Erskine, James, 1722-1796 (Lord Barjarg and Alva | Scottish lawyer)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1723 - 1796
Biography
James Erskine, Lord Barjarg and Alva (1723–13-May 1796) was the son of Charles Erskine, Lord Tinwald. He was an 18th-century Scottish lawyer who rose to be a Senator of the College of Justice. He is buried in St Cuthbert's churchyard, Edinburgh.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
MS 107: Composite manuscript including twenty-four texts, 13th-14th century
Item
Identifier: MS 107
Contents
Contains twenty-four texts, in two different hands. This manuscript was made in England and dates from the 13th-14th century; the texts are various religious tracts in Latin, Old French, and Middle English.Flyleaves: Unidentified Latin text and the start of a Contents list in a 17th-century handff. 1r-28v: De Miseria Condicionis Humane (On the wretchedness of the human condition) by Pope Innocent...
Dates:
13th-14th century
MS 171: Livre de Phisique et Cirurgie, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 171
Contents
This manuscript contains an anonymous book on medicine and surgery written in Middle French in the 15th century, in which we find common topics of medieval medicine such as astrological medicine and the theory of humours. Five folios are missing: ff. I, XXXII, XXXIII (according to the original foliation) and two folios of the index at the end.ContentsText: starts imperfectly on f. 1r with the following words: ...
Dates:
15th century