Edinburgh, Royal Coll. of Physicians MS. BE.D. 18ft long. 17th Century. George Ripley's Alchemical Scroll. [This parchment scroll formerly belonging to Sir George Erskine, was presented to the Royal College of Physicians by The Earl of Cromarty in 1707. He wrote the following lines at in Latin the top of the scroll.] 'Edinburgi, decimo nono die Junii anno millesimo septingentesimo et septimo, hoc misticum symbole in avita bibliotheca Doni Georgii Areskine, Equitis Aurati, Supremi Senatus et Collegii Justiciae in Scotia Senator, inter primos justicia et eruditione clarus, philosophiae hermeticae et alummus et decor, Regumque sui aevi a Conciliis Secretis, almo et spectabili Collegio Medicorum Edinburgiensi Regali D.D.'