Tables of contents.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: In written or printed works, a list of the work's parts in sequence, usually with a page number or other symbol indicating where each part begins.
Found in 112 Collections and/or Records:
Biographies of Christian authors written by Joannes Petri de Delft, a copyist at Niewlicht., 1457-1469.
File
Identifier: MS.7140
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Contents list, written last, in a different hand from the rest of the volume (folio 1 verso), and cumulative index of names (folio 2) dated 1469. The first entry for each letter is introduced by an initial in blue or red, alternately.(ii) St Jerome, 'De Viris Illustribus' (folio 13); the text is almost the same as that printed in 'Patrologia Latina', volume xxiii, 602-720, with only a few minor differences of vocabulary and word order....
Dates:
1457-1469.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Miscellany of medieval manuscripts, chiefly books of hours, which were part of a collection of manuscripts (as well as printed books and paintings) formed by William Finlay Watson, a book-seller in Edinburgh; together with a list of the full collection.
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Miscellany of medieval manuscripts, chiefly books of hours, which were part of a collection of manuscripts (as well as printed books and paintings) formed by William Finlay Watson, a book-seller in Edinburgh.
`Book of Opinions 1`, containing copies of opinions and memorials of English Crown counsel in matters of customs and excise arising in the Exchequer or Treasury., 1708-1730.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.1.2
Scope and Contents
The volume is prefaced by a contents list.
Dates:
1708-1730.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Series of large folio volumes with copies of documents, including legal opinions, accounts and warrants relating to the administration of the customs and excise in England and Scotland; and copies of Scottish Court of Exchequer correspondence, minutes, reports and accounts relating to the Court`s administration of the forfeited estates.
Chronological table of the contents of the ‘Memoirs of Sir Robert Strange’, in James Dennistoun's hand., [1855, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.2901
Collection of proceedings in the House of Commons, written in various contemporary hands., 1639-1642.
File
Identifier: MS.2687(ii)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The proceedings consists mainly of speeches, petitions, newsletters, and diurnal occurrences, along with other documents, some of an earlier date, bearing on the constitutional crisis.
Dates:
1639-1642.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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).
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Collection of proceedings in the House of Commons, written in various contemporary hands.
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Collection of proceedings in the House of Commons, written in various contemporary hands.
Collection of proceedings in the House of Commons, written in various contemporary hands., 1640-1642.
Series
Identifier: MSS.2687-2688
Scope and Contents
The proceedings consists mainly of speeches, petitions, newsletters, and diurnal occurrences, along with other documents, some of an earlier date, bearing on the constitutional crisis.
Dates:
1640-1642.
Collection of proceedings in the House of Commons, written in various contemporary hands., 1638-1640.
File
Identifier: MS.2687(i)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The proceedings consists mainly of speeches, petitions, newsletters, and diurnal occurrences, along with other documents, some of an earlier date, bearing on the constitutional crisis.
Dates:
1638-1640.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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).
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Collection of proceedings in the House of Commons, written in various contemporary hands.
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Collection of proceedings in the House of Commons, written in various contemporary hands.
Contents and sales pitch for 'Fakers, forgers & phoneys'. , 2002-2003.
File
Identifier: Acc.13542/114
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most, but not all, of Magnusson's published works are represented. Also included here are the translations that Magnusson undertook on the work of the Icelandic author and Nobel prize winning novelist Halldór Laxness (1902-1998). Material relating to Magnusson's book on Mastermind "I've started so I'll finish" can be found in the Mastermind section.The material includes correspondence relating to book proposals, research notes compiled by Magnusson while working on his books, and...
Dates:
2002-2003.
Copies, probably made circa 1825, of official correspondence, 1783-1811, concerning Alexander Walker's career; with a contents table., 1783-1811.
File
Identifier: MS.13730
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:
1783-1811.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker during his retirement, including copies of earlier correspondence.
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Copies of official correspondence concerning Alexander Walker’s service in India and his subsequent claiming of arrears of salary and allowances; with some miscellaneous autobiographical notes by Walker.
Copy, early 17th century, of ‘Historie and Chronicles of Scotland’ by Robert Lindesay of Pitscottie, written circa 1565., Circa 1565-1603.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.4.10
Scope and Contents
The manuscript begins with a `Briefe descriptione of England, Scotland, Waillis and Cornewaill` which is printed in the Dalyell edition of 1814. The preface and the verses to the Bishop of Caithness are omitted and the introduction merely reads `Here begineth the Chronicle of Scotland`. Pitscottie`s text ends at the year 1565 (folio 133) on the occasion of the marriage of the Earl of Bothwell to Lady Jane Gordon. The addition continues to August, 1603 and a table of contents of the volume...
Dates:
Circa 1565-1603.
Copy of John Bellenden's translation of the ‘Scotorum Historiae’ of Hector Boece, corresponding, with some alterations in single words, to the version printed in 1821., 1st half of 16th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.3146
Scope and Contents
The copy contains the table of contents, the catalogue of the Kings of Scotland, and Books I-XVII. There is a note in a seventeenth-century hand on folio 1 mentioning that the first twenty leaves of the book are missing. On page 405 is a note of George Paterson, Sheriff Clerk of Haddington, that he made this copy in 1650-1651.
Dates:
1st half of 16th century.
'Correspondence Book of the Academy of Physics, Edinburgh', number 14., 6 February-19 April 1798.
Item
Identifier: MS.755
Dates:
6 February-19 April 1798.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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'Correspondence Book of the Academy of Physics, Edinburgh': two volumes, numbered 14 and 15, containing copies of letters from February 1798 to December 1799, in the autograph of Henry Brougham, Francis Horner, and William Erskine, the Orientalist, as Secretaries.
'Correspondence Book of the Academy of Physics, Edinburgh', number 15., 21 April 1798-6 December 1799.
Item
Identifier: MS.756
Dates:
21 April 1798-6 December 1799.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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'Correspondence Book of the Academy of Physics, Edinburgh': two volumes, numbered 14 and 15, containing copies of letters from February 1798 to December 1799, in the autograph of Henry Brougham, Francis Horner, and William Erskine, the Orientalist, as Secretaries.
Defence of the doctrine and polity of Presbyterianism, in the form of a reply to the anonymous pamphlet by Dr George Hickes, Dean of Worcester, entitled ‘The spirit of Popery speaking out of the mouths of phanatical Protestants’., Late 17th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.3470
Scope and Contents
The manuscript, which is written in different seventeenth-century hands, is divided into 17 'sections'.
Dates:
Late 17th century.
Dictionary of topics and terms used in English law, used for reference presumably by Francis Jeffrey whilst Lord Advocate., 1816.
Item
Identifier: MS.23227
Scope and Contents
The dictionary contains references to cases added in red. The hand is that of one W Simpson, whose signature dated 1816 is at folio i. A contents list has been added in another hand (folio iv).
Dates:
1816.
Drafts and notes of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, for ‘Antient metaphysics’., 1794-[1799, or after.]
File
Identifier: MS.24524
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Fragmentary drafts of ‘Antient metaphysics’ vi, 1795-1796, undated. (Folio 1.) Many pages are missing, including the opening, and the text (which differs greatly from that of the edition) begins at the end of book 1, chapter 1.
(ii) Contents list of the manuscript dated 1794, of ‘Antient metaphysics’ vi. The manuscript itself does not survive. (Folio 46.)
(iii) Notes, undated, from the printed edition, volumes i-v. (Folio 52.) Includes Monboddo number...
Dates:
1794-[1799, or after.]
Drafts, sketches and fragments of identified works by Ronald Center., Mid 20th century-[?1971], undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22187-22190
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.
Dates:
Mid 20th century-[?1971], undated.
Drafts, sketches and fragments of musical compositions of Ronald Center., 1951-1973, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22187-22193
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.
Dates:
1951-1973, undated.
