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Extracts and copies of historical works, collected by Sir James Balfour, 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.7
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Epitome Codicis Sconensis ... ex libro M.S. Magni Mackculloche` (folio 1). Material in Latin and English, taken from the `Scotichronicon` for 1057 to 1436, with a supplement (folio 34) for 1199-1263. This was the basis of the early part of Balfour`s ‘Annales of Scotland’. ‘The Scottish historical library’, pages 92-93, refers to this manuscript.(ii) Extracts from ‘Scotorum historiae’ by Hector Boece (folio 39)....
Dates:
1440-1642.
Microfilm of psalters and chartulary, 13th-15th century, of Scottish religious houses; and, 'Lives of the bishops of Dunkeld' by Alexander Myln, 16th century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.470
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Culross psalter, [circa 1470], made for Richard Marshall, Cistercian abbot of Culross (Adv.MS.18.8.11);
Aberdeen psalter and hours, 15th century (Adv.MS.18.8.14);
Ramsay psalter, late 13th century, written for use at Saint Omer (Adv.MS.18.8.8);
15th century manuscript, Chartulary of Scone Abbey (Adv.MS.34.3.28);
'Lives of the bishops of Dunkeld' by Alexander Myln, 16th century (Adv.MS.34.5.4).
Dates:
13th century-16th century.