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Circular letter, signed and with postcript in the hand of Captain R F Scott.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7685
Scope and Contents
Acknowledging a subscription to the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910.
Dates:
1910.
Copies, 19th century, and original papers collected by Sir William Fraser, 16th century-1793.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.3.25
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Latin legal abbreviations, 16th century. (Folio 1.)(ii) Speech in Latin addressed to `domine doctissime coeterique commilitones mei suavissimi`, in praise of modesty. Late 16th or early 17th century. (Folio 2.)(iii) Transcript, 19th century, of the Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3 February, 1590, concerning the slaughter of David Taillor by William Spottiswood of that Ilk and others. Cf. ‘The...
Dates:
16th century-1793.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning Thomas and J A Carlyle.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20752-20753
Dates:
1833-1883, undated.
Five leaves from an autograph album.
File
Identifier: Acc.5623
Scope and Contents
Including letters, receipts, drawings and engravings.
With items of Sir Richard Westmacott, Sir Francis Chantrey and Benjamin Haydon.
Dates:
1755-1830 and undated.
Manuscript containing various legal works, compiled in 1704.
File
Identifier: MS.9248
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Abridgement of ‘Jus Feudale’ by Sir Thomas Craig of Riccarton. The text is in a considerably shorter form than the usual epitomes (for which see MS.1950 and Adv.MSS.25.6.1-2, 28.3.14), and omits book i, 11 and 13, book ii, 5 and 15, and book iii, 4 and 7. (Folio 1.)(ii) "Inventory of ane Burges's airship moveables". (Folio 88.) (iii) Latin mottoes. (Folio 90.)(iv) Notes on land measures in Scotland and weights...
Dates:
[1704, or before.]
Manuscript of the 'Memoirs of Sir Henry Slingsby From 1638 to 1648', which was used by Sir Walter Scott in his edition of 'Original memoirs, written during the Great Civil War: being the life of Sir Henry Slingsby, and memoirs of Capt. Hodgson. With notes. &c'.
Item
Identifier: MS.23621
Scope and Contents
The text is carefully written in a late eighteenth-century hand (evidence of pricking survives in the outer margins of most of the leaves) and bears marks of Sir Walter Scott's editorial work. The chief alteration to the text is the replacement by Scott of Sir Henry Slingsby's last sentence; otherwise the amendments consist mostly of expansions of contracted words and the introduction of consistency in the use of capitals; the additions are in the form of footnotes, a few of which were not...
Dates:
Late 18th century-[1806 or before.]
Manuscript volume entitled "The Journey Rout[e] of Her Imperial Majesty from Charcoff thro' the Government of Kursk to Moscow ... By the Governments Geometrician & Land Measurer Basshiloff 1787", consisting of descriptions of the different sections of the route through Kursk with illustrative maps.
Item
Identifier: MS.19419
Scope and Contents
The title of the main text is on folio 2. It is followed by a 'Short Delineation' (folio 17) and a map (folio 22) of the district. It is presumably a contemporary translation of part of the route of the return journey of Catherine II from her visit to the south and the then recently acquired territories in the Crimea.
Dates:
1787.
Metrical version of the Psalms, divided according to the Psalter of the Church of England.
Item
Identifier: MS.655
Scope and Contents
There are metrical versions of the canticles (Te Deum, Magnificat, etc.) at the beginning. At the end (folio 127 verso) some of the Psalms are repeated, some of them in alternative versions.
Dates:
18th century.
Music book compiled by J Crichton Donaldson.
Item
Identifier: MS.22170
Scope and Contents
The signature of J Crichton Donaldson has been written on the pastedowns inside both front and back covers and at folio 55.The music book was begun in 1853 and continued until at least 20 September 1855 and contains a large number of tunes, numbered to 1080 (folio 97 verso), followed by more, unnumbered, tunes. They consist chiefly of dances, together with several military marches, some songs, sets of variations and a few original solos requiring a more developed technique and...
Dates:
1853-[1855, or after].
Poems of George Lauder, transcribed, 17th century, chiefly from printed copies indicated in the manuscript.
File
Identifier: MS.1806
Scope and Contents
The manuscript contains the following poems.
(i) Valedictory Address, 1622. (Folio 1.)(ii) On the Execution of Charles I. Printed: Delft, 1649. (Folio 2.)(iii) 'Good Wishes to His Highnes the Prince upon His Birth Day, 14 November'. (Folio 3.)(iv) 'The wnconstant Lover', 1624. (Folio 3 verso.)(v) 'For the Heroycall L: Colonel Lauder ... A Christmas Carol'. Signed: F G. (Folio 4.)(vi) 'The Souldiers Wishe'. Printed: Edinburgh, J...
Dates:
17th century.
Scottish armorial, probably produced in England in the late 16th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.19610
Scope and Contents
This armorial is closely related to MS.10338; the text in both manuscripts is the same, but the names of some of the Scottish queens are omitted in MS.19610 (folios 2-3) and the reference to James VI as king of England (folio 4 verso) is added in the margin. The coats of arms were originally in trick and have been painted.
Dates:
Late 16th century, ?1627.
‘Two Theban queens’ by Colin Campbell (London, 1909); the author's copy.
File
Identifier: MS.9048
Scope and Contents
The volume contains Colin Campbell’s signature on the flyleaf, a sketch at page 84, and a few pencil notes in his hand dispersed through the printed text. Inside the front cover are pasted a cutting from a bookseller's catalogue (folio 1) and a cutting from an unidentified newspaper containing a review of the book (folio 2).Two letters, 1925, to Campbell from Professor Francis Ll. Griffith in search of a copy of the book, which were formerly loosely enclosed at the title page,...
Dates:
1909.