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Notebooks.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Books of blank pages, usually ruled, used for taking notes, especially by pupils and students for taking class notes or writing or drawing exercises. .

Found in 3337 Collections and/or Records:

Notebook of J S Haldane entitled 'Course of practical physiology chemical portion rough draft'., 1889.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20521
Scope and Contents

The notebook is titled on folio i and dated 1889 on folios 18. Leaves are torn out before folios 22 and 61, and possibly elsewhere. Folios 20-25, 27-30 are blank. Folios 31 verso-69 verso (passim) are inverted.

Dates: 1889.

Notebook of James B Burnett., 1817-1832.

 Item
Identifier: MS.24603
Scope and Contents

The notebook contains descriptions of Macao and Canton in 1817, drafts of letters, 1826-1827, a commentary on ship's discipline and miscellaneous notes.

Dates: 1817-1832.

Notebook of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, containing contents lists, notes and fragments., Late 18th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.24589
Scope and Contents

Most of the contents lists refer to the Bound Folio MSS. (MSS.24538-24546) and the Pocketbook series numbers 1-28 (MSS.24547-24571). Includes Monboddo number 219.

Dates: Late 18th century.

Notebook of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, containing historical papers., [Circa 1750.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.24539
Scope and Contents

The notebook contains the following papers. (i) Papers on Scottish institutions, historians, and events (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous notes and papers, including notes from Lord Monboddo's reading on European and Oriental history, a paper on ancient Egypt, and notes on Roman law (folio 87). The volume is referred to by Lord Monboddo as ‘Folio MS.4’.

Dates: [Circa 1750.]

Notebook of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, containing papers on philosophy and law., 1747, undated.

 Item
Identifier: MS.24540
Scope and Contents The first ten pages of the manuscript are missing. The contents are as follows. (i) Excerpts from classical authors on topics such as pleasure, punishment, eloquence etc. (Folio 1.) There are also a few items on law, including an address to a jury in a case concerning gypsies (folio 8) and a speech against the Heritable Jurisdiction Bill, 1747. (Folio 18 verso.) (ii) 'The general plan of Aristotle's philosophy'. (Folio 32 verso.) (iii) ‘τα προτα τυς φιλοσοφια'. (Folio 36 verso.) (iv)...
Dates: 1747, undated.

Notebook of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, containing papers on Scottish law, describing summonses, actions and other processes, teind courts and admiralty courts., [Circa 1760.]

 File
Identifier: MS.24538
Scope and Contents

The papers include observations on a report on the state of the records in Scotland (folio 108) and the report itself. (Folio 110 verso.) The volume is referred to by Lord Monboddo as ‘Folio MS.2’.

Dates: [Circa 1760.]