Collection of miscellaneous poems, some of which relate to Scottish affairs, written mainly before the Restoration.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.3.4
Scope and Contents
On the flyleaf is written "Incept. March 23 1652/3".
The poems are written in two different hands and at the rear of the volume there are several pages written in cypher or shorthand.
Dates
- Creation: 3rd quarter of 17th century.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (190 folios. Quarto.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The manuscript was bought by the Advocates’ Library, circa 1798.
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.699 (manuscript may not have been filmed in full).
Bibliography
Most of the poems are apparently unpublished but folios 3, 87 verso, 91 verso-93 and 94 are printed in ‘Fugitive Scottish Poetry’, 2nd series, edited by David Laing (Edinburgh, 1853); and a poem of Sir George Etherege (folio 122) and a verse letter to him (folio 136) are printed in his ‘Poems’, edited by J Thorpe (Princeton, 1963), pages 7 and 40.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 13 04 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
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk