Rhetoric
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Al-Taftazani. Sharh al-qism al-thalith min al-Miftah, 826 A.H., 1423 A.D.
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 678
Scope and Contents
This manuscript of al-Taftazani’s rhetorical work was copied just 25 years after his death. He wrote on rhetoric, logic, metaphysics, theology and law; this particular work was completed at Samarqand in about AH 787-789 / 1385-1387 AD. This is a handsome copy on thick, cream-coloured paper.
Dates:
826 A.H.; 1423 A.D.
Flores Dictaminis by Pietro della Vigna, mid/late 14th-early 15th century
Part
Identifier: MS 182/ff. 3r-v; 5r-24v
Scope and Contents
This section of the manuscript is headed Flores Dictaminis Petri de Vineis et primo de querimonia Frederici Rubrica and contains the Flores dictaminis by Pietro delle Vigne, also found under the name Summa dictaminis or Ars dictaminis. It is an 'anthology' divided in six books, which contain: the controversial correspondence between Frederic II against the...
Dates:
mid/late 14th-early 15th century
Lecture Notes, Rhetoric and English Literature, 1878-1879
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1125
Scope and Contents
On a title page of one of the two volumes the contents are stated as being notes of Edinburgh University, Rhetoric and English Literature 1878-1879, Historical Course, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The name of James Malloch appears there too. Similar information appears on a title page of the second volume. These contents are stated as being notes of Edinburgh University, Rhetoric and English Literature 1878-1879, Theoretical Course, Mondays and Tuesdays. This volume shows the name, James...
Dates:
1878-1879
Manuscript volume containing notes of lectures by Hugh Blair
Fonds — Box CLX-A-389
Identifier: Coll-2064
Content Description
This is a manuscript volume containing notes of lectures by Hugh Blair, Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the University of Edinburgh, taken down by an unknown student. It is dated 1770, and comprises 39 complete lectures.Hugh Blair published his lectures in 1783, but very few manuscripts of his teachings survive nowadays. He did not want any "bastardised" versions to survive, as he called them in his publications, and insisted in his will that all his personal papers...
Dates:
1770
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Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia
Fonds
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.)
Papers of Dr. Geoffrey D. Carnall
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-552
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of lectures on rhetoric, 1960-1964, and, transcript and correspondence on a teach-in on chemical and biological warfare, 24 January 1969, tape transcripts.The bulk of his papers were donated in 2015 (accession code E2015.91). They include correspondence with his colleagues and fellow activists as well as a few personal letters, lectures notes, proofs of publications, and pamphlets, newspaper cuttings, and correspondence relating to political causes he...
Dates:
1950s-1990s
Papers of Professor Andrew Brown
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-9
Scope and Contents
The papers of Andrew Brown consist of notes and papers on the history of North America during the War of Independence and including material on Indians, Nova Scotia and colonial history, and general miscellaneous material.
Dates:
circa 1820
Rethorica Poncij; Copia latinitatis; Epistole Bruti & Cratis; De arte notariatus by Poncius of Provence, 1486
part
Identifier: MS 210/ff. 128r-187r
Scope and Contents
This section contains a printed copy of several treatises entitled Rethorica Poncij; Copia latinitatis; Epistole Bruti & Cratis; De arte notariatus, by Pontius Provincialis. These are manuals of Latin grammar, of rhetoric, and of letter-writing. Quarto printed by Johann Reinhard of Grüningen in 1486.
Rethorica Poncij: starts on f. 128r...
Dates:
1486
Tractatus de arte loquendi et tacendi by Albertanus of Brescia, 1487
part
Identifier: MS 210/ff. 268r-275v
Scope and Contents
This section contains a printed copy of the Tractus de arte loquendi and tacendi ('Treatise on the art of talking and being silent'), written by Albertano de Brescia in 1245. It is a text dedicated to his son, in which de Brescia gives advice on how and when to speak. He explains when and to whom he should be speaking, and of which subjects. He also comments about delivery and style, and gives templates for different kinds of documents: laws, letters,...
Dates:
1487
المختصر في علم المعاني al-Mukhtaṣar fī 'ilm al-ma'ānī, 1109 A.H., 1600 C.E.
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 41
Scope and Contents
A treatise on rhetoric by the celebrated Mullā Sa'd al-Dīn Mas'ūd b. 'Umar, commonly known "al-Taftāzānī " (d. 791 or 792 A.H., 1388 or 1389 C.E.).
Dates:
1109 A.H.; 1600 C.E.