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 4488 Collections and/or Records:
Box of Reverend William Matheson, containing general notebooks., Undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.9711 Box 10(1-9)
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Concern Gaelic language and literature, and the family and general history of Lewis and Harris, North and South Uist and Wester Ross.
Dates:
Undated.
Box of the Reverend William Matheson, containing collections of 18th-19th century papers., 1707-1870.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.9711 Box 1(1-5)
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Concern Gaelic language and literature, and the family and general history of Lewis and Harris, North and South Uist and Wester Ross.
Dates:
1707-1870.
Box of the Reverend William Matheson, containing collections of 19th century papers., mid-late 19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.9711 Box 2(1-6)
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Concern Gaelic language and literature, and the family and general history of Lewis and Harris, North and South Uist and Wester Ross.
Dates:
mid-late 19th century.
'Brae of Angus, [and] The height of Anguss, M.T.P.', [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 42)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
‘Brief account of the Cortes of Castile', undated., ?18th century-?19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.3958
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Among the papers of the Robertsons the chief correspondents are Principal William Robertson, the historian, and his son William, a Senator of the College of Justice. The correspondence of the Principal includes letters of scholars, British and foreign (Voltaire among others), about his works, information on the American Indians, 1774-1777, and threats regarding his attitude to Roman Catholics, 1778-1779. That of Lord Robertson deals with his legal and political activities and the publication...
Dates:
?18th century-?19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of the Robertsons (a branch of the Robertsons of Strowan), the Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart, and, on the marriage in 1799 of Margaretta Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart with Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson, son of Principal Robertson, the Robertson-Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart.
Broadcasts and speeches of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., 1947-1976, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27069-27076
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:
1947-1976, undated.
Buqhan from Ythan River to Duverne., [?1583-?1596]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.9(10)
Dates:
[?1583-?1596]
"C. Cinquième relation de F. Cortes de l'an 1526" (copy)., 1526.
Item
Identifier: MS.3962
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Among the papers of the Robertsons the chief correspondents are Principal William Robertson, the historian, and his son William, a Senator of the College of Justice. The correspondence of the Principal includes letters of scholars, British and foreign (Voltaire among others), about his works, information on the American Indians, 1774-1777, and threats regarding his attitude to Roman Catholics, 1778-1779. That of Lord Robertson deals with his legal and political activities and the publication...
Dates:
1526.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of the Robertsons (a branch of the Robertsons of Strowan), the Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart, and, on the marriage in 1799 of Margaretta Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart with Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson, son of Principal Robertson, the Robertson-Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart.
Calendar, with introduction (incipit `Thus stondith this Kalendar to undirstonde it in his forme and ordre`; at the end of this is the base plate and explanatory text for a volvelle relating to lunar eclipses, but there is no evidence that the volvelle was ever attached) and paschal tables (from 1140 to 1644)., 14th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.7.11C, folios 16-23
Scope and Contents
October-December are lost. Saints in red include George, Augustine, Edmund, Richard, King Edward, Alban, Benedict, King Oswald and Cuthbert (folio 16).
Initials in gold, red and blue, some with foliate ornament in green and gold. Considerable rubrication.
Dates:
14th century.
Calligraphic manuscript of "Questions de Pasquille. Extraites d'un livre Latin qui a pour Titre Pasquillus Ecstaticus", a translation of ‘Quaestiones pasquilli disputandae in futuro Concilio per Pontificem indicto’ by Caelius Secundus Curio., 1657.
Item
Identifier: MS.10230
Scope and Contents
The manuscript, which contains the first 70 questions only, is dated 1657, but there does not appear to have been an edition of that date.
Dates:
1657.
‘Canntaireachd: articulate music’ by John Francis Campbell (Glasgow, 1880), with manuscript notes by Alexander K Cameron., 1880.
File
Identifier: MS.9614
'Cantyre' [i.e. Kintyre]., [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 39)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
Carbon copy of a typescript abstract of the Lyon Register by William Rae Macdonald, with manuscript corrections and annotations; volumes VIII-XVI: 1868-1902., 1898-1902.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.53.3.6
Dates:
1898-1902.
‘Carlino’, a tale by Giovanni Domenico Ruffini, 'orig. MS.', [1870, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.333
Dates:
[1870, or before.]
Cash book of the 1st Company of the Edinburgh Volunteer Rifle Battalion., 1859-1860, 1863-1865.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.2.21
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Company, recruited mainly from the Faculty of Advocates, was raised in 1859, as part of the general Volunteer mobilisation in that year. The majority of the papers belong to that and the immediately following years.
Dates:
1859-1860, 1863-1865.
