'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.
File
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.
‘Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’, volume xix, page 81. The 'Information' is not that described on page 108.
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Repository Details
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk