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Collection of notes, copies and extracts, made by and for Dennistoun, of manuscripts of Scottish or British interest contained in several of the major libraries of Italy and Germany., 1836-1851.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.26

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

The papers consist of materials for a projected history of Dumbartonshire (Adv.MS.19.2.16-19.2.24), materials towards a projected work on the Scottish religious houses on the Continent (Adv.MS.19.2.25), and notes and extracts of Scottish interest from manuscripts in continental libraries (Adv.MS.19.2.26), together with a record of the bequest of Dennistoun`s manuscripts and a calendar of them (Adv.MS.19.2.27).

The papers were arranged and bound by Mark Napier, executor of James Dennistoun, at the expense of Dennistoun`s estate.

Dates

  • Creation: 1836-1851.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (240 folios. Quarto.)

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Related Materials

For two other, contemporary or near-contemporary copies of the original manuscript of folios 3-18 (apparently one of the Barberini manuscripts in the Vatican Library), each differing from the other and from this copy, see MSS.317 and 2615. A translation of a copy in the National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office), SP.52, is printed in ‘Calendar of State Papers relating to Scotland and Mary, Queen of Scots, 1547-1603’, volume XII, number 98, page 104.

Bibliography

‘Calendar of State Papers relating to Scotland and Mary, Queen of Scots, 1547-1603’, edited by J Bain and others, volume XII (Edinburgh, 1952).

A rather different version of the latter part of the ‘Relatione delle Cose d’Inghilterra di Scotia et d’Irlandia’ of Cardinal Guido Bentiroglio (folio 37) corresponding to chapters XIII-XV (folios 49-59), is printed in ‘Relationi del Cardinale Bentiroglio (Venetia, 1632), pages 189-210.

Repository Details

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