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Papers from the library of St Benedict`s Abbey, Fort Augustus.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11218
Scope and Contents
Includes:
patristic texts, 1080, of Marianus at Regensburg
"Rule of St Benedict", 15th century
Book of Hours, late 15th century, with the signature of Mary of Guise
fragments of music, 15th century to 16th century, from the Inverness song-school
Dates:
11th century to early 18th century.
Papers of Alexander Fraser Tytler.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.11737/1-8
Scope and Contents
Includes commonplace books, diaries, books of etchings, sketchbooks and a manuscript "Remembrances of Woodhouselee".
Dates:
Late 18th century-early 19th century.
Papers of John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, concerning lead and copper mining in Scotland.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.24
Scope and Contents
Lord Menmuir was appointed Master of the Metals and Minerals for life in 1592.The papers are part of the Balcarres collection. They were bound in 1896, when it was not realised that they belonged to the collection.The contents are as follows:(i) Observations of Sir Archibald Napier of Merchiston on the Act of Parliament concerning metals, 1592. ‘Early records relating to mining in Scotland’, 73. Cf. Adv.MS.29.2.9, folio 17. (Folio 1.)(ii)...
Dates:
1567-1596, and undated.
Papers of the Skene family of Hallyards in Midlothian.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.10
Scope and Contents
Most of the documents belonged to John Skene (died 1644), the second son of Lord Curriehill, and to his son John, 2nd of Hallyards (died before 1699).The subjects include estate matters (in particular, the teinds of Hallyards) and political matters such as the sequestration of goods in the second half of the 17th century, and the raising and quartering of troops. The elder Skene was a Clerk of Session, and a number of legal papers are included in the volume, one of which (folio...
Dates:
1563-1710.
Part of a commentary on Aristotle`s "Categoriae".
Item
Identifier: Acc.11363- is now MS.25239
Dates:
15th century.
Pauline epistles with gloss, written in France in the 12th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.3.7
Scope and Contents
Leaves are missing which contain Romans 1, verso 21 - 3, verse 5, Corinthians I 16, verse 17 - II 1, verse 6, Titus 3, verse 5 - Philemon, verse 4, and Hebrews 10, verse 26 onwards. Some of the prologues are included with the main text, and others with the marginal gloss; a few have been added by another 12th-century hand. There are a number of 12th- and 13th-century annotations. Each Epistle is preceded by a large initial containing foliage and sometimes birds, dragons and human...
Dates:
12th century.
Perth Psalter, containing calendar, psalter, canticles, and litany.
Item
Identifier: MS.652
Scope and Contents
Referred to as the Perth Psalter from the entry in the calendar on 3rd September, ‘Dedicacio ecclesie de Perth’.The calendar and the litany are based on the use of Sarum, with additional entries for Scottish Saints. There are several illuminated capitals, four of the larger of these are accompanied by full-page borders of conventional foliage. Accompanying the manuscript is a list of additions to the calendar in a later cursive hand which were brought out by chemical action by F...
Dates:
Late 15th century.
Photocopy of thesis of Walter Graham Blackie, "De Aliqua Mentis Penetrate quae in Scotia "Second Sight" Vulgo Nominatur", presented at Jena University.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8502
Dates:
1840.
Photograph of copies, in the Archives Nationales, Paris, of public notarial instruments recording (i) the homage, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 26 December 1292, and, (ii) the fealty, Norham Castle, 20 November 1292, done by John Balliol to Edward I for the Kingdom of Scotland.
File
Identifier: Ch.664
Dates:
1292.
Preaching-book of John of Grimestone, a Franciscan friar from Norfolk.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.7.21
Scope and Contents
The sermon topics are arranged alphabetically, with an index at the beginning (folios 7-9); the heading and number of each is repeated at the top of each page. The last three in the index (numbers 141-143, De Vsura, De Vita, De Veste) are missing from the text. The topics are predominantly in Latin, a very few in French, and consist of quotations (from the Bible, classical authors, especially Cicero and Seneca, the Fathers, and medieval authors) and moral tales and happenings. Interspersed...
Dates:
1372.
Printed copy of Cornelius Van Eck, "Principia Juris Civilis" (1756), with manuscript annotations.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7836
Dates:
1756.
Printed copy of Justinius, "Institutes" (1678), with manuscript annotations.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7835
Dates:
1678.
Printed copy of thesis of Sir Walter Scott titled, 'De cadanesibus damnatorum' (Edinburgh, 1792), for his admission to the Faculty of Advocates, with autograph inscription by Scott.
Item
Identifier: F.R.106
Dates:
1792.
