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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.
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

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