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Poetry.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Literary and oral genre rooted in the compressed and cogent imaginative awareness or associations of experiences, ideas, or emotional responses and arranged under an organized criterion of meaning, conscious and unconscious expression, symbolism, formal or informal pattern, sound, and rhythm. The genre encompasses narrative, dramatic, satiric, didactic, erotic, and personal forms. (AAT) All poetry, except ballads, was indexed under this heading in the published catalogues. (NLS) .

Found in 2780 Collections and/or Records:

Commonplace book of George Lewis Augustus Douglas containing "jeus d'esprit", poems, anecdotes, riddles and drawings., 1799, 1808, 1819, undated.

 Item
Identifier: MS.10363
Dates: 1799, 1808, 1819, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Journals and notebooks of and relating to various members of the family of Douglas of Tilquhillie.

Commonplace book of Harriet, Lady de Clifford, consisting of verse and prose., 1829.

 Item
Identifier: MS.19440
Scope and Contents

Harriet, Lady de Clifford was a daughter of Admiral Sir Charles Elliot.

Dates: 1829.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.

Commonplace book of Helen Fergusson, consisting of miscellaneous verse., 1824-1831.

 Item
Identifier: MS.25526
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson (1800-1849), was the eldest son of Sir James Fergusson, 4th Baronet of Kilkerran, and Jean, second daughter of Lord Hailes. He inherited Newhailes in 1838 on the death of his aunt, Christian Dalrymple, when he assumed the additional surname of Dalrymple. Sir Charles was admitted Advocate in 1822, and in 1829 married Helen, daughter of David Boyle of Shewalton, Lord President of the Court of Session.

Dates: 1824-1831.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Charles Dalrymple, 5th Baronet of Kilkerran. / Commonplace books of Helen Fergusson, daughter of Sir James Fergusson 4th Baronet of Kilkerran.

Commonplace book of Helen Fergusson, consisting of miscellaneous verse including a poem of Lord Hailes, together with prose compositions and drawings., 1816-1826.

 Item
Identifier: MS.25525
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson (1800-1849), was the eldest son of Sir James Fergusson, 4th Baronet of Kilkerran, and Jean, second daughter of Lord Hailes. He inherited Newhailes in 1838 on the death of his aunt, Christian Dalrymple, when he assumed the additional surname of Dalrymple. Sir Charles was admitted Advocate in 1822, and in 1829 married Helen, daughter of David Boyle of Shewalton, Lord President of the Court of Session.

Dates: 1816-1826.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Charles Dalrymple, 5th Baronet of Kilkerran. / Commonplace books of Helen Fergusson, daughter of Sir James Fergusson 4th Baronet of Kilkerran.

Commonplace book of James Gray, priest of the diocese of Dunblane.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.7.3
Scope and Contents Composite manuscript produced in Scotland and compiled in the late 15th century, probably circa 1500, by James Gray, priest of the diocese of Dunblane and secretary to William Scheves, Archbishop of St Andrews. The manuscript is a commonplace book and consists of a variety of religious, historical, legal, and literary material. There are several hands evident throughout the manuscript. Anderson states that folios 1r-24v are written by very similar hands, and could...
Dates: Late 15th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Commonplace book of Janet W M Stewart.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14402
Scope and Contents

Includes excerpts from the novels of Sir Walter Scott, the poetry of Lord Byron and John Milton, and the plays of Joanna Baillie. The volume also includes a number of drawings of buildings and landscapes and several illustrations of flowers.

Dates: 1820-1834.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Commonplace book of Mrs C E R Drummond-Hay, of Seggieden, containing religious verses and transcripts of letters from her son, Lieutenant (later Lieutenant-Colonel) James Adam Gordon Richardson Drummond-Hay while on active service.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8907
Scope and Contents

The thirteen letters, written between February and April 1885, are addressed by James Drummond-Hay to his parents and other members of his family, and recount in diary form his experiences as a member of the Coldstream Guards contingent both on the voyage to the Sudan and on arrival there. There is much detailed description of military activity in the Suakin region.

Dates: 1868-1885.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Commonplace book of Nina, Countess of Minto, containing miscellaneous poetry and prose., 1850-1853.

