Summaries.
Found in 245 Collections and/or Records:
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Jenkins, R. to Jennings, J., 1818-1911.
Lists of members of Parliament, and of the parliamentary constituencies in 1783., 1783.
Manuscript of, and additional material relating to, ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson [of Kinmundy, Sheriff of Forfarshire], Scottish History Society, 1st Series, Volumes 32 (1899), 35 (1899) and 38 (1901).
Manuscript of Ossianic poems written by various anonymous hands from recitation of Archibald Fletcher (born circa 1734), Achallader, Argyll.
Manuscript of the ‘Regiam Maiestatem’, ‘Quoniam attachiamenta’, statutes, burgh laws, ‘De judicibus’, and other smaller legal texts, mostly in Scots, written in the 3rd quarter of the 15th century. Sections (xxv)-(xxvii) are a slightly later addition.
Manuscripts relating to Parliament.., 1783.
Medical manuscript in Gaelic.
Microfilm of ‘A Perfect Inventor of all the Pious Donations Given to the Kirks and Hospitals in Scotland since the days of K. Iames 1 To the Regne of King Iames the vi. With Additions. Edenburgh Writen 12 novr i702 by R:M:’ (i.e. Robert Mylne).
Microfilm of an early draft of chapter 2 of ‘The wealth of nations’ by Adam Smith, with a summary of chapters 3-5, undated.
Microfilm of an illuminated calligraphic manuscript of Esther Inglis, forming a summary of St Matthew’s Gospel, ‘Argumenta singulorum capitum Evangelii Matthaei Apostoli, per tetrasticha manu Estherae Inglis exarata Londini XXVI Ianuari, 1607’.
Microfilm of duplicate copy of an historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'., [Circa 1805, circa 1825.]
Microfilm of four statistical summaries of the counties of Scotland, recording the districts of which each is comprised, the extent in miles (both east—west and north—south), the numbers of parishes and ministers, and the numbers of inhabitants and fighting men in each.
Microfilm of glossed copy of ‘Tabula super bibliam’ by Johannes Vasco, 1393; and, copies, 1623, by John Wither of English rolls of arms, 13th-15th century.
The contents are as follows:
‘Tabula super bibliam’. A glossed copy, early 15th century, of a summary of the Bible in Latin verse by Johannes Vasco, Order of Friars Minor, with the explanatory verses which give the date of composition as 1393 (Adv.MS.18.4.2);
Copies, 1623, by John Wither of English rolls of arms, 13th-15 century, mostly from ‘An auntient booke of Armes which Mr Glover Somerset the Harald had of Mr Joseph Holland in Cullers’ (Adv.MS.31.7.10).
Microfilm of manuscripts of Alexander Walker intended for publication.
Microfilm of original copy of an historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day', being a manuscript of Alexander Walker intended for publication., [Circa 1805, circa 1825.]
Microfilm of papers chiefly of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
Miscellaneous 'antique papers'., 1626-1810, undated.
Miscellaneous Dundas estate papers., 16th century-19th century.
Miscellaneous English financial papers., 1686-1691.
Miscellaneous papers of the Elliot family of Minto., 1750-1920.
Miscellaneous papers relating to and concerning Council reforms., 1906-1910.
The contents are as follows. (i) Miscellaneous items relating to councils reforms, chiefly official, but including a note of a conversation of Lord Minto with G K Gokhale, 1908, Lord Sinha's speech on entering the Viceroy's Executive Council, 1909, and a plan for the new council chamber in Goverment House, Calcutta, 1910 (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous papers concerning the Council of Native Princes, 1906-1907 (folio 117).
Notebook containing chiefly sermons and summaries of sermons., 17th century.
The notebook contains: 'The heads of a sermon called Right Reformation preached by Mr. Dell at a fast befor the Parl of England at Westminster, 1650' (folio 1), and summaries of sermons of Mungo Law (folios 5 verso, 12), Andrew Steuart, perhaps Stewart, Minister of Penninghame (folio 8), and Robert Traill (folio 9). The book also contains a medical recipe and one for making ink (folio 1), and lines of verse beginning, 'Love not the world, the world is vaine' (folio 1 verso).
Notebook labelled on the front cover 'Glengarry accounts' containing summaries., 1861-1879.
A leaf has been cut out between folios 14 and 15.
Notebook of John Burdon-Sanderson labelled 'Programme G & BS Boars Hill Septʳ. 1894' containing a summary of a work provisionally entitled 'The excitatory phenome[na?] of muscle & nerve'., 1894.
Several of the summaries are written on sheets of paper which have been pasted to the leaves of the notebook.
The volume has been attacked by vermin, but damage to the text is slight.