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Collection of romances and religious material, mostly in verse, written in the North Midlands by Richard Heeg with some items by James Hawghton and additions in other hands.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.3.1
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) ‘The Hunting of the Hare` (‘The Index of Middle English Verse’, 973) (folio 1), followed by a mock sermon in prose (folio 7 verso) and nonsense verses (folio 10 verso) (the latter ‘The Index of Middle English Verse’, 3425, both printed in ‘Reliquiae Antiquae’, volume 1, pages 82-84). See ‘The “Hunting of the Hare” in the Heege Manuscript’. Written by Richard Heeg.(ii) `Sir Gowther` (‘The Index of Middle English Verse’,...
Dates: Circa 1480.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Copy of sermons and religious verse written by James Cuninghame of Barns, a Quietist preacher and Jacobite.

 Item
Identifier: MS.5166
Scope and Contents

The poems and sermons have for headings the date and place of composition; among the places mentioned are Edinburgh, Stirling, Kilsyth, Glasgow and Aberdeen.

The manuscript is written in a fair hand, and some gaps have been left where the copyist could not read the original.

The original pagination, lacking pages 100-179, is faulty.

Dates: 1710-1711.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Correspondence and papers of Alexander 'Jupiter' Carlyle, Minister of Inveresk, and of his trustees and later relations.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.23761-23930
Scope and Contents

Alexander Carlyle's papers consist chiefly of journals, sermons, lectures, autobiographical writings, writings on various topics, poetry and papers on church and other affairs. The later papers (MSS.23927-23930) consist of a list of his books, excerpts from his writings and excerpts of proceedings in the action against him by the Presbytery of Dalkeith.

Dates: 1743-1944, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Further Gaelic manuscripts from the Irvine-Robertson collection.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14544
Content Description

A small group of manuscripts that were formerly part of Acc.3184 (now MSS.14877-14881), to be merged with that collection in due course.

The manuscripts were brought together by the Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine (1773-1824), minister of Fortingall and then Little Dunkeld, Gaelic scholar and collector of Gaelic verse. They comprise correspondence in English, sermons in Gaelic, and Gaelic poetry collected by Irvine.

Dates: ca. 1800-1823
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Manuscript containing a collection of Ossianic poems by the Reverend Alexander Pope (circa 1706-1782) of Reay.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.23
Scope and Contents A letter written by Alexander Pope in 1763 and published in the Ossian Report, Appendix, page 52, indicates that this collecting activity took place about 1739. Folios 1-7 are in Pope’s hand, and a note at folio 1 verso confirming his identity appears to be signed W P, perhaps his son William. Folios 8-11 are in hand of the Reverend Alexander Sage (1753-1824) of Kildonan, as are numerous corrections passim and a reference at folio 5 verso.The contents are as follows....
Dates: [Circa 1739.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Microfilm of preaching-book of John of Grimestone, a Franciscan friar from Norfolk.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.61
Dates: 1372.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Microfilm of preaching book of John of Grimestone, a Franciscan friar from Norfolk.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.165
Dates: 1372.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Miscellaneous letters and manuscripts.

 Series
Identifier: MS.3112
Dates: 1550-1923, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Miscellaneous material, mostly of a religious nature.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.3.9
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `A Testamentary Memoir written by Theophilus, in which his own dearest concerns are Ingenuously Narrated, and sundry of a more publick Nature are also touched, all Addressed to his surviving friends`, early 18th century. This is similar in style to the ‘Memorial` of James Hog, and the hand is probably the same as that of Adv.MS.32.3.8. The author appears to have written other memorials and a short history of the Covenanters based...
Dates: 18th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers obtained by William Forbes Skene from the Reverend Mackintosh MacKay of Laggan (1800-1873).

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.14
Scope and Contents Mackintosh MacKay was a native of the Reay Country, the son of Captain Alexander MacKay of Duard Beg. In 1828 William Forbes Skene, then nineteen, was sent by his father, at Sir Walter Scott’s recommendation, to study Gaelic with him at Laggan. MacKay had then just finished his work on the Highland Society of Scotland’s Dictionary.The contents are as follows.(i) (John Mackechnie, number 1). A note recording the return of Adv.MS.72.1.33, pages 41-42, formerly here, to...
Dates: 17th century-19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Dr Kenneth Macleod.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9927
Scope and Contents

Includes songs, poems, sermons and correspondence.

Dates: 1906-1955.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of the Burns Begg family, being the family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.328- is now Acc.13138.
Dates: 18th century-20th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of the Reverend Thomas Veitch.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11175
Scope and Contents

Includes typescripts of sermons, talks, essays, plays and poems.

Dates: 1948-1974 and undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Poems and a mock sermon (on marriage) in the hand of Andrew Fletcher, auditor of exchequer.

 File
Identifier: MS.17895
Scope and Contents

Various dates between 1743 and 1757 occur.

Dates: 1743-1757.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Poems and sermons of the Reverend Frederick W Davis.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8413
Dates: 1890-1908.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

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.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Records of Saint Ninian`s Cathedral, Perth; of the diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane; and of the Episcopal Church in Scotland.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.251
Scope and Contents

Also included are papers of clergymen connected with Saint Ninian`s, including sermons, historical and liturgical works by Bishop Charles Wordsworth, Bishop George Howard Wilkinson, Dean George Taylor Shillito Farquar, and Dean James Wilson Harper.

Dates: 1648-20th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Various manuscripts written or owned by Thomas Ruddiman.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20491-20496
Scope and Contents

The manuscripts are lettered RA-RK (RC missing) and some also have Roman numerals.

Dates: 4th quarter of 17th century-1st half of 18th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

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Burns Begg, family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns, poet 1
Davis, Frederick William, Rector of St Catharine's, Blairgowrie, b 1843 1
Farquhar, George Taylor Shillito, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1857-1927 1
Harper, James Walker, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1859-1938 1
Irvine, Alexander, Minister of Little Dunkeld, 1773-1824 1
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St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth 1
Veitch, Thomas, Rector of St George's and St Paul's, Edinburgh, 1912-1999 1
Wilkinson, George Howard, Scottish Episcopal bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane, 1833-1907 1
Wordsworth, Charles, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1806-1892 1
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