Commonplace book of James Brown, a teacher of Latin in Monimail and Edinburgh.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.5.2.8
Scope and Contents
The volume contains poems, including a satire on James Sharp, Archbishop of St Andrews (page 54), epitaphs, acrostics, and items copied from printed works. There are also copies of Brown`s correspondence, chiefly with Sir Robert Sibbald.
Dates
- Creation: 1665-1690.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (xiv folios + 266 pages + 23 blank folios. Octavo.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilm available: Mf.Sec.MSS.122.
Bibliography
A few of the items have been published by James Maidment in ‘Analecta Scotica’, 1st Series (Edinburgh, 1834), pages 79-87.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 11 12 2013
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk