Manuscripts.
Found in 6567 Collections and/or Records:
`Practica` by Joannes de S Paulo, and `Chirurgia` by Roger of Salerno., 14th century.
(i) `Practica` by Joannes de S Paulo, incipit `Quoniam longitudini in hoc opere parcere destinavi` (folio 93).
(ii) `Chirurgia` by Roger of Salerno, incipit `Capud multis modis vulnerari contingit*. There is no prologue, and only summaries of parts of the text appear (folio 101).
On folios 95 verso, 100, 103 verso and 114 are added recipes in English and Latin.
Initials, paraphs, headings and underlining in red.
'Practica forensis', in a seventeenth-century hand., 1611, 1623, undated.
On folio 1, 'This book perteineth to Mr. Alexander Spotiswoode of Newabey'; on page 82, the dates 1611, 1623.
‘Practical mathematics, vol. 1', containing problems on measuring heights, distances and areas, on surveying (with examples from the North and South Inch at Perth), and on levelling.
There are numerous watercolour vignettes illustrating the problems. The paper is watermarked 1804.
‘Practice of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland’ written by Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, 2nd Baronet.
Practicks and other legal papers, written by John Thomsone, 1657., 1592-1653.
Practicks, in a seventeenth-century hand., 17th century.
The latest decisions quoted are of about the middle of the 17th century.
The leaves have suffered much from damp. Several blank leaves have been removed.
’Practiques observed befor the Lords of Session from 1626 till 1638. Collected Alphabetically By S[ir] G[eorge] Au[chinleck, Lord Balmanno] With ane perfect index wher in what page each practique is to be found. Written in anno 1661 By A.G.`
The writer was possibly Archibald Gibson, admitted Writer to the Signet in 1661. For this work and the manuscripts of it see the catalogue entry for Adv.MS.6.1.7.
"Precis des Memoires sur le Service Journalier de l'Infanterie, 1718", by the author of the ‘Mèmoires' himself, Henri François, Comte de Bombelles; with a prefatory letter to the Duc de Chartres.
Preliminaries and fragments of the preface, chapters 4-7 and 9-12 of 'Renaissance France' by Rachel Annand Taylor., [?1938-?1948.]
Preliminary decorated manuscript page of text of Jessie M King, "A Carol, Good King Wenceslas".
Preliminary notes and plans, with manuscript and typescript of the synopsis of the play 'My dear, dear sister!' by Robert McLellan., ?1970.
Preliminary notes and synopses of the play ‘The hypocrite’ by Robert McLellan in manuscript and typescript., [1966, or before.]
The papers include the draft of the original outline sent by Robert McLellan to the actor and director Tom Fleming, a cast list, and three pages of corrected typescript (folio 35).
Presentation of James Tweddall to the church and parish of Glenluce, super scribed by George II and signed by Lord Holderness., 1759.
Press-cuttings, 1832, concerning the death of Sir Walter Scott, with printed and manuscript material, 1833, 1835, 1844, undated, regarding the erection of a monument to his memory, and a letter, 1832, regarding the pension of Anne Scott., 1832-1844, undated.
Prices of different sorts of grain in the counties of Berwick, Clackmannan, Edinburgh, Fife and Stirling, printed and manuscript, with newspaper-cuttings regarding court cases.
Printed and manuscript material concerning mathematics, compiled circa 1785 by Thomas White, schoolmaster in Dumfries.
Printed and manuscript papers concerning the Jacobite rebellion, collected by John Blair, Canongate, Edinburgh, who was at first a Jacobite, but later became a Government spy.
Printed article `About Polar Glaciation` by John Francis Campbell, published in the ‘Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society’ (November 1874) (folio 1), and a manuscript draft of ‘The Period of Polar Glaciation’, which was apparently unpublished., 1874-1875.
According to a note at the beginning the paper was first written in October 1874 and enlarged upon at frequent intervals until it was finally completed in June 1875.
The text, which is heavily corrected, discusses the effects of glaciation Campbell observed on his travels through America, Japan,
China and Ceylon in 1875.
There is an additional section at the end entitled ‘A Geological Globe’ (folio 147).
Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection., 1511-1860.
Printed copy and manuscript, with notes, of ‘The history of H.M. Navigation School, 1729-1926’ by Robert Kirk Dickson., 1926.
Printed ‘General Instructions and Orders to be observed by the Squadron under the Command of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane’, 1807, with manuscript additions, and a memorandum, 1809, of Cochrane communicating to the Fleet the congratulations of the House of Commons on the capture of Martinique., 1807, 1809.
Printed geological work, and a journal of Leonard Horner., 1859, 1862.
The contents are as follows.
(i) John Morris, 'British Fossils, stratigraphically arranged' (printed) (folio 1), with a manuscript note by Leonard Horner, 18S9 (folio 4 verso).
(ii) 'Journal which I kept of our journey from London to Florence and our stay there, from 17 Sepr 1861 to May 1862', by Leonard Horner. Extracts are given by Mary Lyell in her ‘Memoir of Leonard Horner’ ([privately printed], London, 1890), volume ii, pages 307, and what follows. (Folio 5.)
Printed ‘Instructions for the Conduct of the Ships of War, explanatory of, and relative to the signals contained in the Signal-book herewith delivered’, given and signed by Rear-Admiral George Vandeput, with manuscript additions., 1796.
Printed legal papers chiefly concerning the estate of Kinlochmoidart., 1761-1877.
The papers relate to: the forfeited estate of Kinlochmoidart, 1761-1762 (numbers 1-2); claims on the estate of Dugald Stewart of Appin, 1796, 1798 (numbers 3-8); various leases of Kinlochmoidart lands, 1799, 1807 (numbers 9-11); a claim against Sir John Campbell, Baronet, of Ardnamurchan, in respect of improvements made in Kinlochmoidart, 1818 (number 12); and the disentailment of the estate, 1877 (numbers 13-14).