Commentaries.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Treatises or series of comments that systematically explain or annotate another work.
Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript of a course of lectures on the ‘Digest’ of Justinian; Books 1-19., November 1710-February 1711.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.8.1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Folios 1-16, commenting up to Book 2, Title 12, are on different paper and in a different hand; some folios (probably only 2), containing the commentary on Book 2, Title 13, have been lost after folio 16. A substantial number of folios have been lost at the end, as the commentary breaks off in Book 41, Title 2. Dates of delivery, from November 1710 to June 1711, appear regularly in the margins.It is possible that the lectures are those of James Craig, who became Professor of...
Dates:
November 1710-February 1711.
Manuscript of a course of lectures on the ‘Digest’ of Justinian; Books 20-41., March-June 1711.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.8.2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Folios 1-16, commenting up to Book 2, Title 12, are on different paper and in a different hand; some folios (probably only 2), containing the commentary on Book 2, Title 13, have been lost after folio 16. A substantial number of folios have been lost at the end, as the commentary breaks off in Book 41, Title 2. Dates of delivery, from November 1710 to June 1711, appear regularly in the margins.It is possible that the lectures are those of James Craig, who became Professor of...
Dates:
March-June 1711.
Manuscripts and typescripts of Robert McLellan concerning Arran, Loch Lomond and bee keeping., [1959, or before], undated.
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Identifier: MS.26428
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Manuscript and corrected typescripts of 'The Macmillans of Arran', published in the ‘Scottish Field’, volume cvi (1959), pages 29-31 (folio 1);
(ii) Corrected typescript of 'The History of Arran', written for the official guide to the island, undated (folio 31);
(iii) Manuscript and corrected typescript of an article on Brodick Castle, undated (folio 34);
(iv) Manuscript and typescript drafts of the commentary and shot sequence for a documentary film on Loch...
Dates:
[1959, or before], undated.
Manuscripts of the lectures on Civil Law delivered by John Wilde; commentary on the ‘Digest’ of Justinian., 1792-1799.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.8.18-81.8.21
Scope and Contents
The introductory lecture implies a complete commentary, of which only about half has survived.
Dates:
1792-1799.
Manuscripts of the lectures on Civil Law delivered by John Wilde; commentary on the ‘Digest’ of Justinian: Books 25-29., 1792-1799.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.8.19
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The introductory lecture implies a complete commentary, of which only about half has survived.
Dates:
1792-1799.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts of the lectures on Civil Law delivered by John Wilde, Professor of Civil Law at Edinburgh, from 1792 to 1799.
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Manuscripts of the lectures on Civil Law delivered by John Wilde; commentary on the ‘Digest’ of Justinian.
Manuscripts of the lectures on Civil Law delivered by John Wilde; commentary on the ‘Digest’ of Justinian: Books 30-32, 35, 37, 39., 1792-1799.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.8.20
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The introductory lecture implies a complete commentary, of which only about half has survived.
Dates:
1792-1799.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts of the lectures on Civil Law delivered by John Wilde, Professor of Civil Law at Edinburgh, from 1792 to 1799.
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Manuscripts of the lectures on Civil Law delivered by John Wilde; commentary on the ‘Digest’ of Justinian.
Manuscripts of the lectures on Civil Law delivered by John Wilde; commentary on the ‘Digest’ of Justinian: Books 41, 42 (Title 5)-46, 49, 50; isolated folios whose proper position could not be found., 1792-1799.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.8.21
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The introductory lecture implies a complete commentary, of which only about half has survived.
Dates:
1792-1799.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts of the lectures on Civil Law delivered by John Wilde, Professor of Civil Law at Edinburgh, from 1792 to 1799.
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Manuscripts of the lectures on Civil Law delivered by John Wilde; commentary on the ‘Digest’ of Justinian.
