Armorials. Reference sources.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Reference works on coats of arms, heraldic bearings and devices, or the subject of armory (the devising and regulating of emblematic representations according to established convention).
Found in 75 Collections and/or Records:
Facsimile by William Rae Macdonald, undated, of the armorial of Charles Maule Kerr, ?mid 16th century., ?Mid 16th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.53.3.10
Scope and Contents
The impaled arms of the kings of Scotland and their consorts have been omitted.
Dates:
?Mid 16th century.
Facsimile, undated, of the armorial of Macleod of Macleod, 16th century., 16th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.53.3.13
Facsimile, undated, of the second Lindsay Armorial, 1603-1605., 1603-1605.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.53.3.12
Genealogical and other material collected by William Camden, the antiquary.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.36
Scope and Contents
The title of the first item, `The nobilitie of Scotland ... 1606`, and some of the addenda to the genealogical tables are probably in Camden`s hand.The contents include:Genealogical trees of the royal and noble houses of Scotland, with some coats of arms drawn in trick, and additions to 1620 (folios 3, 34, 47).`The generall state of ye Scottish Commonwealth with ye causes of theire often mutinies and ther discords` (folio 38).`A Booke of...
Dates:
Early 17th century.
Heraldic collection of John Scrymgeour.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.5.2
Scope and Contents
The material was copied by John Scrymgeour of Myres, presumably for his own use, possibly from Adam Loutfut`s heraldic manuscript (British [Museum] Library, Harleian MS.6149). Some of the items in Loutfut`s manuscript have been omitted, and the rest occur in a different order.Loutfut`s manuscript is described in ‘The Book of the Ordre of Chyvalry’, pages xxvi-xxix. (In the following description, ‘Loutfut MS.1-19` refers to the various sections of the manuscript as listed...
Dates:
1st half of 16th century.
Heraldic collection of Sir David Lindsay.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.3.20
Scope and Contents
Material copied in the late 16th and early 17th centuries apparently for Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, Lord Lyon King of Arms from 1591 to 1620. It is closely related to John Scrymgeour`s manuscript (Adv.MS.31.5.2) in that some of its contents are apparently taken from Adam Loutfut`s manuscript (British [Museum] Library Harleian MS.6149), and the same order of arrangement is followed as by Scrymgeour; but there is also some additional material. Loutfut`s manuscript is described in ‘The...
Dates:
Late 16th century-early 17th century.
Heraldic collections of David and Alexander Deuchar.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.7044
Dates:
circa 1820-circa 1840.
Illustrations of heraldic terms.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.7.20
Scope and Contents
The manuscript includes the ordinaries and sub-ordinaries with some of their variations, and a few other charges. The beginning is missing. A later hand has added examples of the colours and metals in trick (folio 46).
Dates:
17th century.
John Riddell’s copy of ‘An Essay on the Ancient and Modern Use of Armories’ by Alexander Nisbet (Edinburgh, 1718)., 1718, 1853.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.8
Scope and Contents
Bound in at the back are notes by Riddell about the Articles of Union, and press-cuttings (mostly from ‘The Courant’), 1853, concerning the Arms of Scotland.
Dates:
1718, 1853.
John Riddell`s interleaved copy of ‘A System of Heraldry’ by Alexander Nisbet (Edinburgh, 1804): volume 1., 1804, ?1806.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.6
Scope and Contents
The title page bears a deleted inscription apparently referring to additions and corrections by Riddell. The interleaves are watermarked 1804 and Riddell’s signature appears on the Advertisement sheet dated 1806.
Dates:
1804, ?1806.
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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Printed Books from the Riddell Collection.
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John Riddell`s interleaved copy of ‘A System of Heraldry’ by Alexander Nisbet, in two volumes (Edinburgh, 1804), containing notes and amendments in his hand, chiefly in 25.8.6, in the margin of the text and on the interleaves, written possibly for a proposed revised edition.
John Riddell`s interleaved copy of ‘A System of Heraldry’ by Alexander Nisbet (Edinburgh, 1804): volume 2., 1804, ?1813.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.7
Scope and Contents
The interleaves are watermarked 1813 and Riddell’s signature appears on the title page dated 1809.
Dates:
1804, ?1813.
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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Printed Books from the Riddell Collection.
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John Riddell`s interleaved copy of ‘A System of Heraldry’ by Alexander Nisbet, in two volumes (Edinburgh, 1804), containing notes and amendments in his hand, chiefly in 25.8.6, in the margin of the text and on the interleaves, written possibly for a proposed revised edition.
John Riddell`s interleaved copy of ‘A System of Heraldry’ by Alexander Nisbet, in two volumes (Edinburgh, 1804), containing notes and amendments in his hand, chiefly in 25.8.6, in the margin of the text and on the interleaves, written possibly for a proposed revised edition., 1804, ?1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.25.8.6-25.8.7
Scope and Contents
Riddell may have acquired the two volumes separately; in 25.8.6 the interleaves are watermarked 1804 and his signature appears on the Advertisement sheet dated 1806; in 25.8.7, the interleaves are watermarked 1813 and his signature appears on the title page dated 1809; also the bindings are different. A few letters and papers are tipped in at various places.
Dates:
1804, ?1813.
John Sawers` Armorial, containing the arms of the Scottish nobility, mostly painted on engraved outlines.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.4.4
Scope and Contents
The later entries are unfinished and some are merely pencil sketches. The manuscript was shown in the Heraldic Exhibition in Edinburgh in 1891 (see ‘Memorial Catalogue’, number 60).The armorial is preceded by a printed form of charge concerning the right to bear arms, 1675 (folio ii verso) and a list of Scottish peers (folio iv). It is followed by an index and, on inverted pages 1-47, by a copy of a list of Scottish families and their arms by Thomas Craufurd,...
Dates:
1st half of 17th century.
'Le blason des armoiries’ ([Lyons], 1581), by Hierome de Bara., 1581, [circa 1804].
Item
Identifier: MS.6132
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The coats of arms illustrating the works have been painted in watercolours.
Dates:
1581, [circa 1804].
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of mediaeval manuscripts and two printed books with manuscript notes, formerly in the possession of the family of Borthwick of Crookston.
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Printed works on heraldry, with manuscript notes chiefly concerning the genealogy of the Borthwick family, probably by John Borthwick of Borthwick and Crookston, circa 1804.
Lindsay Armorial: the armorial register of Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, Lyon King of Arms from 1542 to 1555.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.4.3
Scope and Contents
In 1630 the armorial was formally recognised by the Privy Council as an official register and a note to that effect, signed by Sir James Balfour, Lord Lyon, and Thomas Drysdale, Islay Herald, is on folio 110 verso.The manuscript was shown in the Heraldic Exhibition in Edinburgh in 1891 (see ‘Memorial Catalogue’, number 663).The contents are as follows:(i) Latin verses on and a painting of the royal arms (folio 1 verso).(ii) Arms of mythical...
Dates:
16th century-17th century.
Manuscript of an English work entitled `A Compendious explication of all coats of armes in apt termes of Blazon`, intended for the amateur, in two parts, Blazoning and Marshalling.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.6.3
Scope and Contents
The text breaks off in the second part. The author refers to works by Nicholas Upton and Gerard Legh. There are several pen sketches and shields are drawn in trick.
Dates:
17th century.
Manuscript of `The Variation of the Armes and Badges of the Kings of England from the tyme of Brute untill this present yeare of our Lord 1604` by Sir William Segar, with paintings of the arms (some of which are mythical) and, from Henry II onwards, of the badges.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.7.11
Scope and Contents
The work was intended for presentation to James I.
Dates:
1604.
Manuscript on heraldry, written throughout in one hand of the late 15th or early 16th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.6.5
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `De insigniis et armis` by Bartolus de Saxoferrato (folio 1). The text has been printed by Sir Edward Bysshe in the notes to his edition of ‘De studio militari’ by Nicholas Upton, pages 6-17.(ii) `De studio militari` by Nicholas Upton, (folio 12). The text corresponds with that of Bysshe`s edition except for the omission of the sections `De ardea` and `De fasiano` (pages 175, 195). A passage at the beginning of book 1,...
Dates:
Late 15th century-early 16th century.
Microfilm of armorial of James Workman.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1169
Dates:
1st half of 17th century.
Microfilm of John Sawers’ Armorial, containing the arms of the Scottish nobility, mostly painted on engraved outlines.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.954
Dates:
1st half of 17th century.
Microfilm of Lindsay Armorial: the armorial register of Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, Lyon King of Arms from 1542 to 1555.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.84
Dates:
16th century-17th century.
Microfilm of manuscripts concerning orders of Collars and first statutes of the Ordre de Saint-Michel.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.843
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
‘Original institutions of the princely orders of collars’ by Sir William Segar, [1603, or after] (Adv.MS.31.4.5), 25 frames;
Manuscript, 1469-1476, containing the first statutes of the Ordre de Saint-Michel drawn up in 1469, but not those of 1476. (Adv.MS.31.7.15), 26 frames.
Dates:
1469-1476, [1603, or after].
Miscellaneous manuscripts from the library at Newbattle Abbey., 16th century-?1935.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5829-5841
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection consists of manuscripts on a wide variety of subjects, many copied from manuscript or printed works, and chiefly dating from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Among them are some account-books, diaries, and other manuscripts of family interest (including a few concerning the 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, father of the 6th Marchioness of Lothian), but very few letters.
Dates:
16th century-?1935.