Copies, 17th century, of `Sayings and Observations` by John Livingstone, minister of Ancrum (page 1) and of his notes on the lives of eminent ministers of the Church of Scotland (page 15).
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.3.3
Scope and Contents
The end of a religious meditation is written upside-down on page 108.
Dates
- Creation: 17th century.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (108 pages. Octavo.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The manuscript was probably bought at the sale of George R Kinloch, 4 December 1877, lot 828.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
Both parts have been printed from other copies in Wodrow MS. Quarto XVIII, in ‘Select Biographies’, edited for the Wodrow Society by W K Tweedie (Edinburgh, 1845), i, pages 279-286 and 295-348.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 13 07 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:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk