Manuscript material in the collection of printed Bibles, psalters, hynm-books, etc., of William Cowan, editor of the ‘Church Hymnary’, and author of ‘The bibliography of the book of common order and psalm book of the Church of Scotland, 1556-1644’.
Dates
- Creation: Late 18th century-1927, undated.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
4 Volumes
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bequeathed, 1929, by William Cowan, Edinburgh.
Bibliography
General
The manuscripts described here are kept with the rest of the Cowan Collection held in the printed book collections of the Library. As such, the manuscript content is to be requested under printed book request procedures through the appropriate bibliographic record in the printed book catalogue. A link to the relevant description in the printed book catalogue is provided under 'External Documents' in the description of each manuscript. The identifier 'Cwn.' indicates the printed book reference number and the full reference is recorded in square brackets after the manuscript reference number: eg. MS.3709 [Cwn.1026].
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
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