Dates:
1814-1845.
Notebook of Giles Macadam containing notes of sermons by Ralph Wardlaw and others.
Item
Identifier: Acc.3335
Dates:
1832-1834.
Notebook of Richard Fursman.
Item
Identifier: Acc.3924
Scope and Contents
Containing a system of shorthand, notes on Hebrew grammar and four sermons.
Dates:
1658-1662.
Notebooks of members of the Steuart family of Coltness.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15948-15949
Dates:
1636-1742.
Notebooks of the Reverend William Graham.
Series
Identifier: Acc.6611/1-4
Dates:
circa 1847-circa 1861.
Notes titled, 'Hints and reflections', of satirical sermons and meditations on public affairs.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.7.13
Dates:
1742-1745.
Papers, including correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of sermons, lectures, reviews, and reports, of the Reverend Prof John Foster.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6087 Box 1(1)-Box 5(4)
Dates:
Circa 1920-circa 1973.