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Manuscripts by Henry Guthry (1600-1676), Bishop of Dunkeld

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Identifier: MS GUT 2
Scope and Contents Three notebooks relating to Henry Guthry, Bishop of Dunkeld (1600-1676)1. Observations upon the ryse [and] progress of the late rebellion against King Charles the first in so far as it was caryed on by a malecontented faction in Scotland under the pretext of the reformation. Quarto volume, 172 pages, in a loose secretary hand. 19th century binding, titled 'Bishop Guthrie's Historie, 1636-1649' on the spine. Signature of John Jaffray, Edin[burgh] 1849 on the front flyleaf....
Dates: 17th century
Found in: New College Library Special Collections
Melville, Andrew. A. Melvinus H. R[ollo]co, no. 14
Melville, Andrew. A. Melvinus H. R[ollo]co...

Manuscripts from the William Drummond of Hawthornden Collection

 Collection
Identifier: De
Scope and Contents

This collection is some of the manuscripts that William Drummond of Hawthornden collected and is the proportion donated to the University of Edinburgh.

Dates: 1482 to early 17th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
Detail of page from the Compendium of Chronicles by Rashid al-Din. Shows text with central miniature depicting the Sultan Luhrasp seated on a throne, surrounded by attendants. [Please click twice to see the full manuscript]
Detail of page from the Compendium of Chro...

Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

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Identifier: Or Ms
Scope and Contents This collection consists of over 700 manuscripts pertaining to the Islamicate world and South Asia, dating from the 10th to 19th centuries C.E. (the majority being post-1500). Chiefly bound paper codices, it includes sacred texts of importance to the Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh faiths, Qur’anic commentaries, Traditions of the Prophet Muhammad and the Shi’i Imams, works treating Islamic law, world history, the history of India, medicine,...
Dates: 10th-19th centuries C.E. (bulk: post-1500 C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Manuscripts on ecclesiastical affairs collected by Robert Mylne (c.1643-1747), writer of pasquils and antiquary

 Fonds
Identifier: MS MYL
Scope and Contents Composite volume on ecclesiastical affairs, 1645-1708. Manuscripts collected by Robert Mylne (1643-1747).Item 1: Manuscript copies of Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, proclamations, and other public statements, 1645-1661. Spans 712 numbered pages, in a neat secretary hand.Item 2: 2: A series of official letters, addressed to numerous recipients and signed by multiple authors. Notable...
Dates: 1644-1710
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Manuscripts relating to the parish of Arbuthnott

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Identifier: MS BOX 36.8
Scope and Contents

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Dates: 1659-1815
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Manuscripts relating to Vadstena Monastery, Sweden

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Identifier: Coll-417
Scope and Contents

The manuscripts are:Regula S. Patris nostri Aurelii Augustini ...with its Capitullum 1-24;Additiones ad regulum Sancti Salvatoris et R. P. Petri ...with its Caput 1-55;Sequuntur revelations quas R. P. Petrus;Capitulu generale Watstenensewith its Articulus 1-52; and,Consuetu dines antiquae Watstenenseswith its Consuetudo 1-64.

Dates: 15th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Margaret Duncan Campbell Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: MS BOX 36.1 to MS BOX 36.2
Scope and Contents

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Dates: 1843-1981
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Marshall, Margaret Colville

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Identifier: GD1-8
Scope and Contents

Affleck Medal for Distinction in Nursing at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh School of Nursing 1925; pamphlet containing engraving of old Royal Infirmary, poem by W. E. Henley and advertisement for Anadin 1957; photocopy of diploma of honorary degree of Doctor of Laws of University of Edinburgh with translation 1975; duties of Lady Superintendent of Nurses of Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, n.d.

Dates: 1925-1975
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive

Martin, Irene Susan

 Fonds
Identifier: GD1-78
Scope and Contents

Central Midwives Board for Scotland letter to Irene S. Martin 1944; case books of Irene Martin c1946; SMMP House Examination 1946; "Night Nurse's Nightmare"; SMMP diet sheets n.d.; Central Midwives Board for Scotland Rules 1944; Ministry of Food information booklets 1943-1946

Dates: 1943-1946
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive

Maryann Urquhart

 Fonds
Identifier: GD1/149
Scope and Contents

Documents and photographs pertaining to the personal and professional life of nurse Maryann Urquhart, including training records and ephemera.

Dates: 1930s - 1969
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive

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Moray House College of Education (1959-1991) 8
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Edinburgh University Dramatic Society 7
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Hall, Edward, b 1898 (Bookseller) 6
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Church of Scotland 5
Erskine, Ralph, Rev, 1685-1752 (minister and poet) 5
Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh) 5
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Murry, John Middleton, 1889-1957 (writer, reviewer) 5
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Roslin Institute 5
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University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh University Library 5
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Animal Breeding Research Organisation. ABRO (1945 - 1986) 4
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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
Mare, Walter de la, 1873-1956 (poet and writer) 4
Masson, David Mather, 1822-1907 (Regius Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Edinburgh University) 4
Monro, Alexander, 1697-1767 ("Primus", 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
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
Church Missionary Society 3
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Crew, Francis Albert Eley, 1886-1973 (professor of animal genetics and professor of public health and social medicine, University of Edinburgh) 3
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 (English military and political leader) 3
Cullen, William, 1710-1790 (chemist and metalurgist) 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
Grant, John, fl 1955 (Bookseller) 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
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
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