Annotations.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Notes added as comment or explanation, such as those accompanying an entry in a bibliography, reading list, or catalogue intended to describe, explain, or evaluate the publication referred to.
Found in 408 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript and typescripts of Don't ask me how the time goes by’ Alastair Reid's translation of José Emilio Pacheco's work, ‘No me preguntes cómo pasa el tiempo’., 1975-1976, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.27456
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Photocopy of the typescript of sections I, 'In these circumstances, and II, 'Look at the way things are' (folio 1). Manuscript drafts of sections III, 'Postcards/Conversations/Epigrams' and IV, 'Animals know' are written on the versos of folio 20-34. (ii) Carbon typescript of sections I-IV heavily annotated by Jose Emilio Pacheco (folio 35); (iii) Carbon typescript of corrections to be made by the printer (folio 105).
Dates:
1975-1976, undated.
Manuscript annotations of the first half of the eighteenth century on an interleaved copy of ‘Fabularum aesopicarum delectus, cum Rogeri L'Estrange, equitis, interpretatione Anglica, necnon Latina variorum, Horatii, Phaedri, Faerni, &c. In usum studiosae juventutis Academiae Edinensis’ (Edinburgi, apud Jacobum Watson, MDCCX)., 1st half of 18th century.
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Identifier: MS.16485
Scope and Contents
The annotations consist of: (i) Parsing, translation and etymology (all in Latin) of words from the Greek text of fables 1-22, almost identical with the corresponding part of MS.16484 (folios 4-22); (ii) Diagrams for the definitions and propositions of Euclid, books 1-4, 6 (folios 23-39); (iii) Trigonometrical diagrams and problems (folios l, 39 verso-46); (iv) Algebraic problems (folios 49-54).
Dates:
1st half of 18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript annotations of the first half of the eighteenth century on interleaved copies of ‘Fabularum aesopicarum delectus, cum Rogeri L'Estrange, equitis, interpretatione Anglica, necnon Latina variorum, Horatii, Phaedri, Faerni, &c. In usum studiosae juventutis Academiae Edinensis’ (Edinburgi, apud Jacobum Watson, MDCCX).
Manuscript annotations of the Reverend John Lightfoot interleaved with a dis-bound copy of his ‘Flora Scotia’, volume I., [1777, or after.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.5.11 (I)
Manuscript annotations of the Reverend John Lightfoot interleaved with a dis-bound copy of his ‘Flora Scotia’, volume I, part i., [1777, or after.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.5.11 (I i)
Dates:
[1777, or after.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript annotations of the Reverend John Lightfoot interleaved with a dis-bound copy of his ‘Flora Scotia’ (London, 1777).
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Manuscript annotations of the Reverend John Lightfoot interleaved with a dis-bound copy of his ‘Flora Scotia’, volume I.
Manuscript annotations of the Reverend John Lightfoot interleaved with a dis-bound copy of his ‘Flora Scotia’, volume I, part ii., [1777, or after.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.5.11 (I ii)
Dates:
[1777, or after.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript annotations of the Reverend John Lightfoot interleaved with a dis-bound copy of his ‘Flora Scotia’ (London, 1777).
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Manuscript annotations of the Reverend John Lightfoot interleaved with a dis-bound copy of his ‘Flora Scotia’, volume I.
Manuscript annotations of the Reverend John Lightfoot interleaved with a dis-bound copy of his ‘Flora Scotia’, volume II., [1777, or after.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.5.11 (II)
Manuscript annotations of the Reverend John Lightfoot interleaved with a dis-bound copy of his ‘Flora Scotia’, volume II, part i., [1777, or after.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.5.11 (II i)
Dates:
[1777, or after.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript annotations of the Reverend John Lightfoot interleaved with a dis-bound copy of his ‘Flora Scotia’ (London, 1777).
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Manuscript annotations of the Reverend John Lightfoot interleaved with a dis-bound copy of his ‘Flora Scotia’, volume II.
