Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Notebook, 2nd half of 17th century-1st quarter of 18th century, of Sir Robert Sibbald containing geological and topographical material (Adv.MS.13.2.8);‘Glossary of Shetland words’, Early 19th century, prepared for John Jamieson by the Reverend Thomas Barclay, principal of Glasgow University (Adv.MS.22.5.2);Original manuscript, 1776, of ‘Fauna Orcadensis’ by George Low, Minister of Birsay (Adv.MS.32.4.1);Manuscripts, 1770-1772,...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: ‘Extracta de Cronicis Scotiæ Quæ ad Historiam civilem pertinent’, late 17th century-1st quarter of 18th century, in the hand of Sir Robert Sibbald (Adv.MS.15.2.1);"Observationes collectæ ex Libro cui titulus est ‘extract ex Chronicis Scotiæ'. Hic notantur ea quæ Historiano Ecclesiasticam pertinent”, late 17th century, being notes of Sir Robert Sibbald chiefly on ecclesiastical history, from various sources. (Adv.MS.15.2.2);'Canon sive...

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The contents are as follows: ‘Original institutions of the princely orders of collars’ by Sir William Segar, [1603, or after] (Adv.MS.31.4.5), 25 frames;

Manuscript, 1469-1476, containing the first statutes of the Ordre de Saint-Michel drawn up in 1469, but not those of 1476. (Adv.MS.31.7.15), 26 frames.

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The contents are as follows: Manuscript written in Italy in 1438, containing the six plays of Terence (Adv.MS.18.2.10);

Manuscript, 12th century, of plays by Terence, and part of a grammatical treatise on ‘exigentia’ (Adv.MS.18.7.2).

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The content is as follows: Manuscripts of musical compositions of Percy Grainger (Acc.3390);

Manuscript, photocopies and drafts of arrangements of works by Percy Grainger (Acc.3391).

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The contents are as follows: Photocopy of manuscript of John Grant, ‘Oide Piob Mhor nan Gaidheal’, (Highland Bagpipe Instructor), 1943 (Acc.8271), 219 frames;

G F Ross, ‘Article on Piobaireachd with a collection of 25 Tunes’ (1942) (Acc.8383), 107 frames;

Tunes for the bagpipe, [circa 1916-circa 1918], thought to have been collated by a Black Watch piper (Acc.8498), 75 frames.

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The contents are as follows: Two originally separate manuscripts, 12th century-13th century, of Statius and Virgil, bound together from at least the late 14th century, when the volume was in the Library of Dover Priory (Adv.MS.18.5.12);

Two originally separate manuscripts, late 12th century-13th century, of the ‘Fasti’ by Ovid and of major poems of Claudian, the former of which belonged to Leicester Abbey, bound together from at least the 16th century (Adv.MS.18.5.13).

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The contents are as follows: Manuscript, [1825, or before], of ‘The betrothed’ by Sir Walter Scott (MS.23047);

Manuscript, [before 1829], of the ‘Chronicles of the Canongate’, 1st and 2nd series, by Sir Walter Scott (MS.23048).

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The contents are as follows: ‘Συναγωγή’ iii-vi, viii, by Pappus of Alexandria, mid 16th century (Adv.MS.18.1.3), 160 frames;

Copy, written in the 2nd half of the 17th century, probably in Holland, of essays against Georgios Plethon by Matthaeus Camariota, 15th century (Adv.MS.18.1.4), 55 frames.

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The contents are as follows: Margaret Sinkler's music-book, 1710, containing a collection of chiefly Scottish airs (MS.3296 [Glen.143(i)]);

Notes, [1927, or before], on the airs in Margaret Sinkler's music-book, by Lady Dorothea Ruggles-Brise, who indicates in what collections, if any, they first appeared (MS.3297 [Glen.143(ii)]).