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Fragment of a copy, being pages 19-124 (containing Title I to Title VII of Book 1) of the first edition of ‘An Institute of the Law of Scotland’ by John Erskine, containing numerous additions throughout in an unidentified contemporary hand.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.3.17
Scope and Contents

Many of the additions in the outer margins are merely chapter headings, whilst most of those in the upper and lower margins are notes of legal cases heard after the publication of the book, as far as 1821 (folio 175). The longest additions are written on fragments or entire sheets of paper tipped in throughout. There are also a few later additions written in pencil in another hand.

Dates: 1773-1821.

Fragments of a life of Sir William Wallace (folio 1) and of notes (folios 17, 19) relating to another, unidentified life, possibly an edition of Blind Harry`s ‘Wallace’, by Richard Augustine Hay.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.4.18
Scope and Contents

The manuscript is undated, but from a reference to ‘the late Mr Lockhart of Carnwath’ (folio 29 verso), it seems that the notes at least were written probably in 1732; the life may have been written about the same time.

Dates: Circa 1732.

Fragments of at least 7 and perhaps 8 manuscripts on medicine and astrology, some, if not all, English.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.7.11A-H; (former binding)
Scope and Contents

A and E may be in the same hand and from the same manuscript.

Dates: 14th century-15th century.

Further papers of Hugh Pattison Macmillan, Baron Macmillan.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14268/1-42
Scope and Contents

Comprising Lord Macmillan's commonplace books with notes on his scholarly and personal reading; papers on his professional service and appointments, including a collection of press cuttings documenting his career; and fragments of correspondence and literary drafts, with photographs and family ephemera.

Dates: 1887-1952.

Gaelic language class notes, 1935

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Identifier: Acc.13483
Scope and Contents Typewritten language class notes, headed: "Notes of instruction by Professor Fraser (of Jesus College, Oxford) to a small class of "beginners" in Gaelic - including Angus McIntosh (later Prof. of Eng. Language, Edin.), Angus Mackintosh (later Sir A.M.) and George Campbell Hay, who was the only Gaelic speaker among us. There may be errors due to my mishearing or misunderstanding. Some pencilled corrections were, I think, made by John Lorne Campbell to whom I later lent this typescript. A.H....
Dates: 1935

‘Gaelic Proverbs, Adages, Maxims & Common Sayings, with an English translation & explanatory notes. To which is added, A Specimen of a Gaelic Calendar', by James McIntyre, schoolmaster in Glasgow.

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Identifier: MS.1832
Scope and Contents

The author died in January 1835, when the work was about to be published. At the end are printed proofs of part of the preface and selections in manuscript from the proverbs given before. At the beginning is a note on McIntyre's life and work.

Dates: [1835, or before.]

Genealogical and historical material in the hand of Sir James Balfour.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.7.21
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Notes on the Scottish nobility and on Scottish history, based on ‘Scotorum historiae’ (folio 1).(ii) Dates of Scottish Parliaments, 1424-1457, with brief notes on Parliaments held up to 1625 (folio 26 verso).(iii) Genealogy of the Stuarts from Banquo to Charles I (folio 28).(iv) Notes of the statutes of Kenneth I and II (folio 31).(v) Genealogy of the Earls of Caithness to 1625...
Dates: 1625.

Genealogical and other material collected by William Camden, the antiquary.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.36
Scope and Contents The title of the first item, `The nobilitie of Scotland ... 1606`, and some of the addenda to the genealogical tables are probably in Camden`s hand.The contents include:Genealogical trees of the royal and noble houses of Scotland, with some coats of arms drawn in trick, and additions to 1620 (folios 3, 34, 47).`The generall state of ye Scottish Commonwealth with ye causes of theire often mutinies and ther discords` (folio 38).`A Booke of...
Dates: Early 17th century.