Psalter, probably written in the area around Liège in the 14th century
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.17
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar in red and black with solar notations and Easter on 27 March (folio 1). All the entries are among the feasts listed in ‘Gothic manuscript illumination in the diocese of Liège (c.1250-c.1330)’, ii, pages 214-228, except `Inventio sancti dyonisii` (22 April) in red. Saints Agatha, Egidius, Lambert, Remigius and Germanus, and Dyonisius cum sociis suis are also in red, and Saints Emmerentian, Gertrude, Ursmar, Remaclus, Hubert, and the...
Dates:
14th century.
'Ramsay psalter', written in France in the late 13th century for use at Saint Omer, and then in the possession of the Ramsay family of Colluthie
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.8
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar in black and red (folio 1) containing several saints of the Saint Omer region but not the relics of St Maxime at Thérouanne. It includes Saints Silvinus (17 February), Omer (8 June, 9 September, 21 October), Bertin (16 July and 5 September), Francis (4 October) and Folquinus (14 December). Saints Denis and Thomas Becket are in red. Obits have been added in later hands for Robert III, James V and various members of the Ramsay family of...
Dates:
Late 13th century.
Register of constitutions and other legal documents concerning the bishopric of Aberdeen, written in the 16th century and covering the 13th to 16th centuries.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.4.4
Scope and Contents
Chartulary produced in Scotland containing various documents relating to the Bishopric of Aberdeen. The documents include constitutions, ordinances, royal charters, inquisitions, and lists of bounds.Davis has dated the manuscript to the 1st half of the 16th century. Innes suggests that the volume was begun circa 1520 due to two factors. The first is the mention in an inscription on folio 50r of Alexander Galloway as a canon of Aberdeen and patron of the manuscript. Galloway was a...
Dates:
1st half of 16th century.
Register of the Cathedral Church and Bishopric of Aberdeen, also known as the 'Registrum Album', written between 1380 and 1550.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.16.1.10
Scope and Contents
Manuscript written in Scotland containing the register of the cathedral church and bishopric of Aberdeen. This volume, also known as the 'Registrum Album', is a composite work containing miscellaneous charters of the church and see, including sections of royal and papal charters, as well as grants by the bishops. The manuscript dates from the late 14th century, with additions which extend into the 16th century. Davis has suggested that the work was probably begun during the...
Dates:
1380-1550.
Register of the Chapel Royal of Stirling, written, circa 1537, by John Lambert, prebendary of the Chapel.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.1.5
Scope and Contents
The register contains copies of papal bulls and other documents concerning the Chapel, dated from 1501 to 1537. The text is all in Lambert`s hand, except for folios 41-42, and there are large calligraphic initials. Each folio is signed by James Primrose, clerk to the Privy Council; this was probably done in 1621 when the Register and other documents of the Chapel Royal were put into his keeping for transfer to the Bishop of Dunblane (see ‘Register of the Privy Council...
Dates:
1501-1537.
Rental of Paisley Abbey, written between 1460 and 1550.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.15.1.17
Scope and Contents
Manuscript rental book for Paisley Abbey, written in Scotland, containing statistical information and a series of individual rentals from the period 1460 to 1550, with a later marginal addition of 1555.The record is sporadically kept. Farnhill observes that the earliest extant rentals were drawn up in 1460. The next sets of rentals date from 1472 and 1484. Subsequently there are rentals which cover the years 1519 to 1522, and then a final completed rental from 1525. Towards the...
Dates:
1460 - 1550.
Reproduction, 1924, of the 'Liber Pontificalis', 3rd quarter of 12th century, of Glasgow Cathedral.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.54.1.27
Dates:
3rd quarter of 12th century.
‘‘Rerum Scoticarum historia’ by George Buchanan (Elzevir, 1668), interleaved and annotated in the hand of Sir Robert Sibbald.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.33.5.21-33.5.22
Dates:
1668.
'Rosslyn missal', a manuscript written in Ireland probably for Down Cathedral, Downpatrick.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.5.19
Scope and Contents
Manuscript written in Ireland, probably for Down Cathedral in Downpatrick. Lawlor has dated the work as probably of the 13th or early 14th century based on palaeographic evidence. Henry and Marsh-Micheli have suggested the work could also be attributed to the 12th century based on the decoration. This manuscript is a missal of the English (pre-Sarum) type introduced into Ireland from the later 12th century, with a few archaic, possibly local, features. The missal appears to have...
Dates:
13th century.
Royal Charter, granted with consent of Parliament, ratifying a charter by James II to the deceased John Balfour and confirming the same to Michael Balfour of Burleigh, Kt., of the lands of Balgarvie in Fife.
Item
Identifier: Ch.900
Dates:
1506.
Rules of the Scots College, Madrid.
File
Identifier: MS.5057
Scope and Contents
The rules are signed, on folio 19 verso, by Archbishop Giulio Rospigliosi, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain (later Pope Clement IX).
Dates:
1647.