Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Medical manuscript, 1596-1600, in Gaelic written by Donnchadh Ó Conchubhair (Duncan O’Conacher, 1571-1647) (Adv.MS.73.1.22);Small collection of MacLeod poetry manuscripts given to the Highland Society of Scotland in 1800 by Sir John MacGregor Murray, who received them from Sir William MacLeod Bannatyne.(Adv.MS.73.2.20);Manuscript, 1734-1735, containing Irish grammar written by Aodh Ó Dálaigh (Hugo Daly) for Paris Anderson, a student of...

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The contents are as follows: Gaelic manuscript (Adv.MS.72.2.19); - No A.S. Record

Gaelic manuscript (Adv.MS.72.2.20); - No A.S. record

Remains of a Gaelic-English dictionary, 1800-1801, written by Alexander Robertson, schoolmaster, Kirkmichael, Strathardle, Perthshire (Adv.MS.72.2.21).

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Fragment of a Gaelic manuscript, 15th century, containing scholastic texts (Adv.MS.72.1.7);Manuscript, ?14th-?19th century, containing a commentary on the aphorisms of Hippocrates in Gaelic and Latin (Adv.MS.72.1.10);Medical manuscript, ?16th century, in Gaelic written by Feargus Ó Caiside (Adv.MS.72.1.11);Medical manuscript, 16th century, in Gaelic, consisting chiefly of a treatise on diets and matters ancillary to medicine,...

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The contents are as follows: Gaelic manuscript (Adv.MS.50.3.13);

Manuscript, ?15th century, of the ‘Dindshenchas’ (Adv.MS.72.1.16);

Beatha Phadraig, 18th century (Adv.MS.73.1.10);

Miscellaneous Gaelic papers, mid 19th century-late 19th century, in various hands, relating principally to William Forbes Skene’s work in preparing his ‘Chronicles of the Picts and Scots’ and ‘Celtic Scotland’ (Adv.MS.73.1.16).

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The contents are as follows: Manuscript, 14th century-15th century, in Gaelic containing mythological verse. (Adv.MS.72.1.19);

Manuscript, 14th century-15th century, containing tales of destruction, in Gaelic (Adv.MS.72.1.8).

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Copy, circa 1702, with additions to 1703, of ‘Collections of the most remarkable accounts that relate to the families of Scotland drawn from ther own charters and other authentick writts ... with ane account of ther armes’, probably made in 1672, attributed to Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh (Adv.MS.13.2.10);Blazons of Scottish arms, 1630-1643, by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne (Adv.MS.15.1.11);Arms of British and foreign noblemen, drawn...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: ‘Armourial [sic] Bearings of the Bruces’ by Major William Bruce Armstrong, 1903 (Adv.MS.15.1.25);'Results of the investigation of the settlement of English families in Scotland', [?1801] (Adv.MS.16.2.9);‘Proper names with their significations’ by David Ure, minister of Uphall, late 18th century (Adv.MS.16.2.10);Collection of material on French heraldry, in several hands of the first half of the 18th century...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Genealogy, late 17th century-1st half of 18th century, of the surname of Douglas by Robert Mylne (Adv.MS.15.2.22);Genealogical account, late 17th century-1st half of 18th century, of the Scots peers by Robert Mylne (Adv.MS.15.2.23);Genealogical account, late 17th century-1st half of 18th century, of the Dukes of Scotland by Robert Mylne (Adv.MS.15.2.24);Genealogical material, late 17th century-mid 18th century, collected by...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Genealogical material, 17th century-18th century, relating to various families in Scotland (Adv.MS.16.2.5);Collection of papers, 16th century, relating to Scottish earldoms, with transcripts, early twentieth century, by Sir Alexander Lawrie, of early charters and other documents (Adv.MS.19.1.18);Copy, 16th century, of `Recueil des Principaux Seigneurs qui passerent la Mer avec Guillaume Conquereur d`Angleterre`, a treatise on the...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Genealogical notes, [circa 1800], on ancient Scottish families compiled by, and partly in the hand of, George Chalmers. (Adv.MS.16.2.29);Three versions (the third incomplete) of a memorandum, 1826, on the genealogy of the family of Buchanan (Adv.MS.26.2.1);Copy, 18th century, of ‘Ane Account of the Origine and Succession of the Familie of Innes’ by Duncan Forbes of Culloden, 1698; and a treatise on the patronage of schools and churches,...

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The contents are as follows: Genealogical material, 1st half of 18th century, collected by George Crawfurd (Adv.MS.34.3.9); Mackenzie's Genealogical Collections

Manuscript copy, written in a hand of the early seventeenth century, of ‘The historicall genealogie of the house of Seton’ by Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington, 1545 (Adv.MS.34.7.4).

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Miscellaneous papers and correspondence, 1644-1775, of the Crawfurd family of Jordanhill (Adv.MS.31.1.8);Copies of two accounts, 1554, 1744, of the family of Dunbar. (Adv.MS.32.3.2);“Genealogical Collections, concerning the Sir-name of Baird, and the family’s of Auchmedden, Newbyth, and Saughtonhall in particular. With copy’s of old Letters and Paper’s worth preserving, and account of several Transactions in this Country, during the Two...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: ‘Genealogie and pedigree of the most ancient and noble family of the Earles of Sutherland’ by Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun, transcribed by Alexander Munro, Master of the Musick School at Tain’, 1736 (Adv.MS.34.3.3); Genealogical material, 1660-1749, collected by Robert Mylne, chiefly in his own hand (Adv.MS.34.6.12); ‘History of the most noble and illustrious family of the Frasers, particularly of the illustrious family of Lovat Chief and...

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The contents are as follows: Genealogies of Scottish families, copied by Robert Mylne from the compilation by Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh (see Adv.MS.34.3.19) copied from a manuscript of 1685 or later (Adv.MS.34.6.8);

Indexes and transcripts, early 18th century, by Robert Mylne, the antiquary (Adv.MS.34.6.9); Genealogical collections, [circa 1680]-18th century (Adv.MS.34.6.19).

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The contents are as follows: Indexes and transcripts, early 18th century, by Robert Mylne, the antiquary. (Adv.MS.34.6.9);

Macfarlane's Genealogical Collections (Adv.MS.35.4.8).

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: ‘Genealogical collections’, containing notes, late 17th century-early 18th century, on Scottish genealogies, with lists of Officers of State, Knights, Baronets, etc., in the handwriting of Alexander Nisbet (Adv.MS.34.3.5);Letters and papers, [1777-1778, 1795-1804], sent to the publishers of Sir Robert Douglas’s ‘The Baronage of Scotland’ (Adv.MS.34.3.6); ‘Crawford’s MSS Baronage’, a large collection of notices, 1st half of 18th century, of...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: ‘Genealogie of noble families of Scotland’, volume ii, 1693, by William Dunlop (Adv.MS.34.3.7);‘Lord Ochiltree’s collections’ of genealogical notes on the Scottish nobility, 1st half of 17th century (Adv.MS.34.3.18); Index, 18th century, of family names mentioned chiefly in Scottish chartularies, titled, 'Genealogical notices'. (Adv.MS.34.6.14);‘Genealogical and Historical Dissertation of the Present Royal Family of Great...