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Abstracts and facsimiles of Scottish armorials by William Rae Macdonald, Albany Herald (1843-1923).
Armorial of James Workman.
Armorial traditionally associated with Sir Robert Forman, Lord Lyon from 1555 to 1567
Arms of British and foreign noblemen, drawn in trick.
`Collection of armorial bearings, inscriptions, etc.` made by Alexander Deuchar.
Collection of arms in trick, drawn on engraved shields, made by Sir James Balfour.
The collection was compiled in the first quarter of the 17th century, with additions to 1642. The arms of the gentry are arranged alphabetically by families and are followed (folio 110 verso) by the arms of Scottish peers. On one of the end flyleaves (folio ii verso) are drawings and the blazon of the arms and crest of Viscount Montgomery of the Great Ardes, with Balfour’s signature.
Collection of English arms in trick, probably compiled as a working notebook by herald painters in London, one of whom appears to have worked with Sir Henry Saint George, Garter King of Arms.
`Collection of illuminate arms` by Etherington Martyn, in 2 volumes, containing watercolour paintings of Scottish, English and a few foreign arms.
In an introductory note (volume 1, folio iv.), Martyn states that many of the arms were unpublished, and taken from seals, drawings, paintings and manuscript blazons; also from a manuscript collection of heraldry `purchased at Mr Cummyngs sale by a Mr Rose`. This probably refers to James Cummyng, herald painter and Lyon Clerk Depute (died 1793). Martyn sometimes gives the source for a particular coat of arms, and occasionally criticises the heraldry.
`Crests, Mottos and Supporters of Scots Duckes, Marquises, Earles, Wiscounts and Barrons of Parliament`: descriptions by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne.
The last section has not been completed, and the names of some of the barons are given without their crests and mottoes.
Genealogical and other material collected by William Camden, the antiquary.
Heraldic collection of John Scrymgeour.
Heraldic collection of Sir David Lindsay.
Illustrations of heraldic terms.
The manuscript includes the ordinaries and sub-ordinaries with some of their variations, and a few other charges. The beginning is missing. A later hand has added examples of the colours and metals in trick (folio 46).
John Sawers` Armorial, containing the arms of the Scottish nobility, mostly painted on engraved outlines.
Lindsay Armorial: the armorial register of Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, Lyon King of Arms from 1542 to 1555.
Manuscript of an English work entitled `A Compendious explication of all coats of armes in apt termes of Blazon`, intended for the amateur, in two parts, Blazoning and Marshalling.
The text breaks off in the second part. The author refers to works by Nicholas Upton and Gerard Legh. There are several pen sketches and shields are drawn in trick.
Manuscript of `The Variation of the Armes and Badges of the Kings of England from the tyme of Brute untill this present yeare of our Lord 1604` by Sir William Segar, with paintings of the arms (some of which are mythical) and, from Henry II onwards, of the badges.
The work was intended for presentation to James I.
Manuscript on heraldry, written throughout in one hand of the late 15th or early 16th century.
Microfilm of manuscripts concerning orders of Collars and first statutes of the Ordre de Saint-Michel.
The contents are as follows:
‘Original institutions of the princely orders of collars’ by Sir William Segar, [1603, or after] (Adv.MS.31.4.5), 25 frames;
Manuscript, 1469-1476, containing the first statutes of the Ordre de Saint-Michel drawn up in 1469, but not those of 1476. (Adv.MS.31.7.15), 26 frames.
`Original institutions of the princely orders of collars` by Sir William Segar.
The manuscript is not dated, but is thought to have been written and illuminated shortly after the accession of James VI to the English throne. Most of the material is to be found in ‘Honor Military, and Civill’, pages 65-91.
The manuscript was included in the Heraldic Exhibition in Edinburgh in 1891 (see ‘Memorial Catalogue’, number 720).