Notebook of Sir Robert Sibbald containing geological and topographical material.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.13.2.8
Scope and Contents
(i) `A Catalogue of Mineralls and figur`d stones found in Scotland in M.R.W. cabinet` (page 4). An abridged copy by Robert Sibbald of the catalogue of material owned by Robert Wodrow in 1703.
(ii) Copies, not in Sibbald`s hand, of descriptions of Shetland and the Hebrides written in the second half of the 17th century (inverted page 1).
Dates
- Creation: 2nd half of 17th century-1st quarter of 18th century.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (ii folios + 31 pages + 137 inverted pages. Octavo.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilm available: Mf.Sec.MSS.484.
Bibliography
Some of the texts in (ii) are close to the versions published in ‘Description of the Islands of Orkney and Zetland’ by Robert Monteith (Edinburgh, 1845), and ‘Geographical Collections’, ii, by Walter Macfarlane, (Scottish History Society publications 52, Edinburgh, 1907).
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 16 01 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk