Comprises certificates for the ISF World Gymnasiade, Belgium (1990), the XIV Commonwealth Games, Auckland, New Zealand (24 January-3 February 1990) and the 1ers Jeux Européens du Sport Scolaire, Caenm (3-7 July 1992).
Correspondence in Chinese and in English, and coloured sketch of the Porcelain Tower in Nanking. There is little information on the origin and context of the documents. One of the letters has the following annotation: 'Letter to Rt from Dong - a chinese baptised ... from Ninqho who visited Edinburgh along with Dr McGowan in Oct Nov and Dec 1859 signed (Dong Patzai) translated by Dr McGowan'.
The file also includes some items in English on Joachim's concert appearances in London and a six stanza poem in French entitled 'A Joachim' signed by Georges Pioch (1873-1953) and dated 18 November 1906.
The excerpts begin on f.119r with the words Incipiunt auctoritates quedam beatissimi B[ernardi] ex[c]epte a gloriosis dictis ejusdem et ex libris and end on f.164r with the words et a facie tua defluxerunt montes.
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A paper manuscript of 180 pages, half bound. The volume consists of a large number of extracts from various sources, mainly Gaelic and Celtic. The compiler was Rev. John Smith, eldest son of Dr Smith of Campbeltown, who died early. The date of the book's compilation is around 1810. A table of contents is prefixed.Among the more important Celtic items are:(p.13) The well-known Ossianic ballad, "Òran a' Chléirich", called here "An Deilgneach Mhór", and said to have been...
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This interesting piece of Edinburgh educational history is a commonplace book composed in two periods, 1856 and from 1891-1901, from the teacher training college at Dairy House, Edinburgh and probably the Edinburgh Institution For The Education Of Young Ladies at 23, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh.1856 entries make up a leavers book with a charming large collection of signed and dated entries of verse quotations, well-wishes and original prose/verse in English, German & French...
Series — Box CLX-A-339: Series Coll-1711/5; Series Coll-1711/6; Series Coll-1711/7
Identifier:Coll-1711/6
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The papers consist of letters, notes, newspaper clippings, photographs, concert programmes and music scores mainly relating to Joseph Joachim. Most of the records date from the later part of his life and after his death. Other members of his family are mentioned too, in particular his wife Amalie Joachim and his nephew Harold Henry Joachim, as well as his grand-nieces Jelly d'Arányi and Adila Fachiri.The collection contains descriptions of Joseph Joachim’s character by his...
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This text, also known as Specchio di coscienza, is a treatise on sins written in vernacular Italian and addressed to penitents and worshippers. Its author is Saint Antoninus of Florence (1389-1459), member of the Dominican Order and Archbishop of Florence from 1446.It begins with a short introduction in Latin on f. 1r, starting with the words Omnis mortalium cura quam multiplitium studiorum labor...