 Item
Identifier: MS.19458
Scope and Contents From the Series: Nina, Countess of Minto was the daughter of General Sir Thomas Hislop and granddaughter of Hugh Elliot. Lady Minto's papers reflect her wide ranging interests. She was the author of ‘A memoir of the Right Honourable Hugh Elliot’, of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, from 1751-1806’, and of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, from 1807-14’. Her papers contain much material relating to these publications and also to her unpublished works....
Dates: 1850-1853.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family. / Papers and correspondence of Nina, Countess of Minto. / Literary papers of Nina, Countess of Minto.

Commonplace book of Patrick Turner containing ‘Bolg an t-Sholair’ and other miscellaneous verse in Gaelic.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.2.7
Scope and Contents Commonplace-book (watermarked 1798) of Patrick Turner when he was a corporal in the Argyll Fencibles, dated Meath 1801 (folio 24 verso). The script is largely Roman, occasionally Gaelic, and the language of the text varies from Scotticised transliteration of Irish to pure Scottish Gaelic. Turner’s affidavit, Ingliston MS A.i.15 (g), states ‘that the manuscript in the Roman character and in his own hand writing, was transcribed from a manuscript in the possession of a Schoolmaster ten or...
Dates: 1801.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Commonplace book of Robert Edward., [?1635-?1670.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.9450 [Manuscript]
Scope and Contents The book originally belonged to Robert Edward's father, Alexander, a Dundee merchant, and a business account dated 1622 is on folio 1. The volume chiefly consists of songs, psalms, notes, and instrumental items, several of which appear twice or with parts separated, scraps on the history of music, and poetical items alone. Many of the pieces are of Scottish origin but English and Continental composers appear, as well as both pre- and post-Reformation music.The...
Dates: [?1635-?1670.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Panmure music books. / Common place book of Robert Edward (1616-1696), minister of the Murroes; with original cover.

Commonplace book of Robina Chisholm, containing newspaper cuttings and transcripts of poems, chiefly of her brother Walter (1856-1877), a Berwickshire shepherd.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20442
Dates: 1872-1881.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Commonplace book of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes., 1786-1788, undated.

 Item
Identifier: MS.25427
Scope and Contents

The commonplace book includes verse, historical notes, accounts, and a recipe of 1786. (Folio 7 verso.) Of particular note is the Latin poem concerning Johnson and Boswell, undated. (Folio 6.) The volume served as an engagement diary for September-October 1788, and September 1789, undated. (Folios 1-2, 22-23.)

Dates: 1786-1788, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes. / Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes. / Notebooks and commonplace books of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.

Commonplace book of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, including legal case notes, family memoranda, Biblical notes and Greek verse., 1754-1755.

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Identifier: MS.25425
Scope and Contents From the Series: Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet of Hailes, (1726-1792), was the son of Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes, and Lady Christian Dalrymple, daughter of the 6th Earl of Haddington. Sir David was educated at Eton and entered the Inner Temple in 1742. From 1747-1748 he studied Civil Law at Utrecht, and in 1748 was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. He was raised to the Bench as Lord Hailes in 1766 and appointed a Lord of Justiciary in 1776. In addition to his legal activities, Lord...
Dates: 1754-1755.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes. / Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes. / Notebooks and commonplace books of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.

Commonplace-book of Sir John Wedderburn, physician (1599-1679)., 2nd half of 17th century.

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Identifier: MS.6504
Scope and Contents Sir John Wedderburn was a doctor of note and served both Charles I and Charles II as a royal physician. This volume contains miscellaneous material of the late seventeenth century some of which is of much interest. There are copies of poems, chiefly by John Donne (folio 3-90 verso, passim); on these, see "A new manuscript of Donne's poems" by Alan MacColl. Important medical material is unfortunately small in quantity. Sir John Wedderburn bought Gosford in 1659 for his favourite nephew, Sir...
Dates: 2nd half of 17th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers from Pitfirrane House, Fife. / Miscellaneous manuscripts from Pitfirrane House, Fife.

Commonplace book of the Earl of Buchan.

