Treatise on the various kinds of sin, in Italian, with volume of sermons by St. Caesar, bishop of the Solitary Monks, meritoriously named 'Speculum Monachorum'. At the end is this note, ' Iste liber est Monasterii St, Georgii de Ferraria Ordinis Montis Ol, 16th Century
Scope and Contents
Bound volumes constitute Section III of the Laing Collection with shelfmarks La.III. This long series of bound volumes includes copies of the scriptures and portions of the scriptures on vellum; breviaries and missals on vellum; treatises, discourses, sermons and notes on theological matters; and, treatises and notes on philosophical matters. There is historical, legal, and biographical material, and also letters. Within the series too there are some well known Scottish musical texts, poems, and the miniatures of Jacobean London in Michael van Meer'sStammboek. The Section also contains the Thorkelin Correspondence, being letters addressed to Grimur Jonsson Thorkelin.
Dates
- Creation: 16th Century
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
From the Fonds: 300 boxes and 740 volumes, approx (maximum 72 linear metres)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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