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Bound manuscript containing copies of papers relating to George Findlay
Fonds — Volume: Dk.3.53
Identifier: Coll-2180
Scope and Contents
Bound manuscript entitled "Extracts, letters and documents relative to the writings of George Finlay", the philhellene, followed by the quote: "one the more / To baffled millions who have gone before". The preface in dated at Athens, 31 January 1865. Contains copies of journal extracts, of letters, of published books, of "dedications", of "documents" (such as "the communication from the Greek minister of war announcing that the silver medal for services during the war of independence was...
Dates:
1865
Bound manuscript copy of Julian of Norwich’s Divine Revelations printed in 1670 by Cressy
Fonds
Identifier: MS CRE
Scope and Contents
Manuscript copy of Julian of Norwich's 'Revelations of divine love', copied from the 1670 edition published by Serenus de Cressy.Title page reads:
'XVI Revelations of Divine Love, Shewed to a Devout Servant of our Lord, called Mother Juliana, an Achorite of Norwich. Who lived in the days of King Edward the Third. Published by R.f.S. Cressy. Accedite ad Deum [and] Illuminamini. Psal.33.v.5. Printed in the Year MDCLXX [1670]. Permissu Superiorum'Volume is a quarto with...
Dates:
1670
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Bound manuscript entitled "A Collection of choice Songs English and Scots In Two Parts", compiled by John Robinson
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2081
Scope and Contents
This is a bound collection of Scottish and English popular songs and ballads assembled and transcribed by John Robinson, an alumnus of Appleby Grammar School, who later served as Member of Parliament for Westmoreland.The volume is divided in two parts: part one, "Chiefly English", starts on p. 1, and ends on p. 74. The very first poem, entitled "Dedication", is taken from Scottish bookseller-poet Allan Ramsay's Tea-table miscellany:...
Dates:
1765
Bound manuscript entitled: "The fugitive essays & literary correspondence of the Earl of Buchan collected from various periodical works. Volume second."
Fonds — Volume: Dk.2.12
Identifier: Coll-2147
Scope and Contents
This is a manuscript volume entitled "The fugitive essays & literary correspondence of the Earl of Buchan collected from various periodical works. Volume second." (note pasted on third page). A pencil note indicates that the "Earl of Buchan" is David Stewart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan.
Dates:
1603-1802
Bound medical lecture notes and certificates of Victor F. Usher
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1886
Scope and Contents
Seventeen volumes of lectures notes by Victor Field Usher, a medical student at the University of Edinburgh in 1902-1907, who became the first physician to introduce Arsphenamine (the first effective treatment for syphilis, developed by Prof. Paul Ehrlich) to the UK. The fonds includes:
Three volumes entitled Practice of Medicine - Gibson, Philip & Bruce containing...
Dates:
1903-1908
Bound ms volume, 'Compendium of the Hebrew Grammar'
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1555, Volume: Coll-1783 / SC-Acc-2016-0163
Identifier: Coll-1783
Scope and Contents
An original manuscript work drawing from the Compendium of Hebrew Grammar (1705), by Robert Clavering (1676-1747), English bishop and Hebraist. Quarto. 18th century vellum boards. Ink on paper. 51ff written on rectos only, ending 'Finis', and with additional blank leaves at end.
Clear, legible hand with several tables of Hebrew characters.
Inscription to paste-down reads, 'Willm Henry Haggard, June 1st 1774-Aug 4'
Dates:
1774
Bound volume containing bookplate designs (ex David Laing)
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1961
Scope and Contents
Book containing twenty-one original designs for bookplates, dating from 1665 to the beginning of the 20th century, of which sixteen came from the collection of David Laing. Also contains the bookplates of the two owners of the book in the late 19th and early 20th century, Euphemia Davidson and William H. Booth.
Bookplate of Euphemia Davidson, who owned the book before it was sold in 1899: 'Ex-Libris...
Dates:
1665-c 1900
Bound volume containing French currency, letters, and a poem
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1932
Scope and Contents
Gathering of loose French currency (assignats), letters, offprints, and a manuscript poem bound in a volume. The reasons behind the gathering of these items are unclear.- Assignats are a short-lived type of French 'fiat money' used during the time of the French Revolution and the French Revolutionary Wars, which resemble bank notes. There are four assignats in this volume, each of...
Dates:
1792-1862
Bound volume of manuscript materials by and about Scottish poet Thomas Brown
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1593
Identifier: Coll-1986
Content Description
Ths is a bound volume of manuscript material, correspondence and verse, by and about Thomas Brown, Scottish poet and Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh from 1810 until the end of his life in 1820. The collection was almost certainly put together by his friend and colleague William Erskine, to whom the vast majority of the manuscripts are addressed.Contents:
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Dates:
1797-1835
Box of twelve newspapers relating to meetings on Church intrusion
Collection
Identifier: MS 5023
Scope and Contents
Tweleve newspapers containing articles on the Chruch intrusion meetings held at Parliament and by the Church of Scotland. Newspapers include Banner {from Aberdeen], Aberdeen Herald, Edinburgh Advertiser, Inverness Herald and The Witness.
Dates:
5 June 1840 - 1 September 1841
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections