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 4 Collections and/or Records:
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, family papers, formal documents and research material concerning the Elphinstone family of Lopness.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.9860/1-47
Dates:
1509-1937.
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.