Manuscripts of the lectures on Civil Law delivered by John Wilde; commentary on the ‘Digest’ of Justinian: introductory lecture; Books 21-24., 1792-1799.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.8.18
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The introductory lecture implies a complete commentary, of which only about half has survived.
Dates:
1792-1799.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts of the lectures on Civil Law delivered by John Wilde, Professor of Civil Law at Edinburgh, from 1792 to 1799.
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Manuscripts of the lectures on Civil Law delivered by John Wilde; commentary on the ‘Digest’ of Justinian.
Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871., 1859-1862, 1870-1871.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.50.1.1-50.2.4
Scope and Contents
The terms, `Gaelic version` or `English version` refer to the original manuscript texts produced by (`transcribed by` or `told to`) one of his team of collectors or by Campbell. Unless stated otherwise, all English versions of the tales and textual notes are the work of Campbell.
Dates:
1859-1862, 1870-1871.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
Miscellaneous manuscript volumes, received bound., 1685-mid 20th century, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14797-14809
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates:
1685-mid 20th century, undated.
‘Miscellaneous Papers’ of Sir Walter Scott, on history, folk-lore, etc., 1792-1850.
File
Identifier: MS.910
Scope and Contents
The papers include:Part of Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Life of Napoleon Buonaparte’, chapter iii, in the hand of an amanuensis, with corrections in Scott’s autograph (folio 9);Statement of the sales of the ‘Letters of Malachi Malagrowther’, 1826-1827 (folio 23);Note by James Ballantyne of John Murray’s proposals regarding the publication of Scott’s works (folio 35);Letter, apparently to John Gibson Lockhart criticising his ‘History of Napoleon’, 1830...
Dates:
1792-1850.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
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Miscellaneous material, chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
Miscellaneous papers of the Hays of Yester., 1509-mid 20th century, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14778-14827
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates:
1509-mid 20th century, undated.
Miscellaneous works, chiefly theological, written in the 12th and 13th centuries., 12th century-13th century.
File
Identifier: MS.6122
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Part of the 'Historia scholastica' of Petrus Comestor, containing the history from II Maccabees ii to the end of the 'Historia evangelica', beginning 'Mortuo Simone qui ultimus quinque filiorum'; printed in ‘Patrologia Latina’, volume cxcviii, 1525-1644. (Folio 1.)(ii) Commentary on the books of Kings, Tobit, Judith, Esther, Daniel, and Maccabees, beginning ‘Ozia lepra percusso in fronte'. It is apparently complete, but like Corpus...
Dates:
12th century-13th century.
Miscellany of manuscript and printed fragments recovered from the binding of a composite volume of German pamphlets., 15th century-early 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.84.1.26
Scope and Contents
The German pamphlets (pressmark DC.5) were published between 1586 and 1603, beginning with ‘Von der Erbsünde’ by Egidius Hunnius, the Elder (Franckfurt am Mayn, 1594).(i) An almost complete conjugate pair of consecutive vellum leaves (being the innermost bifolium of a gathering) lacking the lower margins and the last few lines, from a commentary on the Decretals. The portion contained in this fragment relates to Book I, Title 43, chapter 12 to Book II, Title 1, chapter 4. The...
Dates:
15th century-early 17th century.
`M.S. West Highland Tales. Vol. I. Aug.1860`., 1859-1860.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.1(1)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Righ og Easaidh ruagh`, the manuscript of the Gaelic tale transcribed by Hector MacLean, schoolmaster at Ballygrant, Islay, and Campbell`s principal collector and collaborator, from the recitation of James Wilson, a blind fiddler on the island, 1859. Printed in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1, pages 12-18. (Folio 3.)(ii) A version of `Righ og Easaidh ruagh` as transcribed by Hector Urquhart, gamekeeper on...
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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`M.S. West Highland Tales. Vol. I. Aug.1860`; with original binding.
`M.S. West Highland Tales. Vol. I. Aug.1860`; with original binding., 1859-1860.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.1(1-2)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The terms, `Gaelic version` or `English version` refer to the original manuscript texts produced by (`transcribed by` or `told to`) one of his team of collectors or by Campbell. Unless stated otherwise, all English versions of the tales and textual notes are the work of Campbell.
