Sermons of James Blair and William Eccles, Ministers at Paisley, taken down in shorthand.
File
Identifier: MS.7173
Scope and Contents
There are some notes and summaries (folios 84, 204), proper names, and quotations in Latin (passim) in cursive script. A few leaves at the beginning are missing. The shorthand used resembles the system devised by T Metcalfe, (‘Radio-stenography, or short writing’) from which it was probably adapted by the copyist himself.
Dates
- Creation: 1681-1682.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
334 Leaves ; Folio.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
334 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1962.
Bibliography
Metcalfe, Theophilus. ‘Radio-stenography, or short writing’ (London, ?1635; 19th edition, 1679).
Physical Description
Contemporary binding.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk