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 6584 Collections and/or Records:
26 manuscript fragments of paper and vellum, recovered from bindings.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.8732
Dates:
15th century.
33 letters of Douglas Dunn to Douglas Houston.
File
Identifier: Acc.9903
Scope and Contents
Concerning literary and personal matters.
With corrected manuscript of an article, undated, by Dunn.
Dates:
1971-1987 and undated.
63 letters of the 9th Earl of Argyll to John, Duke of Lauderdale, 1663-1670 (folio 3), preceded by a letter of Alexander Macdonald, the Antiquary, to David Irving, Keeper of the Advocates` Library, ?1829, concerning the letters (folio 1)., 1663-1670, ?1829.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.13
Dates:
1663-1670, ?1829.
64 letters, 1899-1949 and undated, to John Purves, mostly on literary matters, from among others J M Barrie, John Davidson, Luigi Pirandello and Walter de la Mare.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.7175
Scope and Contents
With literary and historical manuscripts, 1388, 1798-1911 and undated, collected by Purves, including single letters of D G Rossetti, John Ruskin, Sir Walter Scott, and William Wordsworth.
Also two albums, 1936-1952, of Purves, containing inscriptions in poetry and prose by various contributors.
Dates:
1388, 1798-1952.
115 letters to W R Aitken and his family of Hugh MacDiarmid, and four from Valda Grieve.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.10488
Scope and Contents
With manuscripts of a short story and essay of MacDiarmid, proof copy of "Sanschaw" and typescript copy of a thesis on MacDiarmid by Claude Henry.
Dates:
1934-1978.
118 letters to James K Annand.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9624
Scope and Contents
Concerning literary and personal matters, with associated manuscripts of poems.
Correspondents include: Robert Garioch, Hugh MacDiarmid and Albert D Mackie.
Dates:
1926-1985.
‘1467 MS’ written by Dubhghall Albanach mac mhic Cathail and the Reverend John Beaton’s ‘Broad Book’, written by Ádhamh Ó Cuirnín.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.1.1
Scope and Contents
The manuscript consists of two sections, folios 1-9 ('1467 MS'), written in and about that date (folio 7 recto) by Dubhghall Albanach mac mhic Cathail (folios 3 recto, 5 recto, 7 recto, 8 recto), who was presumably a MacMhuirich; and folios 10-25 (Reverend John Beaton’s ‘Broad Book’), written circa 1425 by Ádhamh Ó Cuirnín (date and hand established by Tomás Ó Concheanainn, “The scribe of John Beaton’s ‘Broad Book’”, pages 99-101.The manuscript begins with Cormac’s Instructions...
Dates:
[Circa 1425, circa 1467.]
'A Carrier of Stones', three manuscript drafts and a corrected typescript with manuscript additions., August 1963.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4835/8
A description of the East coast of Scotland drawn out of Wagoner and sumqt corrected, but it not fully perfyt [and] yet hath many errors.', [?1636-?1652.]
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 7)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
`A Description of the Islands belonging to the Crowne of Scotland taken from severall manuscripts, and the relations of thos that lived in them or frequented them`, written probably circa 1700.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.3.20
Scope and Contents
The volume begins with a brief general account of Scottish islands followed by detailed descriptions of the Western isles.
The fullest descriptions are of Mull, Iona, Harris and Lewis, Islay, Skye, Uist and in particular, St. Kilda (folios 21 verso, 26 verso, 27 verso).
Towards the end of the volume are transcripts of ‘Genealogies of the Chief Clans of the Isles’ (folio 34 verso) and `Descriptio Insularum Orchadiarum (folio 35).
Dates:
Circa 1700.
'A description of the province of the Merche'., [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 58)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
A detailed map including Glenmore, Lochs Arkaig and Garry, the basins of the Nairn, Findhorn, and Spey, Lochs Ericht and Laggan, and the River Spean; also in outline Lochs Garry, Rannoch, and Tummel., [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 5)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
'A draught of the Firths of Tayne, Cromartie, [and] Inverness, wt ye true distances as yey do ly.' , [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 16)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
A map of Eastern Scotland, including basins of Rivers Don, Dee, Tay, Forth, and Tweed., [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 6)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
A map of Loch Synn, or, "Shinn", and, Assyin. M.T.P. [i.e. Loch Shin, and Assynt, Sutherland]., [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 12)
Scope and Contents
2 manuscript maps on one sheet.
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
A map of Scotland, north of Glenmore in detail, and outline of the east coast to Dunbar, showing the courses of the chief rivers, and the positions of a few places., [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 2)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
A map of Scotland, north of Loch Linnhe and the River Dee and west of the River Deveron., [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 3)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
A map of the basin of the River Forth, down to the widening of the estuary near Alloa., [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 51)
Scope and Contents
Part of this area is described in the Pont texts: page 131, and pages 155-6.
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
A map of the Clyde and Tweed basins., [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 56)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
A map of the coast from Loch Ryan nearly to the head of Solway. , [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 61)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
A map of the coast from the River Ythan to Inverugie., [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 35)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
A map of the district along the north side of the River Dee near Crathes and Durres, showing 'Ye Lyne of Leys possession' and 'Lyne of Leys clayme'. , [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 31)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
A map of the district from Loch Monar to Beauly and Strath Bran., [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 21)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
A map of the mainland of Shetland, and Fair Isle. , [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 8)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
A Ptolemy style map of Roman England, including part of Ireland, and showing the eastward direction of the east coast of Scotland., [?1636-?1652].
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 1)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652].