Miscellaneous volume containing notes and studies on the Bible, together with a variety of astrological, historical and cosmographical writings.
Scope and Contents
Also included are a quantity of amorous and other verse, some anecdotes, and an article on the 1st Marquess of Montrose. It may have been compiled by one Samuel Brett, otherwise unknown, whose name appears on folio 318 verso, but more probably by several people, there being several contemporary hands (in different inks) exhibited by the leaves, which vary in size, and which contain a number of unrelated watermarks.
The volume was compiled in the latter half of the seventeenth century (the date 1658 is mentioned on folio 338 verso).
Dates
- Creation: 2nd half of 17th century.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
342 Leaves ; Folio.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
342 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1965, by Messrs James Thin, Booksellers, Edinburgh.
Physical Description
Bound in a contemporary cover, with clasps (now missing).
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives and Manuscripts Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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