Manuscripts.
Found in 2109 Collections and/or Records:
Copies, 17th century, of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall`s renderings in Latin verse of the Psalms and the Song of Solomon.
The original was probably written after 1616, since it includes a dedicatory poem to Charles I as Prince of Wales.
Copies, 18th century, of parts of ‘La Navigation du roy d`Escosse Iaques cinquiesme du nom, autour de son royaume’ by Nicolas de Nicolay (Paris, 1583) (folio 1), and of documents concerning the foundation of the University of Aberdeen, 1494-1538 (folio 6).
The parts of ‘La Navigation du roy d`Escosse Iaques cinquiesme du nom, autour de son royaume’ were copied by Tait for Walter Macfarlane. The sections copied concern Orkney and the East coast from Leith to Duncansby Head.
With one exception, the documents concerning the foundation of the University of Aberdeen are all printed in ‘Fasti Aberdonenses’.
Copies, 18th century, of the Poetic Edda and other poems.
Copies, 18th century, of the Poetic Edda and other poems.
Copies, 18th century, of the Poetic Edda and other poems.
Copies, 18th century, of the Standing Orders of the House of Lords.
Copies, 18th century, of various legal papers, 16th and 17th century.
Copies, 19th century, and original papers collected by Sir William Fraser, 16th century-1793.
Copies, 1642, of various works, 1529-1549, made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne.
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:
(i) `A Descriptione of the Westerne Iles of Scotland` by Sir Donald Monro, 1549 (folio 1).
(ii) `Geneologies of the cheiff clans of the lies` by Sir Donald Monro, n.d. (folio 20).
(iii) `Descriptio Insularum Orchadiarum` by John Ben, 1529 (folio 24).
Copies, 1725-1726, of Great Seal charters of the 14th and early 15th centuries, made by John Corss, Keeper of the Records.
Each volume has an elaborate title-page and an index of personal names.
Copies by Robert Mylne of diplomas and other documents, mostly conferring titles.
Copies by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne of papers concerning the proposed marriage between Charles, Prince of Wales, and the Infanta Maria of Spain.
Copies by Sir James Balfour of royal letters and other documents in the Denmilne Papers.
A list giving the references of the original manuscripts has been inserted.
Copies by Sir James Balfour of some of his own letters and two addressed to him.
The letters are not in chronological sequence. Most of them express his friendship for his correspondent, but in one he comments on the reception of the new Service Book at St Giles in 1637 (folio 9 verso), and in another to Lord Elcho he advises on reading matter (folio 12 verso).
Copies, circa 1680, of (i) ‘Description of the Western Isles of Scotland’ by Sir Donald Monro, `High Dean of the Isles`, originally written in 1549 (page 1); (ii) `The Description of the Iles of Scotland` by an unknown author written probably around 1577-1582 (page 22).
Copies, early 17th century, in French, of treaties drawn up between France and her various allies, 1552-1615.
Also included is a copy of a memoir of Henri IV by Pierre Jeannin, in a different hand from the rest of the volume (folio 1), a number of instructions to ambassadors, commissions, and other related material, and a table of contents (folio 264).
Copies, early 17th century, in French, of treaties drawn up between France and her various allies, 1606-1613.
Also included are a number of instructions to ambassadors, commissions, and other related material.
There is a table of contents (folio 1).
Copies, early 18th century, of autobiographies and other works of covenanters.
Copies, early 18th century, of letters and memoirs of covenanters.
Copies, in chronological order, of the opinions given by John Inglis (later Lord Glencorse, Lord President of the Court of Session), some conjointly with other advocates.
The volumes are numbered V to X; it seems likely that the missing I to IV covered all of Inglis’s earlier career as an advocate, from 1835. The series ends with his elevation to the bench as Lord Justice Clerk in July 1858.
Copies, in two different hands of the 17th century, of the statutes of the Royal College of Physicians of London. The statutes of 1647 (folio 1) are followed (folio 39) by an earlier set of statutes (not those of 1355) which have been emended to conform to those of 1647.
The title and the initials P D occur on folio i.
Copies, late 17th century, of letters, 1637-1638, of Robert Baillie, principal of Glasgow University, and of papers, 1638, concerning the Glasgow Assembly.
Copies, late 17th or early 18th century, of official papers, 1550-1632, concerning Scottish fisheries.
The papers mostly concern the dispute with the United Provinces over the rights of the Dutch to fish in Scottish waters, 1618-1619, and the proposed joint English and Scottish association for the fisheries, 1630-1632. There are a few unrelated items, mostly concerning the coinage.
The signature `John Dalrymple` appears on folio 46.
Copies, late 18th-century, of poems, 1769-1774, and undated, of Henry Erskine, with a few corrections by the author.
There is a list of contents on folio 1.