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Annotated copy of 'Questions in divinity with instructions to candidates for orders and an appendix of forms'
Fonds
Identifier: MS 5010
Scope and Contents
Interleaved copy of 'Questions in divinity with instructions to candidates for Orders and an appendix of forms' by Rev Jospeh Lawson Sisson, DD, bound together with 'A collection of ordination questions as given at the texamination for Holy Orders of priests and deacons with a sketch of the different denominations of Christians' printed by and for J. Hall. Manuscript answers to the questions by Rev J [Johnson] Grant, MA, are given throughout. On the first title page, the name of Rev J. L....
Dates:
1832-1837
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Annotated copy of 'The Confession of Faith; The Larger and Shorter Catechisms with the Scripture-proofs at Large:' belonging to Rev Paton James Gloag (1823-1906)
Collection
Identifier: MS 5011
Scope and Contents
Annotated copy of 'The Confession of Faith; The Larger and Shorter Catechisms with the Scripture-proofs at Large: together with The Sum of Saving Knowledge, (contained in the Holy Scriptures, and held forth in the said confession and catechisms,) and practical use thereof; Covenants, National and Solemn League; acknowledgement of sins, and engagement to duties; directories for publick and family worship; form of Church government, etc. of publick authority in the Church of Scotland. With...
Dates:
1810
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Annotated New Testament of Prof James Moffatt (1870-1944), biblical scholar and church historian
Fonds
Identifier: MS MOF
Scope and Contents
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Dates:
1913
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Anonymous essays entitled ‘An Essay upon the connection between true faith in the Gospel and holiness in heart and life’ and ‘An essay on the nature and necessity of regeneration’
Fonds
Identifier: MS ESS
Scope and Contents
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Dates:
c.1789
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Antiphonal of Benedictine use, in Latin
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1316
Scope and Contents
This is a manuscript volume, written on paper, and has 106 leaves, measuring 155mm by 90mm, with rubrics and staves in red. It is bound in original leather over pasteboards.
Dates:
1700-1799
Antique forgery of a letter from Robert Burns to James Johnson
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1166
Scope and Contents
Letter refers to ill-health, and to mis-spellings in 'Hyslop's bill'. It is address to Mr. Jas. Johnson, Engraver, Music Shop, Lawn Market, Edinburgh.
The collection also includes a cover, noted: 'Letter of the poet Burns received from Mr. James Stewart Merchant Burrowstounness January 1851'.
Dates:
1796
Archive of illustrators Alison Douglas Tod and Richard Tod
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2029
Scope and Contents
This is an extensive archive of material relating to the children's stories and illustrations produced by this Newport-on-Tay father and daughter duo: Richard, who was active between 1901 and 1917 and who worked both under his own name and as "Uncle Jack", and Alison, who appears to have been busy in the 1940s. The collection comprises draft manuscripts and typescripts, final typescript versions, preliminary sketches on paper and on tracing paper, finished artwork, and a small amount of...
Dates:
c 1900-1940s
Archive of ms material relating to work on Baron Corvo by Donald Weeks
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1580
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of 23 x folders, containing the following items:
1-2: Two ts letters from Ian Fletcher to Donald Weeks - Postal stamped: 8th August 1964 & 5th August 1964
3-5: Three letters addressed to Donald Weeks - Dated: (ms) 31st Dec. 1962 from L. Green, (ts) 21st July 1966 from F. Weatherhead, and (ts) 6th Feb. 1985 from Dr. E Bruce Tovee.
6: One...
Dates:
1939-1986
Archive of productions of Varsity Vanities and various dramatic groups
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1581
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of: an archive of productions of 'Varsity Vanities', 1946-48, and various dramatic groups including Edinburgh University Dramatic Society, SRC Charities Week Office, Attic Theatre Co., Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group, and others.
The material is placed in two photograph albums and a "document store", which contain photographs, programmes, cuttings, posters and correspondence.
Dates:
1946-1951
Archive of Sheena Lillian Tennant Kendall
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2055
Content Description
This fonds consists of autograph sheet music, printed music sheets, notebooks, and diaries of Sheena Lillian Tennant Kendall, "one of the first women composers" who studied under the famous Parisian composer and music teacher Nadia Boulanger. Most items are related to Kendall's music and her music- and theatre-related social activities in Munich and in London, but there are also three diaries describing her trip to India in 1912-1913.
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Dates:
1902-1933