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Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Brief statements of a fact or experience, written down for review, or as an aid to memory, or to inform someone else; also includes short, informal letters.
Found in 3963 Collections and/or Records:
Charms and spells etc., including notes on witchcraft and astrology., Late 18th century, 1818.
Item
Identifier: MS.2716
Scope and Contents
A late eighteenth-century manuscript bearing the signatures 'John Blakey' (page 15) and 'Thomas Wyld' (pages 30, 72), with some additional matter (page i), dated 1818, written perhaps by the James Lomax whose signature is on page 3.
Dates:
Late 18th century, 1818.
Cheque books of Thomas Carlyle., 1856-1883.
File
Identifier: MS.20753
Scope and Contents
Nine cheque books, 1856-1880 (the last unfinished), are for Thomas Carlyle’s account with the British Linen Company's bank at Dumfries (numbers 1-9). Ten cheque books, 1857-1883, are for Carlyle’s account with the London Joint Stock Bank (numbers 10-19).
In addition to details of the cheques issued there are occasional other financial notes.
Dates:
1856-1883.
Chronicle of Popes and Emperors by Martinus Polonus., Circa 1277.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.4.9(i), folios 1-31 recto
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is of the later recension, which includes the passage on Pope Joan (folio 22 verso), and ends with the death of Pope John XXI. The entries for the Popes are on the versos and for the Emperors on the rectos of the leaves. There are some glosses and marginal notes in other hands.
Initials in red and blue with decorative penwork, and rubrics in red.
Dates:
Circa 1277.
Chronicon Angliæ, 400-1327, being a nineteenth century transcript of Barberini MS.2689, which was written at Sempryngham in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries., 13th century-14th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.2728
Scope and Contents
According to a note (folio iv), dated 1823, by Luigi Maria Rezzi, Librarian of the Barberini Library, the transcript was made by him for Benjamin Heywood Bright.
Dates:
13th century-14th century.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 1., 1761-1822, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.22
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The collections is supplemented by a large number of finished drawings (some in colour), a few maps, and some architectural plans and elevations, professionally drawn for Hutton by others, or done as favours by some of his correspondents, together with a number of separately acquired prints, and engraved views cut out from contemporary printed booksThe collection, which was previously bound in two large volumes, was subsequently dismounted and the items individually attached to...
Dates:
1761-1822, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 1, box 4., 1789-1820, undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.22 (4 of 7), numbers 23a-26d
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Argyllshire
(23a) Sketch, ‘Kilmund [i.e. Kilmun] E view, Aug. 1802.
(23b) Drawing, “Col. Ch. Kilmund [i.e. St. Mund’s Collegiate Church, Kilmun] N E view, August 1802.”
(23c) Notes and sketches, 1789, of John Melvill, ‘An oblique view of ye remains of ye Collegiate Church of Kilmun’.
(23d) Sketch, ‘Collegiate church, Kilmund [i.e.Kilmun] – S E view, Aug. 1802.’
(23e) Drawing of effigies at St. Mund’s Collegiate Church, Kilmun, ‘Monument at Kilmund, Aug....
Dates:
1789-1820, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 1.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 1, box 6., 1784-1816, undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.22 (6 of 7), numbers 30d-36a
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Dumfriesshire
(30d) Drawing, [1811], of bell from Holywood Abbey, Dumfriesshire.
(30e) Drawing, [1811], of bell, and its inscription, from Holywood Abbey, Dumfriesshire. See also Adv.MS.30.5.23 (187a)-(188b) for rubbings of the bell.
(30f) Note, 1811, concerning drawings of bells (30d-30e) from Holywood, Abbey.
(30g) Sketch, ‘Stone lying at the west door of the church of Holywood, Oct. 27 1811.’ Berwickshire
(31) Plan, 1816, ‘Remains of the old church...
