Manuscripts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to handwritten documents, and may also be used to distinguish certain documents from published or otherwise printed documents, as in the cases of typed personal letters or a typescript from which printed versions are made.
Found in 6590 Collections and/or Records:
Appendices to the tour diary of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton: Burma, 17 December 1911 - 8 February 1912., 1911-1912.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.85.1.9
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Of the fourteen volumes in the series, twelve are typescript `tour diaries’ with appendices of various documents and printed items, and the remaining two volumes are an address book and an index volume.
Dates:
1911-1912.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton as Director-General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics of India.
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Typescript tour diaries of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton, with appendices.
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Tour diary of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton: Burma, 17 December 1911 - 8 February 1912; with appendices.
Appendix of letters of various Mackenzies omitted from volumes., 1683-1741, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1375
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains correspondence and papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate and a Principal Clerk of Session, of Cramond and later of Delvine (died 1731), his sons Alexander, Writer to the Signet and a Principal Clerk of Session (died 1737), and John, Writer to the Signet, Deputy-Keeper of the Signet (died 1778), and Alexander's grandson Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, Writer to the Signet (died 1835); formed a distinguished line of lawyers who were active in the affairs of their day and...
Dates:
1683-1741, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
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Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with the surname Mackenzie.
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Letters and papers of various Mackenzies.
Arabic astrological text, ? 19th century.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.8889
Scope and Contents
With Burmese prayer woven on a tape, roll containing a poem, an inscription, and a painting by Ch`êng Chih-You, with accompanying ink blocks, all undated.
Dates:
? 19th century and undated.
Archives of the National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers, Edinburgh Branch.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.100- is now Acc.4395.
Dates:
1822-1956.
Archives of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts, consisting of incoming correspondence, lectures and papers read to the Society; including the original manuscript, 1871, of the essay of Robert Louis Stevenson, 'Intermittent Lights'.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4534/1-183
Scope and Contents
The papers comprise two distinct yet related groups, giving in all quite a comprehensive account of the Society's history, and spanning more than a century of rapid scientific and technological achievement.
Dates:
1819-1940, 1946, undated.
`Argenis` by John Barclay: an Icelandic translation by Jón Einarsson.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.2.13
Dates:
1694.
Armorial of James Workman.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.3.5
Scope and Contents
The volume contains paintings of the arms of European rulers (folio 1), Scottish queens from St Margaret to Mary, Queen of Scots (folio 19), and Scottish nobility and gentry (folio 43). The full coats of arms are given, except for the gentry, where only their shields are shown.Former owner Sir James Balfour of Denmilne has added numerous criticisms of Workman`s inaccurate heraldry. He also identified the arms of the gentry (folio 171). These corrections were made on the...
Dates:
1st half of 17th century.
Armorial traditionally associated with Sir Robert Forman, Lord Lyon from 1555 to 1567
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.4.2
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is described in ‘Heraldry in relation to Scottish history and art’ (Edinburgh, 1900), pages 193-195, which suggests that it is the source of Adv.MS.34.4.16(ii). It was displayed in the Heraldic Exhibition in Edinburgh in 1891 (see ‘Memorial Catalogue’, number 691), and is closely related to both Adv.MS.31.4.3 and British Museum Harleian MS.115.The contents are as follows:(i) The royal arms (folio 2 verso).(ii) An explanation why the...
Dates:
Circa 1562.
Arms of British and foreign noblemen, drawn in trick.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.6.10
Scope and Contents
The manuscript, which is probably English in origin, seems to have been compiled between 1571 and 1581, since it includes the arms of Lord Burleigh (created 1571) (folio 37) and Lord Monteagle (died 1581) (folio 26 verso). There are additional notes, mostly dated 1606.The contents include the arms of English, Irish, German, Spanish, French, Scottish and Italian families, and also those of a number of European kingdoms and principalities. Not all the drawings have been completed....
Dates:
1571-1581.
`Arnbiörg æruprydd dandis kona á Vestfiördum Islands` by Björn Haldórsson, with a Danish translation by Jón Ólafsson.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.2.12
Dates:
1782.
'Arrivals and Sailings', from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station.., 1842-1847.
File
Identifier: MS.2474
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1842-1847.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Various logbooks, order-books, returns, and other material concerning the naval careers of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, and of his son Sir Thomas John Cochrane.
Ars dictaminis of Giovanni di Buonandrea, with gloss, written in Italy.
Item
Identifier: MS.9744
Scope and Contents
Begins 'Bononie natus nataii dum sttidet urbe'; gloss begins 'Quid est Rethorica nisi ratio benedicendi'. The manuscript is incomplete, breaking off in the section on 'Petitio'.
A cutting from the sale catalogue of Maggs Bros, February 1960[?], number 67, is inserted describing the text as the work of Johannes de Bologna. Written in brown ink by one scribe, the text in littera semi-gothica textualis and the gloss in cursiva libraria. Spaces have been left for initials.
Dates:
1st half of 15th century.
Articles and a lecture of James Leslie Mitchell, ‘Lewis Grassic Gibbon’., 1932-1935, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26061
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Printed copies of miscellaneous articles, 1932-1935 (folio l);
(ii) Manuscript draft of a review of Agnes Mure Mackenzie, ‘Robert Bruce’, 1934 (folio l2);
(iii) Typescript and printed version of 'A Novelist looks at the cinema', published in ‘Cinema Quarterly’, Winter 1935, pages 81-85 (folio l3);
(iv) Typescript of an article on the anthropologist, Sir Grafton Elliot Smith, undated (folio 22). It was published by Douglas F Young in ‘Beyond the sunset’...
