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Bond of the Covenant sworn by the ministers of the Associate Presbytery

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Identifier: MS BOX 10.3
Scope and Contents

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Dates: 1743-1857
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Bone, John Wardle

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Identifier: GD1-45
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Medals 1886-1891

Dates: 1886-1891
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive

Bookbinding notes

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Identifier: Coll-1262
Scope and Contents

These 16-pages of manuscript notes on book-binding have been bound together in a blue heavy-card/textile cover. The notes were handwritten in pencil then written over in ink. The notes are illustrated with pencil drawings. The notes were produced in September 1941.

Dates: 1941
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Booklet entitled 'The Chaldee portions of Daniel and Ezra translated into the Hebrew language' belonging to Andrew A. Bonar and accompanying correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 5015
Scope and Contents

Booklet entitled 'The Chaldee portions of Daniel and Ezra translated into the Hebrew language from a MS found in Rome' published in Edinburgh, printed by Robert Young, Foreign Bookseller and Printer, Head of the Mound. The booklet belonged to Andrew A. Bonar and it was donated by his daughter Mrs Marjory C. Brown, 19 Wordsworth Avenue, Bournemouth in 1973. Two letters indicate that it was donated by her to New College Library and that the donation was accepted by John Howard, librarian.

Dates: 1892; 1973
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Bound collection of 12 watercolours of punishments in China

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Identifier: Coll-1562
Scope and Contents

This is a collection of 12 very vividly water-coloured drawings (280 x 180 mm) depicting scenes of punishments and executions. They have been done on Chinese rice paper held in place by a light blue silk ribbon border. The binding is covered in contemporary decorated silk. Done probably in Canton (Guangzhou), circa 1850.

Dates: 1850
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Bound collection of Regency ms designs of borders friezes and dresses - the pattern book of Charlotte Elizabeth Inglis

 Fonds — Box: CLX-D-33
Identifier: Coll-1787
Content Description This is a volume labelled "Patern Book". Charlotte Elizabeth's designs occupy the full folio page and are drawn in ink. She got her collection from a number of aristocratic ladies, and she has noted some of their names, occasionally identifying and dating the design. Among the ladies noted are: Lady Montague, Lady Haddington, Lady Hope, Lady Queensberry, Miss Graham, Elizabeth Moore of Shenstone House, and Liss Lee of Spott House, East Lothian.Leading the collection in number of...
Dates: 1806-1817
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Bound manuscript copy of Julian of Norwich’s Divine Revelations printed in 1670 by Cressy

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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: "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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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

