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Collection of 26 letters of and to George Buchanan.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.15.1.6

Scope and Contents

Prefixed to the letters are:

Buchanan’s autograph preface to his ‘Franciscanus’ (folio 1);

Buchanan`s autograph paper on the reformation of St. Andrews University (folio 3); and,

a scheme for an edition of Buchanan`s poetry (folio 13) (not corresponding to the arrangement in Ruddiman`s edition).

At the end (folio 54) is a note of Alexander Pitcairne, stating that he has ‘received and borrowed from Mr. David Malcome twentie eight letters to and from Buchanan, this 22 August 1695.`

Dates

  • Creation: 1567-1581, and undated.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (54 + many blank folios. Folio and under.)

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

Presented to the Advocates’ Library, 1706, by Alexander Pitcairne.

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.331.

Bibliography

The letters and the preface to ‘Franciscanus’ are printed in Thomas Ruddiman, ‘Georgii Buchanani Scoti … Opera Omnia’ (Edinburgh, 1715), volume ii.

The paper on the reformation of St. Andrews University is printed in ‘The Vernacular Writings of George Buchanan’, edited by P Hume Brown (Scottish Text Society, 1892).
Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland
Date
16 01 2015
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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