Dates:
1932-1935, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the novelist James Leslie Mitchell (1901-1935), the author 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon', and of his wife Rebecca ('Ray') Mitchell.
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Papers chiefly typescripts of the publications of James Leslie Mitchell, 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon'.
Articles and poems of Violet Jacobs., 1910-1941, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.27413
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follow. (i) Typescripts of articles, 1910-1920, undated (folio 1). The first three, 'The Church and the country-side', 'A Manor House in Brittany' and 'The Day before yesterday' were published in ‘Country Life’, 2 July 1910, 22 May 1920, and 28 August and 11 September 1920. (ii) Manuscript of a sermon, 1941 (folio 44); (iii) Manuscript and typescript poems, ?1914, undated (folio 51).
Dates:
1910-1941, undated.
Articles and short pieces of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., 1927-1978, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27055-27068
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
As well as writing books, Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’ was a prolific author of essays and articles and was frequently asked to speak on literary or other topics. He was in the habit of re-using parts of his writings on different occasions, so it is not unusual to find substantial identical passages occurring in different works. Due to the fragmentary nature of some of the material, it is not always evident whether a manuscript was intended for publication or for a talk;...
Dates:
1927-1978, undated.
Articles and speeches and miscellaneous papers of Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'., 1938-1956, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.27407
Scope and Contents
The manuscripts and typescripts of articles and speeches, 1938-1956, undated, begin on folio 1. The miscellaneous papers, 1938-1954, undated, begin on folio 127. They include a few notes for 'A woman of letters' (folio 144).
Dates:
1938-1956, undated.
Articles by L Graham H Horton-Smith based on Alexander Dundas Ogilvy Wedderburn's notes, together with related transcripts and papers., 1666-1918, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3566
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:Articles contributed by L Graham H Horton-Smith to ‘Notes and queries’ (1945), based on Alexander Dundas Ogilvy Wedderburn's notes: 'The Grahams or Grahames of Claverhouse' and 'Grahams, Burgesses and Town Councillors of Dundee' (folio 1);Typed transcripts of various records relating to persons named Graham, including the baptismal register of Mr Robert Norie, Episcopalian Minister at Dundee, 1722-1726 (folio 19);A notebook of...
Dates:
1666-1918, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript notes of Alexander Dundas Ogilvy Wedderburn, King’s Counsel, 'directed in the main to the correction and completion of the pedigree of the Grahams of Claverhouse' as set forth in the writer's ‘The Wedderburn Book’.
Articles, manuscripts and typescripts of papers on scientific subjects by Lord Kames, Prof John McLean Thompson, William Walker and others.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.10073
Dates:
1781-1943 and undated.
Articles, notes, and fragments in Thomas Carlyle’s autograph., 1767, 1832-[?1871], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1798
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Article on "A narrative of a nine months’ residence in New Zealand" (London, 1832) by Augustus Earle (folio 1);(ii) ‘Gropings about Montrose’, 1839 (folio 4);(iii) Remarks on publication of Bulwer Lytton’s Works 1854, and likeness of constitutional government to sawing a plank on which you are sitting, 1855 (folio 5);(iv) Remarks on liberty, [?1865] (folio 7);(v) Corrected proof of his inaugural...
Dates:
1767, 1832-[?1871], undated.
Articles of Moultrie R Kelsall., 1930, 1944-1945, 1957, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.7716/63-97
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Including scripts of plays, short stories, articles, talks, broadcast scripts of radio and television documentaries, and associated correspondence.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1930, 1944-1945, 1957, undated.
'As ithers see us', a play for radio, by Robert McLellan, first produced in 1954, about the posthumous edition and biography of Robert Burns., 1954, 1962, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26350
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscript of the play (folio l). The first five pages are missing. (ii) Correspondence with the producer, James Crampsey, with related papers, 1954 (folio 64); (iii) Typescript, with manuscript corrections and additions (folio 80); (iv) Notes (folio l68); (v) Manuscript and typescript of a brief article by Robert McLellan in the ‘Radio Times’, 18 January 1962, written for another broadcast of the play (folio l89).
Dates:
1954, 1962, undated.
`Asalögr hinn Forni, forlegin og dofnadr andc. Ort og skrifad a Svefneyum á Breidafyrdi Anno 1752` by Ólafr Gunnlaugsson., 1752.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.8.8
Scope and Contents
Note by F Magnusson: `No. 50. Varia Poemata Olai Gunlogii. Exemplar unicum autographum.`
Dates:
1752.
Asloan Manuscript: a miscellany of prose and verse, chiefly Scottish, written almost entirely by John Asloan early in the reign of James V (1513-1542).
Item
Identifier: MS.16500
Scope and Contents
On folio ii is a contents list by Lord Auchinleck, which gives the present state of the manuscript; on folios iii-iv are John Asloan's own list, with the items numbered, from which it appears that large parts of the original have been lost.The present contents are:John of Ireland, on penance and confession (folio 1, numbers i-xii);'The buke of ye chess', a metrical translation of the treatise of Jacobus de Cassolis (folio 41, number xii [repeated]);...
Dates:
Early 16th century.
Assamese ‘parabaik’, or folding manuscript, bearing magical drawings and written charms., Undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.1899
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Dates:
Undated.
Assorted collection of music in manuscript, comprising arrangements and settings by Learmont Drysdale of traditional songs and various poems., [Before 1910.]
File
Identifier: MS.3213
Scope and Contents
Many of the songs are accompanied by alternative drafts or duplicates.
Dates:
[Before 1910.]