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Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet) 8
Monro, Alexander, 1733-1817 ("Secundus", Professor of anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 7
Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 6
Thomson, Godfrey Hilton, Sir, 1881-1955 (psychologist and Bell Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh) 6
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Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854 (geologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 5
Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 5
Playfair, William Henry, 1790-1857 (architect) 5
Roslin Institute 5
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 (author and Traveller) 5
Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 (physician and botanist) 4
Church of Scotland 4
Ferguson, Adam, 1723-1816 (Scottish historian and philosopher) 4
Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research 4
Grierson, Herbert John Clifford, 1866-1960 (literary critic and professor of English Literature) 4
Koestler, Arthur, CBE, 1905-1983 (Hungarian-British author and journalist) 4
MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 (Scottish poet) 4
Masson, David Mather, 1822-1907 (Regius Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Edinburgh University) 4
Oldham, Joseph Houldsworth, 1874-1969 (missionary and ecumenist) 4
Poultry Research Centre (1947-1986) (research institution) 4
Robison, John, 1739-1805 (Professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 4
Animal Breeding Research Organisation. ABRO (1945 - 1986) 3
Baillie, Donald Macpherson, 1887-1954 (Scottish theologian) 3
Baillie, John, 1886-1960 (Scottish theologian and ecumenical leader) 3
Barker, Robert, 1739-1806 (Irish artist) 3
Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 (professor, University of Edinburgh) 3
Blaikie, William Garden, 1820-1899 (Minister of Pilrig and Temperance Reformer) 3
Chalmers, Thomas, 1780-1847 (Principal and Professor of Divinity at New College) 3
Christian Salvesen Ltd. (1872-2007) (shipping company) 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
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 3
Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon) 3
Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women (1868-1974) 3
Fraser, Sir Thomas Richard, 1841-1920 (Knight ; Professor of medicine at the University of Edinburgh) 3
Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh) 3
Guthrie, Douglas James, 1885-1975 (surgeon and historian of medicine) 3
Hume, David, 1757-1838 (judge, Baron of the Scottish Exchequer) 3
Hutton, James, 1726-1797 (Scottish geologist) 3
Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research - Edinburgh Research Station. IAPGR (1986-1993) 3
Jex-Blake, Sophia Louisa, 1840-1912 (medical practitioner, reformer and suffragette) 3
Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) 3
Love , John, Rev Dr, 1757-1825 (Church of Scotland minister ) 3
Monro, Alexander, 1697-1767 ("Primus", Professor of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 3
Playfair, John, 1748-1819 (scientist, mathematician, and professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 3
Royal (Dick) Veterinary College (1839-1951| veterinary college) 3
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (playwright) 3
Simpson, Sir James Young, 1811-1870 (Professor of Midwifery, University of Edinburgh) 3
Smith, Sydney Alfred, Sir, 1883-1969 (Professor of Forensic Medicine and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Edinburgh) 3
Tragara Pressnn 3
University of Edinburgh. Library 3
University of Edinburgh. Students Representative Council 3
Young, Thomas, 1725-1783 (physician and professor of midwifery) 3
Anderson, John, 1668-1721 (Minister of Dumbarton) 2
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 (English Philosopher | Attorney General | Lord Chancellor of England) 2
Balfour-Melville, Evan Whyte Melville, 1887-1963 (Senior lecturer in history, University of Edinburgh) 2
Barker, Henry, d 1948 (lecturer in Moral Philosophy) 2
Beattie, James, 1735-1803 (Scottish poet, professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic) 2
Berry, Richard James Arthur, 1867-1962 (Surgeon, Emeritus Professor of Anatomy) 2
Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800 (Church of Scotland Minister, Professor of Rhetoric) 2
Bolton, Frederic James, 1908-1993 (Poet, Chemist) 2
Borland, Catherine Robina, d 1946 (manuscript historian) 2
Brown, Alexander Crum, 1838-1922 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 2
Brown, George Mackay, 1921-1996 (writer and poet) 2
Bruce, William Speirs, 1867-1921 (polar explorer and oceanographer) 2
Buchan, John, Baron Tweedsmuir, 1875-1940 (Scottish novelist and historian) 2
Buchanan, George, 1506-1582 (Scottish expatriate, historian and scholar, anti-absolutist and satyrist of clerical vice) 2
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 (Scottish poet) 2
Campbell, Archibald Hunter, 1902-1989 (legal scholar, Professor of Public law, Dean of the Faculty of Law) 2
Campbell, Sir Alexander, 1819-1880 (2nd baronet Barcaldine, Captain Argyll and Bute Militia, Justice of the Peace) 2
Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844 (Scottish poet) 2
Candlish, Robert Smith, Rev Dr, 1806-1873 (Free Church of Scotland minister, Chair of Divinity New College Edinburgh) 2
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 (historian, essayist and philosopher) 2
Church Missionary Society 2
Church of Scotland (1560-) 2
Craigie, Patrick George, Major, 1843-1930 (statistician; army major) 2
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 (English military and political leader) 2
Cullen, William, 1710-1790 (Scottish physician, chemist and agriculturalist) 2
Davidson Clinic (Edinburgh, Scotland) 2
Davidson, Andrew Bruce, Rev Prof, 1831-1902 (Free Church of Scotland minister and Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages in New College, Edinburgh) 2
Dickson, William Kirk, 1860-1949 (Librarian and Historian) 2
Dods, Marcus, 1834-1909, New Testament scholar 2
Dollar, Thomas Aitken, 1833-1909 (Veterinary scientist) 2
Douglas, Gavin, 1474-1522 (Scottish bishop, makar, translator) 2
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811 (1st Viscount Melville, lieutenant, Scottish politician) 2
East India Company (1600-1874) 2
Edinburgh Provincial Training Centre (1907-1959) 2
Edinburgh University Sports Union (EUSU) (c1971-present) 2
Edinburgh University Women's Athletics Club 2
Edward VII, 1841-1910 (King of Great Britain) 2
Emmett, William B, fl mid 20th century (psychologist) 2