Cash book of the 1st Company of the Edinburgh Volunteer Rifle Battalion., 1863-1866.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.2.22
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Company, recruited mainly from the Faculty of Advocates, was raised in 1859, as part of the general Volunteer mobilisation in that year. The majority of the papers belong to that and the immediately following years.
Dates:
1863-1866.
‘Catalogue and succession of the Kings ... of this Realme of England' ([London], 1622), by Ralph Brooke., 1622, [circa 1804].
Item
Identifier: MS.6133
Scope and Contents
The notes by John Borthwick include some observations by Thomas Hamilton, Lord Binning, on the claims of the Borthwicks of Crookston to the title of Lord Borthwick (folio 1 verso).
Dates:
1622, [circa 1804].
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of mediaeval manuscripts and two printed books with manuscript notes, formerly in the possession of the family of Borthwick of Crookston.
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Printed works on heraldry, with manuscript notes chiefly concerning the genealogy of the Borthwick family, probably by John Borthwick of Borthwick and Crookston, circa 1804.
Catalogue of the Dennistoun manuscripts containing an extract of Dennistoun`s will and a description of the manuscripts (Adv.MSS.19.2.16-19.2.26) which comprise the bequest., 1856.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.27
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers consist of materials for a projected history of Dumbartonshire (Adv.MS.19.2.16-19.2.24), materials towards a projected work on the Scottish religious houses on the Continent (Adv.MS.19.2.25), and notes and extracts of Scottish interest from manuscripts in continental libraries (Adv.MS.19.2.26), together with a record of the bequest of Dennistoun`s manuscripts and a calendar of them (Adv.MS.19.2.27). The papers were arranged and bound by Mark Napier, executor of James...
Dates:
1856.
‘Catalogue of the Lords of Session’ (Edinburgh, 1798) by Lord Hailes, continued in manuscript by John Philp Wood., Early 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.37.2.11
Dates:
Early 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Biographical and genealogical notes chiefly relating to the Lords of Session, Barons of Exchequer, and members of the Faculty of Advocates, compiled by John Philp Wood (died 1838), Auditor of Excise, Scottish antiquary and biographer.
Cathenesia descripta ex magna ejusdem charta quam lustravit et descripsit Timoth. Pont. / Opera R. Gordonii ...'., 1642.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 9)
Scope and Contents
Imprint: mense Aprili, 1642.
Dates:
1642.
‘Ceo sunt quentyses bones et esproves`. Miscellaneous recipes in Anglo-Norman.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.4.9(iii), folios 32 verso-33 recto
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sections iv-vii are in the same hand. Folios 33 verso-34 verso are blank. There are a few pen drawings of faces in the margins.
Fragments of a 13th-century contents list from a collection of sermons have been used as binding strips; other fragments from the same source are in Adv.MS.18.2.4 and 18.4.5.
Dates:
14th century.
‘Ceol Mor Legends', containing notes, in several hands and in typescript, on the occasions commemorated by various piobaireachd., [?1900, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.3749
Chapter 13, i-xxiv of 'Renaissance France' by Rachel Annand Taylor., [?1938-?1948.]
Item
Identifier: MS.20405
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Much of the manuscript is missing, but chapters 13-14 are almost complete.
Dates:
[?1938-?1948.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the author, poet and journalist, Rachel Annand Taylor (1876-1960), consisting chiefly of material for her published and unpublished works.
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Papers concerning ‘Renaissance France’ by Rachel Annand Taylor.
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Manuscript of 'Renaissance France' by Rachel Annand Taylor.
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Chapter 13 of 'Renaissance France' by Rachel Annand Taylor.
Chapter 13 of 'Renaissance France' by Rachel Annand Taylor., [?1938-?1948.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20405-20406
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Much of the manuscript is missing, but chapters 13-14 are almost complete.
Dates:
[?1938-?1948.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the author, poet and journalist, Rachel Annand Taylor (1876-1960), consisting chiefly of material for her published and unpublished works.
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Papers concerning ‘Renaissance France’ by Rachel Annand Taylor.
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Manuscript of 'Renaissance France' by Rachel Annand Taylor.
Chapter 13, xxv-lxxviii of 'Renaissance France' by Rachel Annand Taylor., [?1938-?1948.]
Item
Identifier: MS.20406
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Much of the manuscript is missing, but chapters 13-14 are almost complete.
Dates:
[?1938-?1948.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the author, poet and journalist, Rachel Annand Taylor (1876-1960), consisting chiefly of material for her published and unpublished works.
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Papers concerning ‘Renaissance France’ by Rachel Annand Taylor.
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Manuscript of 'Renaissance France' by Rachel Annand Taylor.
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Chapter 13 of 'Renaissance France' by Rachel Annand Taylor.