Autograph manuscript of Sir Walter Scott concerning Scottish gypsies, including an account of Jean Gordon, of whom the character ‘Meg Merrilies’ in Guy Mannering is based.
File
Identifier: MS.23057
Dates
- Creation: 1817.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
10 Leaves
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
10 folios (+ many blank).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Sotheby’s, 22 July 1983, lot 279.
Bibliography
The manuscript was published in “Blackwood’s Magazine” April 1817.
Scott, Walter, Sir. ‘Guy Mannering’ (Edinburgh, 1815).
Scott, Walter, Sir. ‘Guy Mannering’ (Edinburgh, 1815).
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
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk