Poetry.
Found in 2780 Collections and/or Records:
Calligraphic manuscript volume of poems written by James Cargill.
Carbon copies of typed transcripts of poems of Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1941-1952, undated.
A few of the poems were intended for publication in 'Figs and thistles' (Edinburgh, 1959).
Carbon copy of typescript of "Selected Poems 1920-1970" by Albert D Mackie.
Carbon typescript of Robert Garioch Sutherland of an anthology of poems, probably intended for publication., [Circa 1970.]
Robert Sutherland (1909-1981) who wrote under the name 'Robert Garioch', was educated in Edinburgh and, after the war of 1939-1945 when he was a prisoner in Italy and Germany, became a schoolteacher in Kent. He returned to Edinburgh in 1959, where he taught and worked for the School of Scottish Studies in the University.
Carbon typescript of the poem 'In Vino Unitas' by Marion Lochead., ?1967.
'Carmen paschale' by Coelius Sedulius; an Italian, possibly Florentine, manuscript, with the title 'De actibus prophetarum et toto Christi salvatoris cursu’.
Cartulary of the Earls of Winton, in a seventeenth century hand.
The charters are arranged in four books dealing with the lands of Elphinstone (folio 6), Tranent (folio 49), Hartsheid (folio 176), and Kirkliston and Winchburgh (folio 184). At the end (folio 219 verso) is a humorous quatrain by the copyist.
Cashbook used for musketry notes by J B S Haldane, probably when he was undergoing training early in the First World War., [?1914, or after.]
Some of the blank leaves were used by J B S Haldane for poems inspired by his experiences (folios 42-46, 53-55).
Later the volume was used to record notes of examinations 1921-1922 (folios 1 verso-10 verso inverted).
Cassette recording of 60 poems and 12 songs of William Soutar.
Cassette tape, published by the National Extension College Trust, containing a recording of poetry reading and discussion with GIllian Allnutt., Undated.
Catalogue (in two volumes) and valuation of the library of Alfred Shepherd, Writer to the Signet.
With a manuscript poem on the origins and early history of Britain.
Catalogue of books belonging to the Paisley Musical Club, instituted 10 February 1810, a list of 54 items, with prices., [Circa 1843.]
At the end of the volume are some humorous verses.
Catechism, including prayers, doctrinal instructions, the order of the administration of the Sacraments, etc., in French and Micmac, by Antoine Simon (Petrus) Maillard, the Apostle of the Micmacs., 1759.
At the beginning is a poem in French on the doctrines of the Church. The work is dedicated 'Germano compari nostro Joanni Manach', and bears the date 1759 at various points. Although Antoine Maillard's name appears as that of the author, it is not certain that this manuscript is in his hand.
CD of amateur recording of Naomi Mitchison reading seven of her poems.
Children`s rhymes and other scraps of Scottish poetry, possibly collected by Abijah Murray.
‘Christian. Spiritual Poems on Several Subjects, Relating to the conduct of providence and cases of the soul. In four parts. Part I’, by James Meikle, a surgeon of Carnwath, probably written between 1750 and 1780.
As explained by the author in his Preface to the Reader, the poems were written over a period of many years, with additions and revisions being made at later dates. This first part contains 101 poems, only a few of which are dated.
According to ‘The Life of James Meikle’, it was Meikle`s intention to publish the poems in four volumes, but for various reasons, publication never took place.
Christmas cards and papers of William Wolfe.
The collection consists of fourteen Christmas cards, 1989-2009, of William Wolfe (1924-2010), leader (1969 to 1979) and president (1980-1982) of the SNP. All the cards include a poem and all, but one of them, are illustrated with a photograph.
It also includes three letters, 1992-1994, and a typescript, 6 February 1992, concerning Wolfe`s account of his reaction to the Pope`s visit to Scotland in 1982.
Chronicles and historical works, written in England.
"Cinquant [sic] Octonaires sur la vanité et inconstance du monde, dediez a tresillustre seigneur le conte de Shrewsbury, pour ses estrennes l'an 1607", being a calligraphic copy of the verses by Antoine de la Roche Chandieu, first published anonymously in ‘Les Cantigues du Seigneur de Maisonfleur’.
Collection, made in the eighteenth century, of Jacobite songs, odes, satirical verse, etc.
Collection of English pasquils, mostly anonymous, but some attributed to John Dryden, Andrew Marvell and others.
The poems were written, according to the dates in the margin, mainly between 1676 and 1687 and are copied in several hands.