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Sermon notebook of William Nimmo (-1772), minister of Roberton, Lanarkshire

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Identifier: MS NIM 2
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Notebook of 7 sermons dated between 8 July 1764 and 28 July 1765, given by William Nimmo (-1772), minister of Roberton.

Dates: 1764-1765
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermon notebooks of James Chalmers (1686-1744)

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Identifier: MS CHAL 3
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3.1 Sermons at Dyke. 1713.

3.2 Sermons at Dyke. 1719-20. With additional sermons by John Brown and George Meldrum, in a different hand.

3.3 Sermons at Dyke. 1720.

Dates: 1713-1720
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermon notebooks of John Drummond (1677-1754), minister of Crieff

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Identifier: MS DRU 4
Scope and Contents 60 notebooks of manuscript sermons, each with ownership marks and pen trials on end boards, and an index of sermons in Drummond's hand. Some sermons are dated, but others are less clear. Most volumes have text beginning at the front and at the back, which do not necessarily meet in the centre. Resultantly, volumes mostly have two systems of pagination that end at different points. The sermons are cumulative, and frequently refer to previous volumes and discussions. The sequence is...
Dates: c.1700-1754
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermon notes by Dr John MacDonald (1779-1849), minister of Ferintosh Free Church

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Identifier: MS BOX 10.8
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Dates: 1820-1844; 1937-1938
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermon notes of William Gurnall (1617-1679)

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Identifier: MS GUR
Scope and Contents Notes of Sermons, taken from William Gurnall's 'The Christian in compleat armour'. The first page of the volume is paginated 105, and this continues to the end of the second part on page 358. The third part is unnumbered, but spans 54 pages. The hand which writes these sections is a clear and simple secretary hand, showing some italic influences.The last 8 pages of the volume are in a much neater hand and are written in Latin. Some of the pages are inverted, and one shows signs...
Dates: 1655-1667
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermon of John Howe (1630-1705), minister in London

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Identifier: MS HOW
Scope and Contents Handwritten manuscript titled:"The principles of ye oracles of God. The second part. Preached by the Reverend Mr John How, pastor of a congregation in London at his weekly lecture in ye yeares 1691, 1692 [and] 1693". 404 numbered pages, with an index of the four sections at the front. The hand is a consistent italic, which displays many secretary features.Front flyleaf bears ownership marks - an Elias Pullen, 1778, and an E. Middleton, undated.Spine title...
Dates: 1691-1693; Modified: January 1984
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermon transcriptions by James Hamilton (fl.1711)

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Identifier: MS HAM 2
Scope and Contents Sermon notebook belonging to James Hamilton. Title page is layed out in a faux-print style, and reads:"The Law was given by Moses. But grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. Sermons preached att severall occasions by severall ministers of the Gospel in Edinburgh Presby. Written att first in short hand and then transcribed... be James Hamiltoun. Edinburgh. MDCCXI [1711]."Notebook is a bound quarto with tooled boards. There are a multitude of pen trials on the fly...
Dates: 1711
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons and catechistical books of John Willison (1680-1750), minister of Brechin and St Mary's Church, Dundee

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Identifier: MS WIL2
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Dates: 1704-1748
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons and lectures of Rev Prof Patrick Cumin or Cuming (1695-1776)

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Identifier: MS CUM 1
Scope and Contents MS CUM 1.1.1-1.1.6Six volumes of lectures given by Rev. Professor Patrick Cumin or Cuming on Church History at the University of Edinburgh beginning in 1738. The lectures are written in Latin.Volumes are bound in vellum and written in at least two different hands. The first volume has a letter pasted into the front inside cover addressing the Librarian for the Theological Library, University of Edinburgh. The letter is from W.A. MacNaughton, M.D., D.P.H,...
Dates: 1738-1752; 16 November 1923
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons and poems of Rev. Alexander Kirkwood

 Fonds — Folder: SC-Acc-2016-0120, Box: data_value_missing_2593ea9464e5157dc644face32ad44ae, Box: data_value_missing_7830fd03fbb75a70bb27d5e2d16ad646
Identifier: Coll-1764
Scope and Contents

The collection comprises around 50 separate items including small booklets of notes and individual sheets.

