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Autobiography and diaries of foreign travel, circa 1953-1979, of Helen Henderson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8867
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With photocopies of poetry, circa 1890, of William Constable (originals now destroyed).

Dates: circa 1890, circa 1953-1979.

Autograph album of an unknown collector, containing verses, drawings, and photographs.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14322
Scope and Contents

The album contains poetry, prose extracts, drawings, painting, and photographs by various artists. Many of the entries relate to Edinburgh, including to Moray House.

Dates: 1918-1931.

Autograph manuscripts of ten poems by Edwin Morgan on "Scotland`s favourite paintings" as selected by readers of `The Herald`.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12948
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With related papers and notes by Lesley Duncan, and a copy of the resulting book "Beyond the Sun" (Edinburgh, 2007).

Dates: 2005-2007.

Autograph notebook of poems, largely unpublished, by Sorley MacLean (1911-1996).

 Item
Identifier: MS.14966
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) “Shaoil mi i bhith fo éislean”, 2 stanzas (folio 1);(ii) “Dh’aontaich mo reusan ‘s mo chridh”, 10 lines (middle of folio 1);(iii) “‘S tusa Shomhairle ‘chuis-bhurte”, 4 lines (folio 2);(iv) ‘Mo chasan brist aig Alamein’, 4 lines (folio 3);(v) “Oidhche de ‘n dà bhliadhna”, 17 lines. ‘An Trom-laighe’. (‘Spring tide and Neap Tide’, page 129) (folio 5);(vi) “‘S mi ris an neo-dhealgach”, 6...
Dates: 1943.

Autograph poem of James Hogg.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10001
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With a note of Mrs Thomas Hughes concerning the poem`s provenance.

Dates: circa 1828.

Autograph transcripts of 15 of Hugh MacDiarmid`s poems.

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Identifier: Acc.10095
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Includes letter of MacDiarmid to W Gordon Smith concerning a recording of the poems.

Dates: 1962.

Autograph version, apparently unpublished, of 'Peebles to the Play' by James Ballantine.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8489
Scope and Contents

The manuscript does not appear to have been published. However, a version of the poem was prepared for the inauguration of the Chambers' Institution, Peebles, 1859.

Dates: [1859, or before].

Autograph working manuscript of William Douglas Home "Now Barabbas..., Act I".

 Item
Identifier: Acc.10813
Scope and Contents

Contains verses by the author.

Dates: circa 1947.

Bannatyne Manuscript: a collection of some 400 poems, mostly Scottish, compiled and written by George Bannatyne.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.1.1.6
Scope and Contents George Bannatyne, a student at St Andrews, and a merchant burgess of Edinburgh, wrote the manuscript in the last three months of 1568, when an outbreak of plague in Edinburgh compelled him to refrain from work; see his colophon on folio 375. The year is also given on page 1 and folios 97, 290, and 298; on folio 290 it was originally written 1565 and on folio 298 1566, but these must be slips of the pen.Some forty authors are represented; those with most poems are William Dunbar,...
Dates: 1568.

Bhagavadgītā (The Song of the Holy One), a philosophical poem, forming part of the epic poem Mahābhārata.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.13.2.12
Scope and Contents The manuscript, on European watermarked paper, is in Devanāgarī script.Colophon (folio 140 recto): hariḥ oṃ tat sad iti śrībhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṃ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde mokṣasanyāsayogo nāma aṣṭādaśādhyāyaḥ śrhī ॥ [that is, the standard colophon to chapter 18 (and so to the whole text), but there is no information about the scribe, owner or date of writing].On folio 140 verso: iti bhagavadgītā samāptā [‘Here ends the...
Dates: Undated.

Bible, probably written in Italy in the 13th century.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.7.19
Scope and Contents The order of contents is the usual one (see ‘Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries’, ii, pages 210-212), except that the Prayer of Solomon is included at the end of Ecclesiasticus (folio 193). The prologues are as listed in ‘Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries’, with the following exceptions: 2 Chronicles, no prologue; Job, Stegmüller 349; Psalms, Stegmüller numbers 430, 10470, and 1833, 1; Proverbs has two additional prologues, Stegmüller 456 and 455; Jeremiah has two additional...
Dates: Mid 13th century.

Bible, written in France.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.1.2
Scope and Contents The order of contents (from folio 3) is that usually found in French bibles of the period, with the common set of 64 prologues (see ‘Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries’, pages 210-212). The biblical books are followed (folio 412) by the interpretations of Hebrew names beginning ‘Aaz apprehendens` (see ‘Repertorium Biblicum medii aevi’, number 7709). Leaves containing II Maccabees 8, verses 22-10, verse 30 and 14, verse 5 - Matthew 1, verse 11 are missing.There are...
Dates: 2nd half of 13th century.

Book of autographs begun by Catherine E Moir, wife of David Macbeth Moir, 1829, and continued by her daughter Anne Mary Milligan, 1853, and her grandson, George Milligan, biblical scholar, 1872.

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Identifier: MS.10256
Scope and Contents The album for the most part contains cut-out signatures of well-known nineteenth-century figures but there are also several letters notably of Charles Dickens, Fanny Kemble, Henry Siddons, Samuel Warren and Baroness Wentworth. Also included are autograph poems by Thomas Campbell and James Hogg. The poems of Hogg (folios 64-66) are "Lenochan's farewell", 'The Stuarts of Appin' and 'The poor man', all published in ‘The works of the Ettrick Shepherd' (London, 1873). The verses of Thomas...
Dates: 1829-1872.