 Item
Identifier: MS.963
Scope and Contents The comonplace book contains drafts of letters to the ‘Bee’, an inventory of the Earl of Buchan’s property, lists of Scottish portraits, an ode, ‘To the Shepherd of the Cot’, and notes and drafts of papers on the Scottish Peerage and other subjects. Included is a manuscript copy of ‘The New Order of Gooding and Manuring all sorts of Field Land with Common Salts’, by Archibald, afterwards 1st Lord Napier (said to have been printed by Robert Waldegrave), referring to the right to issue...
Dates: 1778-1791.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Commonplace book of the Reverend John Hunter, Minister of Ayr, containing sermons, verse, correspondence, and notes on mechanics., [Circa 1685-circa 1711.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.2781
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Many of the manuscripts contain notes, indexes, etc., by George Neilson.

Dates: [Circa 1685-circa 1711.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts collected by George Neilson, Glasgow, author of ‘Trial by combat’ (Glasgow, 1890) and joint-editor of the ‘Acta Dominorum Concilii, 1496-1501’ (Edinburgh, 1918).

Commonplace Book probably compiled by C Shaw, York.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13514
Scope and Contents

Commonplace Book consisting largely of verse, but also with drawings of a Highland scene and pipers at Farr, botanical specimens from Farr and Edinburgh, and pasted in scraps from a visit to Scotland of 1826, and later visits to Switzerland and France.

Dates: 1826-1865, undated
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Commonplace book, undated, compiled by James Glasford (died 1845).

 File
Identifier: MS.8493
Scope and Contents

The contents include: extracts from personal letters, biblical commentaries, poems and translations of poems.

Dates: Early 19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Commonplace books of Dr Anna ('Nan') Shepherd., 1907-1970, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27439-27440
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Born in Cults, Dr Anna ('Nan') Shepherd was educated in Aberdeen and became a lecturer in English at Aberdeen College of Education. She wrote poems in Scots and English and three novels as well as articles for magazines and journals.

Dates: 1907-1970, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Dr Anna ('Nan') Shepherd (1893-1981).

Commonplace books of Emma, Lady Hislop, consisting of verse and prose., 1813-1820, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.19434-19439
Scope and Contents

Emma, Lady Hislop was the daughter of Hugh Elliot, Diplomatist.

Dates: 1813-1820, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.

Commonplace-books of John Stuart Blackie, containing thoughts, poems, etc., 1884-1894.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2658-2663
Dates: 1884-1894.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of Professor John Stuart Blackie and his family.

Commonplace books of William Soutar containing miscellaneous notes, ideas and odd poems., 1918-1926.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.8654-8659
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

William Soutar's output of work, most of it produced during the last thirteen bed-ridden years of his life, is quite remarkable. Apart from his regular and lively correspondence, and his poetry both in English and in Scots, he left a long sequence of diaries and journals, as well as a record of his dreams extending over more than twenty years.

Dates: 1918-1926.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Scots poet William Soutar.

‘Compendious comparison of the lives and lawes of the Senators of Rome with the lives and lawes of the Senators of the Colledge of Justice’ by Lieutenant-Colonel William Mercer.

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Identifier: ADV.MS.19.3.45
Dates: 1673.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Compendium containing copies of several treatises on Scots Law., 17th century.

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Identifier: MS.1951
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) 'Institution of the Colledge of Justice', describing the foundation of the College, its procedure and personnel (page i), preceded by an index (folio ii); it appears to have been written after 1613;(ii) Hope's ‘Minor practicks’ (page 45), preceded by an index (page 41);(iii) 'Practiques observed befor The Lords of Sessione Collected alphabeticallie be (?)rj from 1627 to 1637' (page 141), preceded by an index (page 133);...
Dates: 17th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

Composite manuscript of miscellaneous Gaelic texts.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.2.8
Scope and Contents A composite ('mangeral', page 194) manuscript of 3 sections, the first probably from Ulster, the others from Munster.Section 1: Pages 13-182. ‘Foolscap’ watermark typical of latter half of 17th century. The hand at pages 13-120 is otherwise unknown, but the date ‘1709’ (page 44, margin) may be an indication of the year of writing. That at pages 121-180 is Hand X of the Antrim Manuscript, National Museum of Scotland MCR 40.Section 2: Pages 182a-272. ‘Coat of arms’...
Dates: 18th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

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