Copies. Derivative objects.
Found in 959 Collections and/or Records:
Copy, 18th century, of ‘Historia diplomatica’ by Petrus a Thymo (van der Heyden).
Copy, 18th century, of ‘Staggering State of the Scots Statesmen’, from 1550 to 1650, by Sir John Scot of Scotstarvet, written circa 1665.
Copy, 18th century, of ‘The Life and Death of ... James Renwick’ by Alexander Shields, Minister of St. Andrews, written in the late 17th century.
The manuscript version corresponds more or less with the first printed version but excludes the `Epistle to the Reader` at the beginning and Renwick`s ‘Admission of Elders’ and several of his letters which are added at the end. The present manuscript breaks off abruptly near the end of the text and is left incomplete. There is no title page.
Copy, 18th century, of the Standing Orders of the House of Lords, 1763, and before.
The manuscript contains numbers 1-127 of the Orders. The latest Orders are dated 1763.
Copy, 18th century, of the title-page and pages 881-889 of ‘Opus de Obligationibus Justitiae, Religionis, et Charitatis’ (Lugduni, 1608) of Fernando Rebello, containing Liber 18, `de promissionibus et donationibus`.
Copy, 18th century, of transactions between the Parliament of Scotland and the commissioners from England.
Copy, 18th century, written on paper watermarked 1742 or 1749, of an extract from `An Abridgment of the Scotishe historie`, written by John Maxwell, 4th Lord Herries of Terregles and dated 1656.
Copy, 19th century, of the poetical collection made in 1630 by Margaret Robertson, wife of Alexander Stewart of Bonskeid.
Copy, 1685, of a calendar and `Stutt útskýring calendari`.
Copy, 1689, from the original manuscript of ‘The genealogie of the most noble and ancient house of Drummond’ by David Drummond, Advocate.
Copy, 1713-1714, of the inventory, 1615-1630, of the Trésor des Chartes, the muniments of the Crown of France.
Copy, 1766, of ‘The laws and acts of the Chapmen of Perthshire’, 1713, and minutes of the society, 1748-1805.
Copy, 1786, of `A Genealogical account of the MacRas` by John MacRa, minister of Dingwall.
Copy, 1802, of verses of Sir John Harington, Queen Elizabeth I`s godson, written in 1602 to accompany a New Year`s gift of a dark lantern to James VI.
The present manuscript was copied by the poet John Leyden. An inscription at the end of the verses states that he had made the transcription `from the original in the University Library, Edinburgh, March 26, 1802`. The verses, written in Latin and English, are preceded by a detailed description of the lantern.
The verses are apparently unpublished.
Copy, 1803, of notes by Lord Hailes taken from a copy of Douglas’ ‘Peerage’, belonging to Miss Dalrymple, his Lordship’s daughter.
Copy, 1812, of "Tales of the Peries the History of Azar Shah from the Persie", from a manuscript in the possession of John Leyden.
With correspondence, 20th century, concerning John Leyden and to the Leyden papers now in the National Library of Scotland.
Copy, 1820, of verse, `Prophecies by Sundrie authors some wherof knowen and ther names affixed, others not knowen, but many of them old and currant thro the isle of Great Brittane. Collected and faithfully written by John Gordon of Gillichoudie, 1711`. In several cases the original dates of the Prophecies are given, and range from 1399 to 1688.
There are two copies, in different hands, of a prophecy by Mr Bickerhead, a priest, dated 1679, folios 3 and 8.
The first Prophecy is ascribed to two authors, Sir James Galloway and John Napier of Merchiston, the mathematician. None of the poems appear to have been published.
Copy, 1821, of ‘De antiqua Atheniensium religione’, ?16th century, transcribed from an anonymous manuscript treatise in the Royal Library at Hanover.
Copy, 1828, of the account of his activities leading to his flight from Scotland in 1567 and his subsequent adventures on the coast of Norway composed by James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, in 1568, whilst he was confined at Copenhagen by order of the King of Denmark.
The account was intended to show that Bothwell was the victim of ill will on the part of the Scottish nobility, and to persuade the King to release him; but he was unsuccessful and remained in prison until his death in 1578.
Following an application by the Curators of the Advocates` Library to the philologist R C Rask, this copy was made in 1828 from the original, in Drottningholm, by P A Wallmark, Librarian to the King of Sweden.
Copy, after 1690, of `Collections of the most remarkable accounts that relate to the families of Scotland drawn from ther own charters and other authentick writts ... with ane account of ther armes’.
Copy by John Boswell of "Decreets of Division of Valuations in the Shire of Ayr".
Consisting of records of meetings of the Commissioners of Supply and other papers.
Copy by John Chalmer, 1732, of the 3rd edition of John Spottiswood, ‘An introduction to the knowledge of the stile of writs’.
Copy by Matthew Craufurd, Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Edinburgh, of ‘History of the University of Edinburgh from 1580 to 1646’ by Thomas Craufurd.
A colophon dated 20 January 1725, states that Matthew Craufurd made this copy from the original, which then belonged to Laurence Dundas, Professor of Humanity.
The text is preceded by brief notes on purchases by and gifts to the University, 1582-1642.
Copy by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne of the log-book of Captain John Anderson for 1640 to 1643.
Copy by Sir James Balfour of the diary of Robert Birrell, burgess of Edinburgh.
Apart from a few entries at the beginning, recording major events since 1370, it covers the period between 1566 and 1603, breaking off in July of that year. All the entries concern public events.