Collection of 26 letters of and to George Buchanan.
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 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).
Genre / Form
- 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
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk