Treatises.
Found in 286 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of the Skene family of Hallyards in Midlothian.
Papers on agriculture and horticulture, the majority by or for Lord Milton, but with some by Henry Fletcher of Saltoun, his wife Margaret Carnegie, and General John Fletcher of Saltoun., 1717-1805, undated.
Papers, undated, of Hugh Dalrymple Murray Kynynmound concerning law and politics., Early 18th century.
Part of a Gaelic grammatical treatise (written in the traditional character) giving the paradigms of a number of nouns and verbs., 17th century.
Among several citations from bardic verse are one from Tadhg Dali Ó Huiginn (died circa 1591), and one from a poem by Eoghan Mac an Bhaird (died 1609) on the death of Ruaidhri Ó Domhnaill, Earl of Tirconnel, which took place in Rome in 1608.
Part of a medical treatise tilted ‘Praxis medica’ by Christianus Margravius.
The first part commences at the end of 'Caput octarum'. The second part is entitled 'Praxis medica Dom. Christiani Margravii. M.D.'.
Pharmacological treatise entitled `De Viribus Medicamentorum.`
Photocopies of a transcript of Sir Robert Sibbald, "Account of the Rights of the Professors of Medicine".
Photocopy of translation of Calvin`s "Institution de la Vie Chretienne", by Queen Elizabeth I.
Photostat of 'De Coniugio Sacerdotum', a treatise by John MacAlpine (Maccabeus), Prior of the Dominicans at Perth and afterwards Professor of Theology at Copenhagen., 16th century.
Photostat of 'The Art of Music collecit out of all Ancient Doctouris of Music', and four photographs of the music of Scots Duty, the old drum and fife calls of Scottish regiments in the eighteenth century.
Photostat of 'The Art of Music collecit out of all Ancient Doctouris of Music' [by a Scotsman], taken from the British Library, Addit. MS.4911., [1635, or before.]
Photostats of manuscript additions to ‘Ane compendius Tractiue ... ‘ by Abbot Quintin Kennedy (St Andrews, 1558), including copies of two treatises by Kennedy., [Before 1565.]
Printed Books from the Riddell Collection., 1718-1850.
Printed books owned by John Riddell, consisting of standard works of Scottish genealogical reference, volumes of printed session papers, collections of papers in peerage and other claims, and copies of some of Riddell`s published works.
Printed papers and manuscripts concerning the troubles in Geneva.
`Request and suite of a true harted Englyshe man wishyng the wealth of his native contrey`; a treatise, written by William Cholmeley, a London grocer, and addressed to Edward VI, proposing that wool should be dyed in England instead of abroad.
The manuscript, which was apparently presented to Edward VI, is written in a formal book-hand and contains one large initial in gold, yellow and black on a brown ground.
Rolls containing theological, heraldic and historical material.
Seven works on medical subjects., 14th century.
Seven works on medical subjects., 13th century.
Short manuscript treatise on landscape gardening.
Among the subjects discussed are: terraces, lawns, fountains, pleasure grounds, walks, and bowling greens. The writer favours the geometrical arrangement of gardens, and reacts against the 'natural' theories of a former generation.