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White, James Cathcart, 1853-1943 (Edinburgh graduate and advocate)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1853 - 1943

Biography

James Cathcart White (1853-1943), an Edinburgh graduate and advocate, left the Library a fine collection of some 360 works and a significant sum of money which is still used to purchase books and manuscripts today.

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Composite manuscript including four texts, mostly the Decretales Gregorii IX et Innocentii IV, 2nd half of the 13th century

 Item
Identifier: MS 300
Scope and Contents MS 300 contains four texts bound together, in different hands. It includes a copy of the Decretales Gregorii IX (Decretals of Pope Gregory IX) ordered by Pope Gregory IX, and put together by his chaplain and confessor, Raymond of Peñafort, and a copy of the Decretales Innocentii IV (Decretals of Innocent IV). Verses have been added to the volume in blank space during the 13th century, as well as a poem of twenty-one long lines...
Dates: 2nd half of the 13th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

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