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15 letters of Sir Archibald Alison, author, and Sir Archibald Alison, General, mainly to R Montgomery Martin.
File
Identifier: Acc.4485- is now MS.9817(iii).
Dates:
1860-1865.
15 letters of Sir Walter Scott, mainly to Charles Erskine, with associated papers.
File
Identifier: Acc.6375- is now MS.23127.
Dates:
1816-1824.
15 letters of the Marquess of Tweeddale, two to Queen Anne and 13 to the Earl of Godolphine.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.3010- is now MS.7121, ff.20-49.
Dates:
1704.
15 letters of Thomas Carlyle to Vernon Lushington, concerning Carlyle`s "Collected Works".
File
Identifier: Acc.9348- is now MS.23167, ff 88-129
Dates:
1856-1857.
15 letters of, to, and concerning Charles, Lord Stuart de Rothesay.
File
Identifier: Acc.4306- is now MS.10997, ff 238-266.
Dates:
1814-1838 and undated.
15 letters of W B Yeats to Sir Herbert Grierson.
File
Identifier: Acc.3650- is now MS.9331.
Dates:
1907-1935 and undated.
15 letters of Walter Scott to Mrs Pascoe.
File
Identifier: Acc.2568- is now MS.5317.
Dates:
1811-1822.
15 letters to members of the family of Campbell of Barcaldine.
File
Identifier: Acc.3304- is now MS.9355.
Dates:
1773-1830.
15 letters to or concerning W A Thomson.
File
Identifier: Acc.5104- is now MS.10997, ff 272-292.
Dates:
1828-1845.
15 manuscripts and two fragments of classical, liturgical and other texts, also Gerar Mercator`s atlas of Europe with manuscript maps by Mercator.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.9193-Deaccessioned
Dates:
12th century to 16th century.
15 poems with corrections and amendments, of Sorley MacLean.
...
Identifier: Acc.12211- is now MS.29562-29564.
Dates:
Undated.
15 stereoscopic photographs of Scottish scenes.
File
Identifier: Acc.11919
Scope and Contents
Taken by members of the Stereoscopic Society of which R W Copeman was President. The versos bear technical notes.
Dates:
1901-1915.
15th-century book of hours, according to the Use of Paris, written in France.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.12
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar in French in red and black. Entries in red include Saints Eloi (24 June) and Marcel (3 November) (folio 2).(ii) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary (folio 14).(iii) Penitential Psalms and Litany (folio 54).(iv) Hours of the Cross (folio 72).(v) Hours of the Holy Ghost (folio 76).(vi) Office of the Dead (folio 79 verso).(vii) The Sept Requestes and a hymn to the Cross in...
Dates:
15th century.
15th-century book of hours, according to the Use of Paris, written in France.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.13
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar in French, in red, blue and gold (folio 1). Entries in gold include Saints Genevieve (3 January), Stephen (3 August), Lupus and Giles (1 September) and Denis (9 October). St Martial appears in red on 26 July.(ii) Sequences of the Gospels (folio 14).(iii) `Obsecro te` (in the masculine form), `O intemerata` (in the feminine form) and suffrages to St Sebastian. (folio 20 verso)(iv) Hours of the Blessed...
Dates:
15th century.
15th-century book of hours, according to the Use of Rome, written in Italy.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.15
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary (folio 1). The Te Deum at Matins is replaced by the canticle ‘Te matrem laudamus’. The Hours are followed (folio 77 verso) by the same office for Advent.(ii) Gradual and Penitential Psalms (folio 95 verso).(iii) Litany and prayers (folio 128).(iv) Office of the Dead (folio 141 verso).(v) Hours of the Cross (folio 199 verso).(vi) Office of the Cross (folio...
Dates:
15th century.
15th century Book of Hours, probably from north-eastern France., 15th century.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12059/2
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:Calendar (the feasts of Saint Eligius, Bishop of Noyon and Tournai, are in red: 23 June, 1 December); Hours of the Cross (beginning missing); Mass of the Virgin; Sequences of the Gospels; Hours of the Virgin (use of Rome); Office for Advent; Penitential Psalms; Litany; Office of the Dead.The miniatures include the Nativity, showing the Virgin reading and Saint Joseph seated by a fire, and the Resurrection of the Dead...
Dates:
15th century.
15th-century English manuscript containing three Middle English texts: 'Liber maundevyle'; the chivalric poem 'Sir Cleges'; and, 'De regimine principum' by Thomas Hoccleve.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.11
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) ‘Liber maundevyle` (folio 1). The manuscript belongs to sub-group E of the Defective Version on which the earliest editions were based (`English manuscripts of Mandeville`s Travels`, pages 169-171). Several leaves are missing, containing the end of the prologue and beginning of chapter 1 (after folio 1), chapters 6-9 (after folio 10), and the end of chapter 32 onwards.(ii) `Sir Cleges` (folio 71). ‘The Index of Middle...