Drawings by John Claude Nattes, chiefly of Scottish scenes and buildings., 1780-1801, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.5203
Scope and Contents
Sketch in pencil and ink, ‘Castle Stewart [i.e. Stuart] near Inverness the property of the Earl of Murray [i.e. Moray], Sepʳ. 30 [1799]’. (Folio 1.)Sketch in pencil and ink, ‘Castle Stewart [i.e. Stuart], Sep. 30 [1799]’. (Folio 2.)Sketch in pencil and ink, ‘View of Inverness from the Edinburgh road, Octʳ. 1 (1799)’. (Folio 3.)Sketch in pencil and ink, ‘The pier and part of the Firth of Cromarty, Oct. 3 [1799]’. Reproduced in ‘Scotia Depicta’ by J C...
Dates:
1780-1801, undated.
Essays, poems and other literary papers of the family of Paul., 1827-1893.
File
Identifier: MS.5152
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Robert Paul, manager of the Commercial Bank of Scotland, married Charlotte, the daughter of John Erskine of Cambus, advocate, in 1814. The connection of the Pauls with the Erskines of Alva, and later with the Erskine Murrays, remained strong, and the antiquarian interests of the Reverend Robert Paul, Free Church minister at Dollar, led him to examine many of the Erskine papers. Some of these remained with the Paul’s and now form part of the collection.
Dates:
1827-1893.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, chiefly 19th century, of the Paul family; including some papers of the family of Erskine of Alva.
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Correspondence and papers of the Paul family.
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Papers concerning the education, careers, activities and interests of the Paul family.
Excerpts concerning the Graham family, taken from papers in the Scottish Record Office, Edinburgh, and the Public Record Office, London.., 1599-1611.
File
Identifier: MS.5276
Fragmentary manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of ‘The company I've kept’ by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’., [1966, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.27046
Scope and Contents
The papers include draft lists of contents (folio 1), an unpublished introduction (folio 5), the text of most of chapter 7, apparently intended as an article entitled 'Ezra Pound and the Curse of Usury' (folio 13), pages of a notebook on 'A.E.', the author George William Russell (folio 25), a corrected typescript of chapters 1-4 (folio 41), and proofs of the preliminary pages (folio 205).
Dates:
[1966, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, (1892-1978), the author 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Literary papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Prose works of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Books of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of 'The company I've kept’ by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’.
General order-book of Admiral Sir George Berkeley, January 1809-January 1811, concerning the everyday running of the squadron under his command., 1809-1811.
Item
Identifier: MS.9935
Scope and Contents
There are a number of formulas for different types of order, together with tables showing the recipients of these orders. At folios 1-4 are lists of Admiral Berkeley's order- and letter-books, and a contents-list of this manuscript.
Dates:
1809-1811.
'Illustrated music book', 'N[o] XX', of the daughters of James Douglas containing various songs chiefly in English., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.21789
Scope and Contents
The volume is inscribed 'N[o] XX' on the upper cover, and the contents list is written inside the front cover.
Dates:
Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Introductory lectures of William Edmondstoune Aytoun: a series of lectures opening Aytoun's yearly courses., 1856-1864.
File
Identifier: MS.4897
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Hardly any of the lectures are dated, but they were presumably delivered between 1845 and 1865, while he held the Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the University of Edinburgh. Apart from the introductory lectures in MS.4897 and a few miscellaneous lectures in MS.4912, they have been broadly grouped according to the threefold classification used by W E Aytoun himself; lectures on literature; lectures on language, style, and versification; and lectures on the principles of...
Dates:
1856-1864.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.
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Lectures delivered by William Edmondstoune Aytoun.
Journal of a tour in Switzerland and Italy, entitled 'Alpine Log No.1, 1860'., 1864.
Item
Identifier: MS.6343
Scope and Contents
A preface at folio iv, signed by 'G.B.', a member of the London Alpine Club, explains that the journal was written four years after the tour had taken place.There is a table of contents at folio v and an itinerary at folio vi.The journal, which is mostly concerned with the climbing activities of the writer and two of his relatives, is divided into chapters, and illustrated by an Alpine photograph, some water-colours and pen-and-ink drawings, some of which are in the...
Dates:
1864.