Manuscripts.
Found in 6597 Collections and/or Records:
Various papers of William, James and Charles Chisholme and others., 1777-1814.
The papers include reports of proceedings in the House of Lords, 1812-1814, sent to Lord Sinclair while he was in Scotland (folio 95), and papers of John Leslie and William Walker, with whom William Chisholme was concerned as executor and creditor (folio 170).
Various works edited by Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., [1940, or before]-1953.
Various works of Ovid in a manuscript by Nicolas Crabel, written at Padua in 1448-1449, with additions of the later 15th and 16th centuries
Verse, undated, by John Stuart Blackie., Mid 19th century-late 19th century.
The contents are as follows: sonnets (folio 1), songs (folio 42), an epic on Jack the Giant-killer, in Greek and English (folio 80), fragments of a drama on Prometheus (folio 132), and miscellaneous (folio 148).
Verses by Philip, chancellor of Paris (died 1236), beginning `Centrum capit cerculus quod est maius cerculo`., Before 1237.
Sections iv-vii are in the same hand. Folios 33 verso-34 verso are blank. There are a few pen drawings of faces in the margins.
Fragments of a 13th-century contents list from a collection of sermons have been used as binding strips; other fragments from the same source are in Adv.MS.18.2.4 and 18.4.5.
Verses on the fall of Troy, in 88 lines, beginning `Pergama flere volo fato danais data solo`. The title `Versus de excidio troie` is added in a later hand.
Sections iv-vii are in the same hand. Folios 33 verso-34 verso are blank. There are a few pen drawings of faces in the margins.
Fragments of a 13th-century contents list from a collection of sermons have been used as binding strips; other fragments from the same source are in Adv.MS.18.2.4 and 18.4.5.
Version of Robert Lindesay of Pitscottie's ‘Historie and Cronicles of Scotland'., 2nd half of 16th century.
‘View of the diocese of Aberdeen’, a volume of historical narrative written by Alexander Keith, episcopal minister at Cruden.
It includes descriptions of the civil parishes, biographies of bishops of the diocese, accounts of the old religious houses, collegiate churches and deaneries and of King`s College and University, parochial histories arranged by presbyteries and transcripts and extracts of documents relating to the history of the see.
[View of the] Town of Santerem., n.d.
Finished pencil sketch with river and boatmen in the foreground.
`Vigil of Old Age: Poems` by Ólafr Gunnlaugsson., 1776.
Note by F Magnusson: `No. 47. Exemplar unicum existens. Titulus ipse manu filii ejus celeberrimi Eggerhardi Olavii est exaratus`.
`Vindiciae Buchanani contra Camdenum` by David Hume of Godscroft., 1617.
The end of chapter 1 and beginning of chapter 2 are missing.
‘Vita Merlini Caledonii, metrice composita Galfrido Monumetensi’, being a transcript in the hand of George Ellis, of some passages of Cotton MS. Vespasian E.IV.7 in the British Museum, with summaries in English prose of the intervening passages, and with marginal notes, in the hand of George Ellis., 4th quarter of 13th century.
Many of the manuscripts contain notes, indexes, etc., by George Neilson.
"Vne estreine pour tres illustre et vertueuse dame la Contesse de Bedford", calligraphic manuscript by Esther Inglis.
Vocabulary to the works of Horace by Archibald Fletcher., 1749.
On the inside front cover is written 'E Libris And. Fletcher June 19 1749', but the name has been overwritten and was presumably originally 'Arch’.
Volume, compiled 1752, of the ‘Attorney General`s Opinions` on English excise cases, 1672-1707.
The collection is said by John Maule of Inverkeilor, Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, to have been `Copyed from a Book in the excise Office at Edinburgh and gifted to me by the Commissioners of Excise`. The case opinions are arranged chronologically and refer almost entirely to duties, allowances and other regulations on spirits, beer, cider, perry and vinegar. Entries from page 197 postdate the Union of 1707.
Volume compiled by Robert Pitcairn consisting of printed and some manuscript items of and concerning Archibald Pitcairne.
Volume containing a brief account of the formation of the Belles-Lettres Society, Edinburgh, in January 1759 (folio 1) and minutes of its meetings until 29 May 1761 written in the hands of its successive secretaries.
The minutes of most of the meetings from 30 March 1759 are signed by the president, who was elected for the evening.
Volume containing a copy of the statutes of the Royal College of Physicians of London and a manuscript of an apparently unpublished early edition of the Edinburgh ‘Pharmacopoeia’.
Volume containing a fair copy (possibly the original) of `Ane treatise of the Happie and Blissed Vnioun, betuixt the tua ancienne realmes of Scotland and England ... ` by John Russell (folio 1), followed by `Ane wther treatise, contiening the deuty and office, of ane Christiane prince, ...` (folio 21).
The manuscript is the earlier of two known copies, the other being in the British Library, Royal MS 18.A.LXXVI. This copy appears to have been written between May and October 1604: the other, which contains numerous differences, appears to have been written after October 1604, and probably in 1605, and was probably presented to King James.
Volume containing a few memoranda and copies of letters entered infrequently; it appears to have been discontinued and the contents recopied in other volumes., 1809-1810.
The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.