Dates: 1840-1860
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet) 12
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (1729-:) 11
Barker, Robert, 1739-1806 (Irish artist) 8
Moray House College of Education (1959-1991) 8
Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 7
Chalmers, Thomas, 1780-1847 (Principal and Professor of Divinity at New College) 7
Edinburgh University Dramatic Society 7
Geddes, Sir Patrick, 1854-1932 (biologist, sociologist, educationist and town planner) 7
Hume, David, 1757-1838 (judge, Baron of the Scottish Exchequer) 7
MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 (Scottish poet) 7
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774-1856 (Artist) 6
Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 6
Koestler, Arthur, CBE, 1905-1983 (Hungarian-British author and journalist) 6
Thomson, Godfrey Hilton, Sir, 1881-1955 (psychologist and Bell Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh) 6
Church of Scotland 5
Erskine, Ralph, Rev, 1685-1752 (minister and poet) 5
Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh) 5
Grierson, Herbert John Clifford, 1866-1960 (literary critic and professor of English Literature) 5
Monro, Alexander, 1733-1817 ("Secundus", Professor of anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 5
Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 5
Murry, John Middleton, 1889-1957 (writer, reviewer) 5
Playfair, William Henry, 1790-1857 (architect) 5
Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 5
Roslin Institute 5
Royal (Dick) Veterinary College (1839-1951| veterinary college) 5
Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 5
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (playwright) 5
University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh University Library 5
Victor Gollancz Ltd 5
Animal Breeding Research Organisation. ABRO (1945 - 1986) 4
Baillie, Donald Macpherson, 1887-1954 (Scottish theologian) 4
Balfour-Melville, Evan Whyte Melville, 1887-1963 (Senior lecturer in history, University of Edinburgh) 4
Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 (professor, University of Edinburgh) 4
Blaikie, William Garden, 1820-1899 (Minister of Pilrig and Temperance Reformer) 4
Brown, George Mackay, 1921-1996 (writer and poet) 4
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 4
Dunfermline College of Physical Education 4
Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research 4
Gregory, James, 1638-1675 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh) 4
Hope, Thomas Charles, 1766-1844 (Professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 4
Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854 (geologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 4
Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) 4
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 4
Monro, Alexander, 'primus', 1697-1767 (Professor of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Oldham, Joseph Houldsworth, 1874-1969 (missionary and ecumenist) 4
Playfair, John, 1748-1819 (scientist, mathematician, and professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Poultry Research Centre (1947-1986) (research institution) 4
Smith, Sydney Alfred, Sir, 1883-1969 (Professor of Forensic Medicine and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Edinburgh) 4
University of Edinburgh. Students Representative Council 4
Young, Thomas, 1725-1783 (physician and professor of midwifery) 4
Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 (physician and botanist) 3
Auerbach, Charlotte, 1899-1994 (professor of genetics at the University of Edinburgh) 3
Aytoun, William Edmondstoune, 1813-1865 (lawyer, poet, professor of Belles Lettres at University of Edinburgh) 3
Baillie, John, 1886-1960 (Scottish theologian and ecumenical leader) 3
Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800 (Church of Scotland Minister, Professor of Rhetoric) 3
Born, Max, 1882-1970 (physicist) 3
Bruce, William Speirs, 1867-1921 (polar explorer and oceanographer) 3
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 (Scottish poet) 3
Christison, Sir Robert, 1797-1882 (1st Baronet | Scottish toxicologist and physician) 3
Church Missionary Society 3
Combe, George, 1788-1858 (Phrenologist) 3
Cowan House (student hall of residence) 3
Crew, Francis Albert Eley, 1886-1973 (professor of animal genetics and professor of public health and social medicine, University of Edinburgh) 3
Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon) 3
Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women (1868-1974) 3
Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 3
Ferguson, Adam, 1723-1816 (historian, philosopher) 3
Gregory, James, 1753-1821 (professor of medicine, University of Edinburgh) 3
Henderson, Hamish Scott, 1919-2002 (folklorist, poet, songwriter, soldier, intellectual) 3
Hood, Helen Patuffa, 1889-1967 (harpist) 3
Hutton, James, 1726-1797 (Scottish geologist) 3
Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research - Edinburgh Research Station. IAPGR (1986-1993) 3
Kendall, Sheena Lilian Grant, 1883-1974 (composer) 3
Knox, John, c 1513-1572 (Scottish preacher) 3
Laws, Robert, 1851-1934 (Scottish missionary) 3
Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988 (Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 3
Lodge, Richard, Professor Sir, 1855-1936 (historian) 3
London Missionary Society 3
Love , John, Rev Dr, 1757-1825 (Church of Scotland minister ) 3
Mare, Walter de la, 1873-1956 (poet and writer) 3
Muir, Edwin, 1887-1959 (poet, novelist and translator) 3
Muir, Willa, 1890-1970 (novelist, essayist and translator) 3
Nyerere, Julius Kambarage, 1922-1999 (President of Tanzania) 3
Pillans, James (Regent, University of Edinburgh) 3
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (Edinburgh) 3
Stevens, William Victor, 1900-1987 (President of the University of Edinburgh Graduates' Association) 3
Syme, James, 1799-1870 (Scottish pioneering surgeon; Professor of clinical surgery at the University of Edinburgh) 3
Torrance, Thomas Forsyth, 1913-2007 (theologian, and Professor of Christian Dogmatics at New College, Edinburgh) 3
Tragara Pressnn 3
University of Aberdeen (1495-:) 3
Wodrow, Robert, 1679-1734 (Church of Scotland minister, historian and antiquarian) 3
Adlard and Son (1766-) 2
Ambler, Richard Penry, 1933-: (professor of protein chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 2
Anderson, John, 1668-1721 (Minister of Dumbarton) 2
Appleton, Sir Edward Victor, 1892-1965 (physicist and principal of the University of Edinburgh) 2
Baikie, Hugh Edward, 1906-1981 (Church of Scotland missionary to India) 2
Balfour, Sir Isaac Bayley, 1853-1922 (professor of botany, University of Edinburgh and regius keeper of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh) 2
Ballantyne, Robert Michael, 1825-1894 (Scottish writer) 2
Bell, George Joseph, 1770-1843 (advocate, Professor of Scots Law at the University of Edinburgh) 2