Genealogical material collected by Robert Mylne, chiefly in his own hand.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.6.12
Scope and Contents

The contents consist of:

(i) Genealogy of the House of Drummond, etc.; (ii) Lumsden’s History of the Family of Forbes; (iii) Genealogical account of several families of Scotland, and notes of charters.

The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.187) includes the reference: (Jac.V.7.5).

Dates: 1660-1749.

Genealogical material collected by Sir Robert Douglas, 6th Baronet, of Glenbervie, for his projected ‘Baronage of Scotland’.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.21
Scope and Contents

The manuscript includes a number of notes by the antiquary James Cummyng. Douglas died in 1770, but the ‘Baronage of Scotland’ was not published until 1798.

Dates: Mid 18th century.

Genealogical notes by Walter Macfarlane, in his own hand.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.31.3.8
Scope and Contents

At the end of the volume are instances of the occurrence of the word ‘Carnalis’ applied to legitimate progeny.

The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.187) includes the reference: (Jac.V.5.28).

Dates: 18th century.

Genealogical notes of Sidney Cramer.

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Identifier: Acc.9063
Scope and Contents

Includes copies and extracts from birth, marriage and death certificates, with notes and temple ordinance data.

Dates: 1904-1970.

Genealogical notes of the family of Malcolm of Burnfoot.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11019
Scope and Contents

Includes loosely inserted family and estate papers.

Dates: 1776-1942 and undated.

Genealogical notes on ancient Scottish families compiled by, and partly in the hand of, George Chalmers.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.16.2.29
Scope and Contents The approximate date of the manuscript has been suggested by the range of dates of the watermarks, 179?, 1800 and 1801.The contents include the families of:Campbell of Lochow (folio 180);Douglas (folios 1, 31);Lindsay of the Byres (folio 101);Ogilvy (folio 187);Percy (folio 10); and,Stewart (folios 5, 16, 29).The Earldoms of:Angus (folio 92);Atholl (folio...
Dates: Circa 1800.

Genealogical papers concerning the Stewarts of Monteith, compiled by Margaret B Monteith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5333
Scope and Contents

With two sets of proofs, circa 1930, of Monteith`s book on the lineage of the Earls of Menteith, and the manuscript of "Les Gardes Ecossais".

Dates: Circa 1930.

