Indexes to the chartularies of various Scottish religious houses, etc., by George Chalmers.

File

Identifier: Adv.MS.6.1.15

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Scope and Contents

Aberdeen (contents-list, folios 13-24; index, folios 25-28);

Moray (contents-list, folios 29-44; index, folios 45-48);

‘my MS. Monasticon Scotiae’ (folios 49-72);

Coldingham (folios 73-76);

Kelso (folios 77-84);

Melrose (folios 85-88);

Soutra (folios 89-90);

Newbattle (folios 91-96);

Dryburgh (folios 97-100);

Paisley (folios 101-108);

Cambuskenneth (folios 109-112);

Scone (folios 113-118);

Inchcolm (folios 119-120);

Coupar (folios 121-124);

Lindores (folios 125-126);

Balmerino (folios 127-128);

Arbroath (folios 129-136);

"Charters in Sir Lewis Steuart`s Collections, 2nd Part" (folios 137-144).

The references given by George Chalmers do not correspond to the original manuscripts, and it has not been ascertained from which transcripts or compilations he was working. The paper of the manuscript is watermarked 1801.

Dates

Creation: 1801, or after.

Extent

1 Volumes (144 folios (several blank). Folio.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Custodial History

The manuscript was lot 1926 in Chalmers’ sale ‘Catalogue’, part 3 (London, 1842). It was bought subsequently by the Advocates` Library at Sotheby`s, 16 June, 1896, lot 1027. In the Sotheby sale-catalogue a list of chartularies and their location in 1792 is said be included with the manuscript. Miss Catherine R Borland, in her (unpublished) `Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates`, compiled 1906-1908, says in her description of this manuscript (volume II, page 590): `At the end have been appended a "List of Chartularies and where they now are Nov. 1792", and also an Index of Royal Charters to the different monasteries.` When the manuscript was examined in 1966, these items were found to be missing.