Seals. Artifacts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to artifacts bearing monograms, writing, numbers, symbols, or designs in intaglio that are used for making an impression in relief on some soft, tenacious substance such as clay or wax. They may be flat or cylindrical, the impression made by rolling the seal over the surface. The term also refers to the impressions that have been made in wax, clay, or another soft material by the impact of a seal or other hard engraved surface. Seals are generally used to authenticate documents or for decoration.
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Box of the Faculty of Advocates Library containing detached seals., ?19th century-?20th century.
File
Identifier: F.R.508
Dates:
?19th century-?20th century.
Broken seal, probably of the chapter of Moray (in use 13th to 16th cents)., Circa 1201-1600.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4752/10
Dates:
Circa 1201-1600.
Charter of Anne of Denmark in favour of William Schaw, son of John Schaw of Lathangy.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14221
Content Description
Dated Edinburgh, 28 February 1611.The charter is addressed to Patrick Stewart of Beith and Robert Ure of Saling, deputy bailies of Dunfermline, instructing them to take action in transferring the hereditary sasine of the late John Schaw of Lathangy to his son William Schaw. The signature stamps of Anne and James VI and I are applied at the top of the charter; the document states that this was done by Thomas Bigholme for John Paip, Writer to the Signet. There is the...
Dates:
28 February 1611.
Charters and related writs of the Rutherford family of Edgerston.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7750/1-72
Scope and Contents
Contains 71 writs and three detached seals, with Cairncross Charters of the Regality of Melrose (listed in "Selections from the Regality of Melrose", volume III, (1917), pp 373-382).Please note that the Rutherford name is represented variously throughout the charters, including Ruderfurde, Ruthirfurde, and Rutherfurde.This collection consists of material transferred from the Scottish Record Office to the National Library, and is supplementary to the main body of...
Dates:
Circa 1320-1566, undated.
Correspondence and newspaper-cuttings relating to the restoration of St Margaret’s Chapel, the Argyll Tower, and the Banqueting Hall of Edinburgh Castle., 1883-1888, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1734
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The undertaking was financed by William Nelson the publisher, and the architect was Hippolyte Blanc, to whom most of the letters are addressed.
Dates:
1883-1888, undated.
Correspondence, family papers, formal documents and research material concerning the Elphinstone family of Lopness.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.9860/1-47
Dates:
1509-1937.
Detached fragments of a seal., Undated.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7750/72
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Contains 71 writs and three detached seals, with Cairncross Charters of the Regality of Melrose (listed in "Selections from the Regality of Melrose", volume III, (1917), pp 373-382).Please note that the Rutherford name is represented variously throughout the charters, including Ruderfurde, Ruthirfurde, and Rutherfurde.This collection consists of material transferred from the Scottish Record Office to the National Library, and is supplementary to the main body of...
Dates:
Undated.
Diplomas and Seals for Sir William Forbes and John Belsches Stuart for the Royal Company of Archers., 1822.
File
Identifier: Acc.13827/68
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1822.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Papers of Sir William Forbes, 7th Bart. of Monymusk and Pitsligo.
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Miscellaneous Papers of Sir William Forbes.
Miscellaneous letters and documents., 1585-1901.
File
Identifier: MS.150
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of Lord Justice Clerk Bellenden to James VI, relating his interview with Queen Elizabeth, London, 1 March, 1584/1585. See 'Calendar of State Papers relating to Scotland, 1584-1585', pages 560, 564, 565. (Folio 1.)(ii) Letter of Francis Stewart, titular Earl of Bothwell, to Colonel William Urie, relating to an attack upon a sentinel, Dumfries, 1670. (Folio 3.)(iii) ‘Mr. Gidean Guthry his aco.ͭͭ of letters’,...
Dates:
1585-1901.
Miscellaneous Papers of Sir William Forbes., 1813-1827.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13827/67-69
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1813-1827.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Papers of Sir William Forbes, 7th Bart. of Monymusk and Pitsligo.
Papers collected by Sir Walter Scott dealing with Scottish history and antiquities, chiefly copied from official records and other sources, with some facsimiles., 17th century-early 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.901
Scope and Contents
The subjects include the Scottish Regalia (folio 1), the Archers of the Guard (folio 21), the use of Lord Drummond’s executioner by the Town Council of Perth in 1706 (folio 140), the Porteous Riots (folio 143), the Lee Penny (see the ‘Talisman’) (folio 159), Highland traditions, supplied by Dr Mackintosh Mackay (folio 167), and Galloway traditions, chiefly Covenanting, with two ballads (folio 179). The excerpts from records regarding festivities, wapenschawing, etc., (folios 19, 35, 45, 50)...
Dates:
17th century-early 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
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Material concerning antiquarian matters chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
Papers of Sir William Forbes, 7th Bart. of Monymusk and Pitsligo., Circa 1780-1828.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13827/58-72
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
Circa 1780-1828.
Papers of the Skene family and related families., Circa 1420-1919.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12092/1-39
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of more than 3000 documents, dating from the 1420s to 1980s, mainly relating to the family of Skene of Rubislaw (near Aberdeen). At its centre are the papers of James Skene (1775-1864), artist and friend of Sir Walter Scott. Skene corresponded with notable individuals in the cultural circles of his day and was connected with such organizations as the Royal Institution, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Institute for the...
Dates:
Circa 1420-1919.
Papers relating to Captain John Slezer., 1688, 1693, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.573, folios 92-97
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:Instructions, 1688, with the impressed seal of King James VII, King of Scotland, superscribed by him and signed by the Earl of Melfort, to Lieutenant-General the Honourable James Douglas, Master of the Ordnance in Scotland, containing a reference to John Slezer, Lieutenant of Artillery (folio 92);Letter, 1693, and abbreviat of Memorial, undated, of Slezer, relating to the costs of printing his 'Theatrum Scotiae' and the money due by the...
Dates:
1688, 1693, undated.
Proclamation to the people of Great Britain, issued by Prince Charles Edward as Regent for his father, before raising his Royal Standard, initialled C P R and dated in the Prince's hand, Paris, 16 May 1745.
File
Identifier: MS.2916
Scope and Contents
The proclamation is preceded by a copy of Prince James Edward's commission appointing Prince Charles Regent, Rome, 23rd December 1743, counter-signed by the latter 'Charles P.R.', and bearing his seal as Prince Regent.
This is the original manuscript, the lay-out of which is exactly followed in the printed copies.
It is accompanied by a note on its history, 1887.
Dates:
1745.
Registration of arms of Alexander George Home, with seal., 1874.
File
Identifier: Acc.6976/6
Seal for the Royal Company of Archers., 1st half of 19th century.
File
Identifier: Acc.13827/1100
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1st half of 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Printed Works of, or belonging to, the Forbes, Stuart Forbes, and Trefusis Families.
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Miscellaneous artefacts from Fettercairn House.
Various framed, mounted and other special items., 1752-2002, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12235/469-494
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The business records, 1768-2002, of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd, Edinburgh, specialist printers, manufacturing and retail stationers, and sealing wax manufacturers. The papers also include material relating more particularly to the Waterston family.In addition to business records, the collection includes papers relating to the Waterston family or to the history of the business collected by various family directors, series of family and business photographs, sample specimens of...
Dates:
1752-2002, undated.
Wine and spirit merchant card, with Highland Society of London seal impression on the back. , 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10615/133
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers, mostly late 19th to 20th centuries, of the Highland Society of London, covering the interests of the society; cultural, military, charitable, social and historical.
Dates:
19th century.