Dates:
1784-1816, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 1.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 1, box 7., 1789-1822, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.22 (7 of 7), numbers 36b-42f
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Dunbartonshire
(36b recto) Drawing, 1822, of remains of College Bow arch, Dumbarton.
(36b verso) Rough sketch, 1822, ‘The College Bow, Dumbarton. Recd. from Mr J[ohn] Gilleson, Edr. 26 Mar. 1822.’Haddington (East Lothian)
(36c) Engraving, undated (watermark 1816), ‘Dunglass [Castle] by Mr Woodyer from a drawing of Mr [?Paul] Sandby.’
(36d) Plan, 1822, of Dunglass, Collegiate Church, by John Gilleson.Dumfriesshire
(37a) Drawing, October...
Dates:
1789-1822, and undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 1.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2, box 5., 1781-1820, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.23 (5 of 14), numbers 44b-56a
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Inverness-shire
(44b) Beauly, Priory, plan, with notes, [1815];
(45a)-(45b) Beauly, Priory, plan, with notes, 1815, by – Hog;
(46a) Harris, St. Clement’s Church, drawing, 1789, by Francis Grose;
(46b) Harris, St. Clement’s Church, plan, 1818, by William Daniell;
(47a)-(47b) Harris, St. Clement’s Church, sketch and drawing, 1818, by William Daniell of funerary monument of Alexander (died 1528), son of William MacLeod of Dunvegan;
(47c) Harris, St. Clement’s...
Dates:
1781-1820, and undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding.
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Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding., 1781-1820, undated
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.30.5.22-30.5.23
Scope and Contents
The collections is supplemented by a large number of finished drawings (some in colour), a few maps, and some architectural plans and elevations, professionally drawn for Hutton by others, or done as favours by some of his correspondents, together with a number of separately acquired prints, and engraved views cut out from contemporary printed booksThe collection, which was previously bound in two large volumes, was subsequently dismounted and the items individually attached to...
Dates:
1781-1820, undated
`Collection of armorial bearings, inscriptions, etc.` made by Alexander Deuchar, volume 1., 1812-1841.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.7.1A
Scope and Contents
The volume consists of notes on, and sketches of arms, mostly taken from churchyards in Edinburgh and elsewhere in Scotland, with a few copied from seals. They are followed by a list of clans and their badges (page 495), a list of chartularies and related material in the Advocates` and other libraries (page 501), and an index (page 521).
Dates:
1812-1841.
Collection of experiments concerning sun-spots with accompanying diagrams and notes., 1884.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.7.4
Dates:
1884.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
`Collection of illuminate arms` by Etherington Martyn, volume 1., 1794.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.4.1(i)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In an introductory note (volume 1, folio iv.), Martyn states that many of the arms were unpublished, and taken from seals, drawings, paintings and manuscript blazons; also from a manuscript collection of heraldry `purchased at Mr Cummyngs sale by a Mr Rose`. This probably refers to James Cummyng, herald painter and Lyon Clerk Depute (died 1793). Martyn sometimes gives the source for a particular coat of arms, and occasionally criticises the heraldry.
Dates:
1794.
`Collection of illuminate arms` by Etherington Martyn, volume 2., 1794.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.4.1(ii)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In an introductory note (volume 1, folio iv.), Martyn states that many of the arms were unpublished, and taken from seals, drawings, paintings and manuscript blazons; also from a manuscript collection of heraldry `purchased at Mr Cummyngs sale by a Mr Rose`. This probably refers to James Cummyng, herald painter and Lyon Clerk Depute (died 1793). Martyn sometimes gives the source for a particular coat of arms, and occasionally criticises the heraldry.
Dates:
1794.
Collection of lists of ballads and chapbooks, literary notes for ‘Adversaria’, reviews of books, newspaper cuttings, correspondence, etc., made by John Camden Hotten., 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.182
Dates:
19th century.
