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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

Sermons by Andrew Gray (1633-1656), minister of the Outer High Kirk, Glasgow

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Identifier: MS GRA 3
Scope and Contents Bound volume with manuscript sermons and lectures. The majority of the text is in a clear but loose secretary style, however there are frequent additions by more modern hands throughout. In 5 parts:1. Substance of Sermons by Rev. Andrew Gray of Glasgow, on Canticles, chapter I and II. The first sermon is dated 26 March 16612. Several sermons by Rev. William Guthie of Fenwick, on Mark XVI3. Sacred Poem consisting of 69 stanzas, but wanting the first 5.5...
Dates: 1661-1665
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons by Andrew Richardson ( -1790), minister of Broughton

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Identifier: MS RIC
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Dates: 1741-1746
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

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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
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Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) 4
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 4
Mare, Walter de la, 1873-1956 (poet and writer) 4
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Hutton, James, 1726-1797 (Scottish geologist) 3
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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
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London Missionary Society 3
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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
Stewart, Sir Thomas Grainger, 1837-1900 (Physician, President of the BMA) 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
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Wodrow, Robert, 1679-1734 (Church of Scotland minister, historian and antiquarian) 3
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