Manuscript annotations of the Reverend John Lightfoot interleaved with a dis-bound copy of his ‘Flora Scotia’, volume II, part ii., [1777, or after.]
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Identifier: Adv.MS.23.5.11 (II ii)
Dates:
[1777, or after.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript annotations of the Reverend John Lightfoot interleaved with a dis-bound copy of his ‘Flora Scotia’ (London, 1777).
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Manuscript annotations of the Reverend John Lightfoot interleaved with a dis-bound copy of his ‘Flora Scotia’, volume II.
Manuscript copy, early 17th century, in an unknown hand, of Sir Thomas Craig of Riccarton's 'De Unione Regnorum Britanniae Tractatus'., [Circa 1604.]
Item
Identifier: MS.25388
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is inscribed (folio 1) 'David Dalrymple, Hailes, 1771'. There are numerous marginal notes and annotations in several hands including that of Lord Hailes.
This work was Sir Thomas Craig's statement of the arguments in favour of the Union of the Crowns in 1603. Like many of his works it was not published during his lifetime. However, an edition was produced in 1909 by C Stanford Terry for the 'Scottish History Society' from Adv.MS.25.4.3., probably a later manuscript, but the...
Dates:
[Circa 1604.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
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Historical papers: Scotland and Great Britain of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Transcripts of historical documents made for Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
Manuscript draft, 1835 (folios 1-19), and printed copy (bearing numerous marginalia by John Riddell) of ‘The Case of Robert Barclay Allardice of Urie and Allardice claiming the title of Earl of Airth’ (no place of publication, no date) (folios 21-26), with a printed “Pedigree of the family of Robert Barclay Allardice, Esquire”, 1837, (folio 20)., 1835, 1837, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.1.1, folios 1-26
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers relate to: peerage cases and forfeited peerages arranged in alphabetical order of title (Adv.MS.26.1.1-26.1.29); landed families and baronetcies, arranged in alphabetical order of family (Adv.MS.26.2.1-26.2.12); various legal and other topics (Adv.MS.26.2.13-26.2.23).
Dates:
1835, 1837, and undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer.
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Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection.
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Correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection.
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Papers in the claim to the Earldom of Airth by Robert Barclay Allardice of Ury and Allardice (died 1854).
Manuscript of act I, and typescripts of 'True Minds', a play by Nancy Brysson Morrison about Thomas and Jane Carlyle, broadcast in 1952 and 1954., 1952, 1954, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.27302
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscript of Act I, entitled 'The Flint and the Flame', undated (folio 1). This is not the version written for broadcasting. (ii) Two typescripts of a version intended for broadcasting, undated (folio 15). The second (folio 56) is heavily corrected and has pencilled remarks by Peggy Morrison. (iii) Annotated typescript of the broadcast, 1954 (folio 90). (iv) Fragments of typescripts, 1952, undated (folio l36).
Dates:
1952, 1954, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers and correspondence of the novelist and biographer, Nancy Brysson Morrison (1903-1986).
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Literary papers of Nancy Brysson Morrison.
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Partial manuscript and typescripts of 'True Minds', a play by Nancy Brysson Morrison about Thomas and Jane Carlyle, broadcast in 1952 and 1954.
Manuscripts and typescripts of poems of George Campbell Hay., ?1925-1982.
File
Identifier: MS.26744
Scope and Contents
The papers include both original work and translations by George Campbell Hay. The earliest poems were transcribed by his mother, who also typed and annotated some of the later ones. As in Hay's notebooks, the dates given are the dates of transcription, which are not always coincidental with the date of composition.
Dates:
?1925-1982.
'Map of Eastern Equatorial Africa by J.H. Speke. Constructed by Keith Johnstone F.R.S.E', taken from a copy of Speke's 'Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile', with two manuscript annotations by James Augustus Grant., [1863, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.17938
Dates:
[1863, or after.]
Maps, chiefly printed, annotated by Robert Purves Hardie., 1st quarter of 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.5307
Scope and Contents
The maps are mostly printed, annotated by Robert Purves Hardie.
Dates:
1st quarter of 20th century.
‘Measure for measure’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1922), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1922.
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Identifier: MS.14390
Dates:
1922.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar.
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Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson.
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Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson.
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New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.
Memoranda on the languages and customs of Guzerat made by Doctor Drummond, 'translator and interpreter to the Court of Circuit in Guzerat', with annotations in various hands., [Circa 1806.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13918
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
[Circa 1806.]
‘Merchant of Venice’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1926), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1926.
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Identifier: MS.14391
Dates:
1926.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar.
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Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson.
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Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson.
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New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.
‘Merry wives of Windsor’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1924), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1924.
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Identifier: MS.14392
Dates:
1924.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar.
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Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson.
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Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson.
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New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.
"Midsummer night's dream" by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1924), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1924.
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Identifier: MS.14393
Dates:
1924.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar.
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Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson.
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Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson.
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New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.
Miniatures and historiated initials, chiefly cut from service books., 14th century-early 16th century.
File
Identifier: MS.25243
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Miniature of the baptism of Christ in an architectural setting, cut from a choir-book possibly from eastern Europe, ?14th century (number 1);
(ii) Scene of knights cut from a French prose romance, 14th century (number 2);
(iii) Two leaves from a Book of Hours, northern France, 15th century (numbers 3-4). The miniatures depict the raising of Lazarus from the Office of the Dead, and St James the Great from the Suffrages.
(iv) Miniatures and initials cut from...
Dates:
14th century-early 16th century.
Miscellaneous notes, reviews, and press-cuttings of and concerning Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1937-1980, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26160
Scope and Contents
The papers include (folio 26) the catalogue of an exhibition in honour of Hugh MacDiarmid, with annotations by Sydney Goodsir Smith.
Dates:
1937-1980, undated.
Miscellaneous papers collected by Angus Martin, including drafts of parts of Martin's 'Kintyre: the hidden past', with annotations by George Campbell Hay, and material concerning Hay and his family., 1974-1987, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26752
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Angus Martin became a personal friend of George Campbell Hay in the 1970s.
Dates:
1974-1987, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes., 1660-1792.
File
Identifier: MS.25453
Scope and Contents
The papers include ‘The Earl of Gowrie's Conspiracie against the King;s Majesty of Scotland, At Saint Johnstoun upon Tuesday the 5th of August, 1600’, 1751, with annotations by Lord Hailes. The work is inscribed 'This is the narrative printed by authority a few weeks after the death of Gowrie, there are only 24 copies of this impression. Dav. Dalrymple.' For another copy see RB.s.305 (folio 1). Also ‘The City Cleaned and Country Improven’ (Edinburgh, 1760), inscribed to Sir David Dalrymple...
Dates:
1660-1792.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
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Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
Miscellaneous papers of the Unionist Free Trade Club., 1904-1906.
File
Identifier: MS.19549
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Much of the material consists of annotated printed reports and proceedings, typewritten drafts, letters, and notes in Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's hand.
Dates:
1904-1906.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.
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Papers and correspondence of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Political, literary, and miscellaneous papers of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Miscellaneous papers covering Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career, with a concentration on the Free Trade movements of the 1890s and 1900s.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Unionist Free Trade Club from its foundation in 1904, in which Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot was instrumental, to its dissolution in 1910.
Miscellaneous papers of the Unionist Free Trade Club., 1904-1910.
File
Identifier: MS.19550
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Much of the material consists of annotated printed reports and proceedings, typewritten drafts, letters, and notes in Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's hand.
Dates:
1904-1910.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.
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Papers and correspondence of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Political, literary, and miscellaneous papers of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Miscellaneous papers covering Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career, with a concentration on the Free Trade movements of the 1890s and 1900s.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Unionist Free Trade Club from its foundation in 1904, in which Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot was instrumental, to its dissolution in 1910.