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'Leaves from the Buik of the West Kirke': facsimiles made by George A Panton, of fifteen documents in the 'Buik of the West Kirk', a collection of papers of the Kirk Session of St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, with commentary by George Lorimer., ?Late 17th century.

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Identifier: MS.1953

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.

Dates

  • Creation: ?Late 17th century.

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Conditions Governing Use

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Extent

33 Leaves ; Quarto.

Language of Materials

From the Series: Undetermined

Arrangement

iii + 30 folios.

Separated Materials

A loose document, 'Information for Mr. James Eleis and ye poor of ye Westkirk paroch agt Hary Nisbet yor of Dean', 1681, has been placed in MS.2212, folio 32.

Bibliography

Some of the facsimiles also appear in George Lorimer's ‘Leaves from the Buik of the West Kirke’, (Edinburgh, 1885) (a different work from this), and ‘Early days of St. Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh’ (Edinburgh, 1915).

‘Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’, volume xix, page 81. The 'Information' is not that described on page 108.

Repository Details

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