Treatises.
Found in 286 Collections and/or Records:
12th-century manuscript of plays by Terence, and part of a grammatical treatise on ‘exigentia’.
13th-century manuscript containing extracts from the writings of Gilbert of Hoyland, St Bernard, St Gregory, St Augustine, and other theological works.
13th-century manuscript containing theological works by Boethius and St Augustine, and short excerpts of works by Anselm, Eadmer, St Gregory of Tours, St Caesarius of Arles, and Bernard of Clairvaux.
14th-century manuscript, possibly produced in Italy, containing a complete copy of the 'Eruditio regum et principum' of Guibert de Tournai, originally written in 1259 for King Louis IX of France.
15th century Italian manuscript of works by Cicero
15th-century manuscript containing 'De vero et falso bono' of Bartolomeo Platina in the hand of Bartolomeo Sanvito.
15th-century manuscript of 'Le livre des meurs du gouvernement des seignieurs', a translation of the pseudo-Aristotelian 'Secretum secretorum'.
15th-century manuscript of uncertain origin which contains miscellaneous works, mostly theological
15th-century manuscript written in the Low Countries containing devotional texts.
15th-century manuscript written in the Low Countries, containing various works attributed to, or written by, St Bernard.
`A Defence or Vindication of the Scottish History and of the Scottish Historians wherein the ancient race of the Scottish Kings ther ancient possession in this island of Great Britain and the antiquity and dignity of the Scottish Church are asserted and the objections of the Bishop of St Asaph are answered`, a condensed version of an apparently unpublished treatise by Sir Robert Sibbald.
William Lloyd, Bishop of St Asaph had published ‘An Historical Account of Church Government as it was in Great Britain and Ireland. When they first received the Christian religion’; as a result a controversy arose among Scottish historians concerning the origins of the Scots.
In his discourse Sibbald sets out to prove, with quotations from Roman, Greek and Scottish historians, the antiquity of the Scots.
`A Defence or Vindication of the Scottish History and of the Scottish Historians wherein the ancient race of the Scottish Kings ther ancient possession in this island of Great Britain and the antiquity and dignity of the Scottish Church are asserted and the objections of the Bishop of St Asaph are answered`, an apparently unpublished treatise by Sir Robert Sibbald.
William Lloyd, Bishop of St Asaph had published ‘An Historical Account of Church Government as it was in Great Britain and Ireland. When they first received the Christian religion’; as a result a controversy arose among Scottish historians concerning the origins of the Scots.
In his discourse Sibbald sets out to prove, with quotations from Roman, Greek and Scottish historians, the antiquity of the Scots.
`A Treatise concerning averidge Written originallie in Dutch by Quijntyn Weytsen Counseller to the King of Spain in the Court of Holland.`
'A treatise of algebra', signed 'Carre, his book', with a partially erased date, probably 1743., ?1743.
`Annotationes in Aristotelis physicam`: a volume of lecture notes taken by James Barclay from lectures by Robert Barron at St Salvator`s College, St Andrews.
The notes are followed by `Tractatus continens doctrinam Astronomicam` (folio 189), verses on the death of Henry, Prince of Wales, in 1612 (folio 199 verso), and `Solutio quorundam problematum ad elementorum explicationem pertinentium` (folio 201).
Anonymous English treatises on the probability of war with Spain and the political scene in Europe.
Anonymous treatise entitled "Anent the Scott's Law in Civils".
The treatise describes the jurisdictions involved and goes on to deal systematically with the law of property, contract, and inheritance. Church property is discussed separately.
Anonymous treatise on mystic theology., 19th century.
‘Antidotarium` by Nicolaus., 14th century.
The text is preceded by a list of medicines mentioned (folio 1). On folios 43 verso-48 are recipes in several 14th- and 15th-century hands.
Initials are in red or blue with tracery in the other colour.
Assamese ‘parabaik’, or folding manuscript, bearing magical drawings and written charms., Undated.
`Beacone upon the Rock of European and Brittanick alchimie or The phisicianes philosopheres and chimist`s alchimie displayed or the minthouses defended against the grand imposture of transmutatione of mettalles by the universale cure. In a second letter to his Brittanick majestie Queen Anne of Brittaine and Irlande`; an unpublished alchemical treatise by John Leslie, written in the form of two letters to Queen Anne and one to the Duke of Queensberry.
The work is undated but was probably written sometime in the early 18th century.
Chronicle of England, and theological works., 14th century.
Coats of arms of the Nine Worthies, British and foreign royal houses, Kings of Scotland and their consorts from John Baliol to James VI, and the Scottish nobility and gentry.
At the beginning, on different paper, is a treatise, 'Scotica Nobilitas. Per Archibaldum Harbartum. Scotum. 1602' dedicated to the Bishop of Norwich.
The volume also contains lists of nobles and notes.