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‘Two songs in imitation of the Welch poetry’ by Sir Walter Scott and in his autograph, namely, ‘The Norman Horse-Shoe’ and ‘The Dying Bard’.

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Identifier: MS.643

Dates

  • Creation: [1806.]

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Conditions Governing Use

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Extent

4 Leaves ; Quarto.

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Arrangement

ii + 2 folios.

Custodial History

The manuscripts were bought by the National Library of Scotland with the aid of the Reid Fund.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought, Sotheby’s Sale, 11 November 1930, lot 350.

Bibliography

According to John Gibson Lockhart’s edition of "Scott’s Poetical Works" (Edinburgh, 1857), page 630, the poems were written in 1806 for George Thomson’s Welsh Airs, and are contained in his ‘Select Melodies’, volume i.

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

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