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
‘M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. IX. Versions of Stories in Vol. II`, being mostly alternative Gaelic texts not published in, or possibly intended for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 2., 1859-1860.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.9
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) “Nighean Iarl a` Ghliocais”, transcribed by Hector MacLean, July 1859, from Alexander MacNeill, Kentangaval, Barra; received after the version from Catherine MacGeachy, née Milloy, Islay, published in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 2, pages 8-13. (Folio 1.)(ii) ‘Righ na ceist`, told by Roderick MacNeill, Kentangaval, to Hector MacLean, July 1859. The published version of this tale, `Ridere nan Ceist’, is in...
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
Negative microfilm of page proofs, [1823, or before], of ‘Quentin Durward’ by Sir Walter Scott; and two other papers in Scott’s hand., [1805, or after-1823, or before.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.585
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Page proofs, [1823, or before], of ‘Quentin Durward’ by Sir Walter Scott, with extensive corrections and additions in Scott’s hand (MS.3404);Proofs, [1832, or before], of the first edition of ‘Quentin Durward’ by Sir Walter Scott (MS.3405);Lady Louisa Stuart's ballad, [1805, or after], "Ugly Meg, or, The Robber's Wedding" ('Muckle-mouthed Meg'), in Sir Walter Scott's hand (MS.3531);'Literary Information. Discovery of the...
Dates:
[1805, or after-1823, or before.]
Notebook of James B Burnett., 1817-1832.
Item
Identifier: MS.24603
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains descriptions of Macao and Canton in 1817, drafts of letters, 1826-1827, a commentary on ship's discipline and miscellaneous notes.
Dates:
1817-1832.
Notes, sermons, commentaries and other papers and correspondence of Bishop Robert Douglas., 1679-1700, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10229/1-40
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Correspondence and papers, literary manuscripts and journals of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie (1744-1823) and of earlier members of the Douglas family, mainly his great-grandfather, Robert Douglas (1625-1716), Bishop of Brechin, 1682-1684, and the last Bishop of Dunblane (1684-1689) in the pre-Revolution episcopal establishment of the Church of Scotland; and his father, John Douglas of Fechil in the parish of Ellon, Aberdeenshire (1714-1762).
Dates:
1679-1700, undated.
Papers of James Maidment concerning the peerages of Glencairn and Buchan., Early 18th century, 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.5266
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Transcript, undated, with commentary by James Maidment, of ‘A genealogical account of the family of Glencairn’, a manuscript assigned by Maidment to the early 18th century and possibly to Robert Mylne. (folio 1);
(ii) Notes, apparently by Maidment, on baronies within the earldom of Buchan (folio 40); with one leaf (folio 85) describing the peerage, published in ‘Collectanea genealogica’.
Dates:
Early 18th century, 19th century.
Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning law ., 17th century-18th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17807-17825
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
17th century-18th century.
Part of a commentary or lectures (pages 33-48) on the ‘Epistle to Philemon’ by the Reverend William Auld, Minister of Mauchline, the ‘Daddy Auld’ of Robert Burns., 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.161
Dates:
18th century.
Pocketbook 12 of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, containing chiefly an essay on the development of art, science and intellect in man., [1758, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.24557
Scope and Contents
The essay on the development of art, science and intellect in man begins on page 1, a paper concerning the philosophy of Pythagoras and Plato begins on page 75; and notes from M Veyssière de la Croze, ‘Histoire du Christianisme des Indes’, on page 85, and from Simplicius' commentary on Artistotle, on page 91.
Dates:
[1758, or after.]
"Remarks on reading Pliny's history" and a draft introduction to MS.13917: Translations of a number of 'Indian letters'., [Circa 1805.]
File
Identifier: MS.13938
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
[Circa 1805.]