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Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 13
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 7
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 6
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 6
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Elphinstone, Margaret, author, b 1948 4
Erskine, David Steuart, 11th Earl of Buchan (succ 1767), 1742-1829 4
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 4
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 4
National Library of Scotland 4
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 3
Calder, Angus Lindsay Ritchie (historian, writer, and poet) 3
Church of Scotland 3
Free Church of Scotland 3
Hogg, James, the Ettrick Shepherd (Scottish poet, novelist and essayist) 3
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 3
Robertson, Sir Lewis, Knight, administrator and industrialist, 1922-2008 3
Scottish National Party 3
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Stevenson, Ronald J, composer and pianist, 1928-2015 3
Borrow, George Henry (writer and traveller) (1803-1881) 2
Buchan, John Norman Stuart, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, 1911-1996 2
Buchan, Priscilla Jean Fortesque, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie (politician, née Thomson, then Grant) (1915-1978) 2
Dennistoun, James, antiquary, 1803-1855 2
Douglas, family, of Cavers 2
Drummond, William, of Hawthornden, poet, 1585-1649 2
Duncan, Archibald Alexander McBeth, Professor of Scottish History, University of Glasgow, b 1926 2
Dunnett, Dorothy, novelist and artist, wife of Sir Alastair McTavish, journalist and newspaper editor, née Halliday, 1923-2001 2
Edinburgh Bibliographical Society 2
Elphinstone, family, of Lopness 2
Erskine, John, of Carnock, Professor of Scots Law, University of Edinburgh, 1695-1768 2
Fairley, John A, local historian, fl 1900-1929 2
Forrester, Colin David Ian G, Clan Secretary and Historian, Clan Forrester Society, fl 1967-1992 2
Geikie, Mary, novelist, fl 1908-1948 2
Gibb, Andrew Dewar, Professor of Law, University of Glasgow, 1888-1974 2
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 2
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 2
Hall, Sir James, 4th Baronet, geologist and chemist, 1761-1832 2
Hildebrandt, Franz, Minister of Slateford-Longstone Church, 1909-1985 2
Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 2
Hume, David, philosopher, 1711-1776 2
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 2
Lockhart, John Gibson (biographer of Scott) 2
MacEwen, Andrew B W, Stockton Springs, Maine, fl 1975-1977 2
Maidment, James, antiquary, d 1879. 2
Martin, Burns, author of "Allan Ramsay: a Study of His Life and Works", fl 1900-1945 2
McGregor, family 2
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 2
Morrison, Hew, 1850-1935 (Librarian, Edinburgh Public Library, Gaelic scholar) 2
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 2
Pilkington, Charles, mountaineer, b 1850 2
Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery (statesman) 2
Ramsay, Allan, poet, 1684-1758 2
Ronaldson, family 2
Scott, Robert Falcon, Captain, Royal Navy, Antarctic explorer, 1868-1912 2
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 2
Stuart, Malcolm (Michael) Moncrieff, 1903-1991 (civil servant in India and Pakistan) 2
Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh 2
University of Edinburgh 2
Watt, Donald Elmslie Robertson, historian, 1926-2004 2
Whyte, Donald, Vice-President of the Scottish Genealogy Society, 1924-2010 2
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 2
A and C Black Ltd, Edinburgh, publishers and booksellers 1
Abbott, Minnie, illegitimate daughter of James Nasmyth, engineer, née Russell, then Richardson, c 1858-1940: recipient 1
Abulafia, John, writer and director, b 1947 1
Adam, Robin J, Professor of Medieval History, University of St Andrews, fl 1960-1998 1
Agnew, Swanzie, wife of Sir Fulque Melville Gerald Noel, 10th Baronet of Lochnaw, née Erskine, 1916-2000 1
Aldis, Harry Gidney, bibliographer, 1863-1919 1
Alexander, Alastair, sports radio commentator, b 1937 1
Allan, Jean Mary (librarian and novelist, pseudonym Lennox Allan) 1
Allen, Frederick Denison Campbell , Member of the Scottish Mountaineering Club, d.1964 1
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, 1871-1913 1
Anderson and Woodman Library, Strichen, Aberdeenshire 1
Anderson, Iain Fleming, historian, b 1902 1
Anderson, James, author of "Sir Walter Scott and History", b 1918 1
Anderson, John, Emigrant, fl 1857-1867 1
Anderson, John, Emigrant, fl 1857-1867: former owner 1
Anderson, Margaret, Emigrant, fl 1857-1867 1
Anderson, Margaret, Emigrant, fl 1857-1867: former owner 1
Anderson, William James, Senior Curate, St Mary's, Chelsea, 1894-1972 1
Andrew, Elizabeth, lover of Robert Burns, poet, née Paton, fl 1786 1
Angus, Archibald, son of David, civil engineer, fl 1904-1916 1
Angus, David, civil engineer, 1855-1926 1
Angus, David, civil engineer, 1855-1926: recipient 1
Angus, Mary, wife of David, civil engineer, née Wilson, fl 1904-1939 1
Angus, Mary, wife of David, civil engineer, née Wilson, fl 1904-1939: recipient 1
Angus, Nancy W, daughter of David, civil engineer, fl 1907-1960 1
Angus, Stewart, son of David, civil engineer, fl 1904-1916 1
Archibald Constable and Co, Edinburgh, publishers 1
Ardern, L L, Librarian, College of Technology, Manchester, fl 1953-1988 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Gordon Highlanders, 1st Battalion 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire 1
Atlee, Dr Edwin Augustus, 1776-1852 1
Baillie, Joanna (playwright and poet) 1
Baine, John, teacher and astronomer, b 1754 1
Baker, Jane, scriptwriter, fl 1968-1970 1
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