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Booklet entitled "Paraphrases des Psaumes I-II-XVI-XXXVI-CXXIX par André Melvin", 1906-1907
Item
Identifier: Coll-1848/Df.7.42
Scope and Contents
This is a booklet entitled "Paraphrases des Psaumes I-II-XVI-XXXVI-CXXIX par André Melvin", which contains reproductions of manuscript psalms and two enclosed manuscript letters addressed to Sir William Turner from Paul Mellon, Association Franco-Écossaise, Sorbonne, 1907. The booklet is dedicated to William Turner: "Offert à Monsieur William Turner Recteur de l'Université d'Edimbourg et au Conseil Académique par M. P. Mellon, Secrétaire Général du Comité de Patronage des Étudiants Étrangers...
Dates:
1906-1907
De Motu Cordis by St Thomas Aquinas, 1457
Part
Identifier: MS 112/ff. 324v-325r
Scope and Contents
Incomplete copy of De Motu Cordis ('On the Motion of the Heart') by St Thomas Aquinas. It starts on f. 324v with the words 'Quoniam omne quod movetur necesse est habere motorem...', and ends incompletely on f. 325r with the words 'unde proveniunt in ipsa diversae apprehensiones et affectiones.'. Someone added the comment 'hic est defectus' ('here is an absence,...
Dates:
1457
Farnese, Alexander. Letter from the Duke of Parma to King James VI of Scotland, 1589
piece
Identifier: De.1.12/20
Scope and Contents
This is a letter from Alexander Farnese, the Duke of Parma to James VI of Scotland, thanking him for the protection offered to Spanish survivors of the Armada that landed in Scotland.
Dates:
1589
Henry, Prince of Wales, Son of James I. Letter from Prince Henry to his father the King, 1601-1602
piece
Identifier: De.1.12/7
Scope and Contents
This is a letter, with a typed translation, from Henry, Prince of Wales to his father, James VI. In it he is showing his father how much improved are his reading and writing skills.
Dates:
1601-1602
Letters of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Part
Identifier: MS 113/ff. 310r-311v
Scope and Contents
This section contains two letters of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, and a short text.'Bernardus ad R[omanus] romane ecclesie subdyaconum' ('To Romanus, Sub-deacon of the Roman Church'); letter from Bernard to Master Henry Murdag starting on f. 310r with the words 'Dilecto suo...Quid mirum si inter prospera fluctuas et adversa'.'Epistola beati Bernardi abbati ad Magistrum...
Dates:
c 1444-1445