Collection of notes, copies and extracts, made by and for Dennistoun, of manuscripts of Scottish or British interest contained in several of the major libraries of Italy and Germany., 1836-1851.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.26
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:
1836-1851.
Collection of papers relating to the teinds of Barony Parish, Glasgow, 1815-1816 (folio 1); the King`s Park, Glasgow, 1832 (folio 104); and the Parish of Coldstream, 1832 (folio 114), and a note for the Town Clerk of the Canongate, 1851 (folio 116)., 1815-1816, 1832, 1851.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.9.23
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Manuscripts, including collections of formal documents (but not single documents, for which see Ch.A245-A251), owned by Riddell, arranged as far as possible in chronological order.
Dates:
1815-1816, 1832, 1851.
"Collection of piobaireachd or pipe tunes as verbally taught by the M'Crummen Pipers" by Neil MacLeod (Edinburgh, 1880), with manuscript corrections by Simon Fraser, and other notes by Alexander K Cameron., 1880.
File
Identifier: MS.9615
Collection of prayers and meditations, compiled at least in part by Janet, wife of William MacGregor of Balhaldie., 1743-1783, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3197
Scope and Contents
Janet MacGregor gave the collection to her infant son Alexander (afterwards Chief) and died shortly after his birth. Her maiden name, Janet Oliphant, with the date 1743, is written inside the front cover; there are notes by Alexander on folios 1, 53 verso (one dated 1783).
A paper embroidered with the figure of the Paschal Lamb, found in the book, has been pasted in (folio 54).
Dates:
1743-1783, undated.
Collection of thirty-nine seventeenth-century sermons, many of them transcribed in 1624., 17th century.
File
Identifier: MS.5767
Scope and Contents
Eight of the items are published sermons by John Donne (folios 11-56); one has been attributed to Donne and extracts from it are published in ‘The sermons of John Donne’, volume x, (folio 1); the other sermons, many of them in the form of jottings, are unidentified.Among notes on the manuscript by former owners (folios i-iv) is a statement by Augustus Jessopp that it is 'undoubtedly, written by the hand of Dr Donne', but in the view of modern scholars it is undoubtedly not in...
Dates:
17th century.
Collection of works, mainly theological, written in Germany in the early fifteenth century., Early 15th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2739
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) An exposition of the Canon of the Mass, beginning 'Videte quomodo caute ambuletis. . . . Ita scribitur ad Ephesios'; ends 'cuius nomen in secula sit benedictum. Amen. Explicit hoc dictum’. For a work with a similar ‘initium’, from the library of the Benedictines at Erfurt, see Bodleian Library, MS.Hamilton 17, folio 227. (Folio 3 verso.)(ii) Sermons, from Advent to the first Sunday after Easter, beginning 'Emitte manum tuam de alto,...
Dates:
Early 15th century.
'Collections from the Public Records of Scotland and various other sources illustrative of the history of the West Highlands and Hebrides (in the 16th & 17th centuries) and of the genealogies of the different families, made by Donald Gregory'., 1830-1831, [1836, or before].
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2129-2139
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:
1830-1831, [1836, or before].
Collections of Gaelic tales, folklore and proverbs, mainly written by John Dewar; material relating to folklore in general; papers concerning Highland dress; and several volumes relating to Irish language and folklore.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.50.2.19-50.3.13
Dates:
1841-1885.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
Collections of Tales for the ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’ project, with related correspondence and other papers.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.50.1.14-50.2.4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The terms, `Gaelic version` or `English version` refer to the original manuscript texts produced by (`transcribed by` or `told to`) one of his team of collectors or by Campbell. Unless stated otherwise, all English versions of the tales and textual notes are the work of Campbell.
Dates:
1859-1862, 1870-1871.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
Commission, 1859, of George Brand as Consul at Lagos; photocopies of dispatches, 1859-1860, of and concerning Brand; and biographical notes, undated, on him., 1859-1860, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20311, folios 73-90
Dates:
1859-1860, undated.