Calendar written by Diarmuid Ó Fithcheallaigh; and a poem on the calendar usually attributed to Seán Ó Dubhagáin, followed by various medical texts, with some charms and folk cures.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.72.1.33
Scope and Contents The manuscript is written in the following hands.A. Diarmuid Ó Fithcheallaigh, cf. folio 1 verso.B. Donald Beaton, cf. page 84.C. Anonymous. Related in style to hand of Christopher Beaton, National Museum of Scotland H.MCR 40. D. Neil Beaton, cf. pages 33-34 and Adv.MS.72.1.2, folio 65 verso.E. Donnchadh Albannach Ó Conchubhair (1571-1647), cf. Adv.MS.73.1.22.F. Anonymous.G. Malcolm Beaton (flourished...
Dates: [Circa 1538], 1593-1596, undated.

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Manuscripts. 416
Letters. Correspondence. 259
Typescripts. 242
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Short stories. 52
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Language
English 708
Undetermined 358
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 74
Latin 50
Multiple languages 28
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Names
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 26
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 22
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 17
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 15
Morrison, Trevor, poet, d 2013 14
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Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 13
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 11
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 11
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 11
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 10
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 9
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 9
Hogg, James, the Ettrick Shepherd (Scottish poet, novelist and essayist) 9
Soutar, William (poet) 9
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 8
Turnbull, Gael Lundin, poet and physician, 1928-2004 8
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 7
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 7
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour, novelist, 1850–1894 7
Campbell, Thomas (poet) 6
Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 6
Hay, George Campbell, poet, 1915-1984 6
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 6
Gray, Alasdair (author) 5
Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984 5
Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author) 5
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 5
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 5
Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet) 4
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 4
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 4
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 4
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 4
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 4
Leonard, Thomas, poet, b 1944 4
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 4
Ramsay, Allan, poet, 1684-1758 4
Reid, Alastair, poet, b 1926 4
Scotia Review, literary journal 4
Scott, Alexander Mackie, poet and editor, 1920-1989 4
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 4
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 3
Akros, literary magazine 3
Black, David MacLeod, poet, b 1941 3
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 3
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 3
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 3
Conn, Stewart, poet, playwright and broadcaster, b 1936 3
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 3
Fulton, Robin, poet, b 1937 3
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 3
Irvine, Alexander, Minister of Little Dunkeld, 1773-1824 3
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 3
Louis César de La Baume Le Blanc, Duc de La Vallière 3
MacCaig, Norman Alexander, poet, 1910-1996 3
Macfie, Ronald Campbell, physician and writer, d 1931 3
McTurk, Isabella, correspondent of Jane Baillie Welsh Carlyle, poet and writer, fl 1823-1828: recipient 3
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 3
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012. 3
Price, Richard John, librarian, poet and editor, b 1966 3
Reid, Alexander, playwright, 1914-1982 3
School of Poets, 1981-, Edinburgh 3
Scott, Francis George, composer, 1880-1958 3
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 3
Scottish Poetry Library, 1984-, Edinburgh 3
Sibbald, Robert, Sir, Knight (physician and Geographer Royal) 3
Turner, William Price, author, 1927-1988 3
Aytoun, William Edmondstoune, poet, 1813-1865 2
Boccaccio, Giovanni (Writer and Poet) 2
Boswell, Sir Alexander, 1st Baronet, of Auchinleck, 1775-1822 2
Bowring, Sir John, Knight, politician, diplomatist and author, 1792-1872: recipient 2
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 2
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 2
Burnett (of Leys) 2
Butlin, Ronald Y, writer, b 1949 2
Cargill, James, Edinburgh, writing master, fl 1830-1861 2
Corrie, Joseph, miner and playwright, 1894-1968 2
Cruickshank, Helen Burness, poet, 1886-1975 2
Currie, James (physician) 2
Edinburgh Review (Scottish cultural magazine, 1969-) 2
Gardner, Archibald Ward, physician, 1923-1994 2
Greig, Andrew, poet, b 1951 2
Grieve, Valda, 2nd Wife of Christopher M, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid, née Trevlyn, 1906-1989 2
Hendry, Diana Lois, poet and children's writer, b 1941 2
Henry, William Stuart, artist, pseudonym Henry Stuart, fl 1942-1973 2
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 2
Hogg, Robert, nephew of James Hogg, the poet, 1802-1834 2
Holton, Harvey, poet, 1949-2010 2
Hutchison, Alexander, poet, b 1943 2
Jamieson, Robert Alan, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1958 2
Jarvie, Gordon, writer and editor, b.1941. 2
Law, Thomas Sturdy, poet, 1916-1997 2
Lines Review, Scottish poetry journal 2
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 2
Mac Mhurchaidh, Uilleam , ca. 1700-1778 (schoolmaster, poet and scribe) 2
MacCulloch, John, geologist, 1773-1835 2
MacDonald, Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, poet, ca. 1698-ca. 1770 2
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 2
MacMhuirich family (Gaelic poets) 2
MacMhuirich, Niall, ca. 1637-1726 2
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