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Microfilm of the Glenriddell Manuscripts, copies of poems and letters of Robert Burns, compiled by the poet, 1791-1793, for presentation to Robert Riddell of Glenriddell.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.203
Scope and Contents

Poems, 4th quarter of 18th century, of Robert Burns, including "Tam o’ Shanter" and "Holy Willie’s Prayer", with a copy of a letter, 1787, to Dr Moore, and a dedicatory letter, 1791 (MS.86);

Letters, 4th quarter of 18th century, of Robert Burns (MS.87).

Dates: 4th quarter of 18th century.

Microfilm of the letters, 1792-1796, of Robert Burns to George Thomson together with a letter of Burns to John Ballantine, 1787, and one of George Syme to Thomson, 1797.

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Identifier: MS.15533 [Mf.MSS.89]
Scope and Contents

A list of the poems included in the letters precedes them.

Dates: 1787, 1792-1796, 1797.

Microfilm of three Gaelic manuscripts.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.654
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Manuscript, 17th-18th century, of bardic fragments, containing a strong element of MacMhuirich poetry (Adv.MS.72.2.2);

Donald Smith’s Irish miscellany, [circa 1798] (Adv.MS.72.3.2);

Part of a Gaelic grammatical treatise, 17th century, (written in the traditional character) giving the paradigms of a number of nouns and verbs.(MS.1745).

Dates: 17th century-[circa 1798].

Microfilm of travel journals of Francis, Lord Jeffrey; and poetry of Margaret Loudoun.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1005
Scope and Contents

Travel journal, 1813, of Francis Jeffreys in the United States (Acc.11099/1-2);

Journal, September 1800, of a pedestrian tour in Scotland by Francis Jeffrey (MS.23223);

Diary, July-September 1823, of a journey from London to Venice and back by Francis Jeffrey travelling with Henry Cockburn and others (MS.23224);

Volume containing fair copies of poems, 1803-1809, in the hand of Margaret Loudoun (MS.23226).

Dates: 1803-1809, 1813.

Microfilm of two 11th century manuscripts.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.9
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Manuscript, late 11th century, of Persius, Avianus, etc. from Thorney Abbey (Adv.MS.18.6.12);

Palimpsest, made up of at least five English manuscripts of the 8th to 11th centuries, overwritten in England in the late 11th century and belonging to Thorney Abbey (Adv.MS.18.7.8).

Dates: 8th century to 11th century.

Microfilm of two calligraphic manuscripts of Esther Inglis.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1388
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: ‘Vne estreine pour tres illustre et vertueuse dame la Contesse de Bedford’, calligraphic manuscript, 1606, by Esther Inglis (Acc.11624);"Cinquant [sic] Octonaires sur la vanité et inconstance du monde, dediez a tresillustre seigneur le conte de Shrewsbury, pour ses estrennes l'an 1607", being a calligraphic copy of the verses by Antoine de la Roche Chandieu, first published anonymously in ‘Les Cantigues du Seigneur de Maisonfleur’, [1586, or...
Dates: [1586, or before]-19th century.

Microfilm of two Gaelic manuscripts of William MacMurchy (died circa 1778) of Campbelltown in Kintyre.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.979
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: A collection of proverbs and other matter, written circa 1759 by William MacMurchy (Adv.MS.72.2.12); A collection of poetry written by William MacMurchy, many of his own composition (Adv.MS.73.2.2).

Dates: [?circa 1759.]

Microfilm of typescripts of poems, [1922-1929],; and, synopses, [1932-1934], of intended publications of James Leslie Mitchell, ‘Lewis Grassic Gibbon’.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1121
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Typescripts of poems, [1922-1929], of James Leslie Mitchell, ‘Lewis Grassic Gibbon’ (MS.26058); Synopses, [1932-1934], of intended publications of James Leslie Mitchell, ‘Lewis Grassic Gibbon’ (MS.26060).

Dates: [1922-1934.]

Microfilm of various Gaelic manuscripts.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1390
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Gaelic manuscript, 15th-16th century, containing Irish pedigrees (Adv.MS.72.1.6);Manuscript, 14th century-15th century, containing tales of destruction in Gaelic (Adv.MS.72.1.8);Gaelic manuscript of MacDougall genealogy, 17th century (Adv.MS.72.1.9);Medical manuscript, 14th century-15th century, in Gaelic (Adv.MS.72.1.13);Medical manuscript, 15th century-16th century, in Gaelic consisting of two independent layers,...
Dates: 14th century-?16th century.

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