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Five 13th-century medical manuscripts, possibly written in England, with additions of the 14th and 15th centuries.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.6.1
Scope and Contents

The manuscripts had been bound into one volume by the 15th century. The contents are: (i) translation, by Constantinus Africanus, of 'De gradibus simplicum' by Isaac and the end of an unidentified work, with recipes added in later hands; (ii) Gerard, 'De modo medendi', with recipes and notes added by later hands; (iii) a work on digestion; (iv) seven works on medical subjects; (v) the end of an unidentified work on the degrees of medicine, with added recipes in French.

Dates: 13th century.

Four or five medical manuscripts of the 14th century, with additions of the 14th and 15th centuries.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.6.9(i)-(v)
Scope and Contents

The volume has been heavily trimmed, leading to the partial loss of some headings and marginal notes.

Dates: 14th century.

Fragments of at least 7 and perhaps 8 manuscripts on medicine and astrology, some, if not all, English.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.7.11A-H; (former binding)
Scope and Contents

A and E may be in the same hand and from the same manuscript.

Dates: 14th century-15th century.

Manuscript, of uncertain origin written in the 12th or 13th century, containing medical treatises.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.6.13
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Gariopontus, `Passionarius Galeni`, in seven books. The author`s name is not given; the title in the incipit is `liber Galieni ad Glaucum nepotem` (cf. British Library, Royal MS.12 E.XX, folio 33), in the explicit `liber Galieni Passionarius`. (Folio 1.)(ii) `Antidotarius particularis`, incipit `Aurea alexandrina antidotum facias ad reuma` (cf. ‘Catalogue of Incipits of Medieval Scientific Writings in Latin’, column...
Dates: 12th century-13th century.

Microfilm of medical manuscript of undetermined origin.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.507
Dates: 12th century-13th century.

Papers of the Skene family of Hallyards in Midlothian.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.10
Scope and Contents Most of the documents belonged to John Skene (died 1644), the second son of Lord Curriehill, and to his son John, 2nd of Hallyards (died before 1699).The subjects include estate matters (in particular, the teinds of Hallyards) and political matters such as the sequestration of goods in the second half of the 17th century, and the raising and quartering of troops. The elder Skene was a Clerk of Session, and a number of legal papers are included in the volume, one of which (folio...
Dates: 1563-1710.