Dates:
15th century.
15th century Italian manuscript of works by Cicero
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.5.15
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:'Laelius de amicitia' (folio 1); 'Cato Maior de senectute' (folio 25); and,'Paradoxa Stoicorum' (folio 47) (49 'infinite'-end is lost). The text shows a great many variants, especially changes of order and small omissions, from that of the older manuscripts. On folio 1 is a gold initial with white vine-stem decoration, filled with green and lilac and surrounded with blue. Other initials...
Dates:
15th century.
15th-century manuscript containing 'De remediis utriusque fortunae' of Adrianus Carthusiensis, incorporating passages from the 'De remediis utriusque fortunae' of Petrarch.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.7.1
Scope and Contents
The place of production of this manuscript is unclear. The volume is the work of one scribe, in a hand which Nicholas Mann has described as a Germanic gothic bookhand. The work is written in one column of 27 lines to a page. Mann has dated this manuscript to the first half of the 15th century. The work itself contains an abridged and revised version of the second book of the 'De remediis utriusque fortunae', compiled from Petrarch's 'De remediis utriusque fortunae' and Adrianus...
Dates:
1st half of the 15th century.
15th-century manuscript containing 'De vero et falso bono' of Bartolomeo Platina in the hand of Bartolomeo Sanvito.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.7.16
Scope and Contents
Manuscript produced in Italy, either in late 1471 or early 1472, after the election of Sixtus IV to the Papacy. The work is a dedication copy to Pope Sixtus IV of a moral treatise, consisting of three dialogues written by Bartolomeo Sacchi, more commonly known as Bartolomeo Platina. This is the second version of the dialogue, with an earlier version called 'De falso ac vero bono' dedicated to Pope Paul II. The work starts with a dedication to Sixtus IV by Bartolomeo Platina on...
Dates:
[?1471-?1472]
15th-century manuscript containing saints' lives and other religious material.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.2.3
Scope and Contents
Manuscript produced in the Low Countries containing hagiographies and other religious material. The work is written in double columns of varying lengths, except for folio 7r which is a single block of text. The manuscript appears to be the work of one hand and is written in a minuscule cursive script.The manuscript dates from the 15th century. Given the watermark evidence and the establishment date of the Charterhouse, this date could possibly be narrowed down to sometime between...
Dates:
15th century.
15th-century manuscript containing the first statutes of the Ordre de Saint-Michel drawn up in 1469, but not those of 1476.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.7.15
Scope and Contents
The statutes (folio 5) are preceded by a list of their articles (folio 1). There are lacunae in the text following folios 14 and 16. Written in littera bastarda. Ruling in red ink. Folios 4 and 25 blank but ruled. Initials in gold on red and blue grounds. On folio 5 is a large miniature of the French king, crowned and wearing the collar of the Order, seated on a throne. There are no figures of other members of the Order. The arms of France, surrounded by the collar of the Order,...
Dates:
1469-1476.
15th-century manuscript containing the 'Oratio in die cinerum apud Pium Papam Secundum' of Giovanni Antonio Campano, and the 'De ira Dei', 'De opificio Dei', and 'De fenice ave' of Lactantius.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.7.14
Scope and Contents
15th-century manuscript produced in France. The work can be dated to after 1458 due to the mention of Pope Pius II in the rubric of 'Oratio in die Cinerum'.The manuscript is the work of one scribe and is written in littera textualis with 28 lines to a page. The contents are as follows:Vellum flyleaf with possible ownership inscription. Folio 1.Vellum flyleaf with title inscription. This folio has probably been repurposed as it was once facing a...
Dates:
Late 15th century.
15th-century manuscript containing various legal works: an index to the works of Bartolus de Saxoferrato; the 'Allegationes' of Lapo da Castiglionchio the Elder, abbreviated by Anthonius de Butrio; the 'Canonum Collectio' of Pseudo-Isidore.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.10.1.5
Scope and Contents
15th-century manuscript containing various legals works. Dolezalek dates the work to after 1440, and its place of production as Italy due to the style of hands and decoration. The inscription on folio 381v suggests that the manuscript was probably complete and together by 1483. Borland suggests that the place of production may be Spain, based on the hand on folios 267r-382r.Each work is written in double columns of varying length, normally around 62 lines per column. The majority...
Dates:
15th century, after 1440.
15th-century manuscript of 'Collationes' attributed to Robert Holcot.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.4.4
Scope and Contents
15th-century manuscript produced in England. The work appears to have been completed by one scribe and is in a minuscule bastarda anglicana hand. The volume contains 115 'collationes', or sermons, which appear to be based on the Book of Wisdom, as well as short verses in Middle English. The work has been attributed to Robert Holcot, but this attribution cannot be substantiated. According to an inscription in the top margin of folio 4r, as well as the colophon on folio 108v, this...
Dates:
15th century.