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Notebook of a mid-19th century Lady containing knitting and crochet patterns, and Gaelic poetry.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14899
Scope and Contents The notebook, watermarked 1833, is anonymously written from both ends. End ‘A’, paginated 1-121, consists of knitting and crochet patterns based on Gaugain, ‘The knitter’s friend’. Includes ‘The McDonald pattern’ (page 113). End ‘B’ is paginated 1-63, but pages 9-34 have been cut out. Pages 1-55 are in the same hand as end ‘A’, and are catalogued below. Pages 56-63 are in a later hand and contain knitting patterns and recipes.The contents are as follows....
Dates: Mid 19th century.

Notebook of Thomas Heart, containing prose translations, poetry, notes and some medical recipes.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3004
Scope and Contents

The notebook contains prose translations of most of Horace's ‘Odes and Epodes’ (inverted folio 3, folio 1 verso), a poem entitled "The believer's dowry" with other verses and notes of a religious nature (folio 4), and some medical recipes (folio 27 verso). Dates ranging between the years 1720 and 1763 occur at points throughout the volume.

Dates: 1720-1763.

Various notebooks of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.17888-17894
Dates: Mid 18th century-early 19th century.

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