Volume containing brief biographies of men who were, or were claimed to have been, Scottish authors (folio 10).
Scope and Contents
The biographies, some of which have additions and corrections, are written in a formal 17th-century hand, and are arranged in approximately chronological order, from St Alban to Robert Balfour (died 1610). The leaf following the last biography is inscribed `Reliqua Alibi` and `Reliqua Alij, aut nos alias 1627 Julio mense` (folio 84). The work is unsigned but the biographies have been ascribed to David Buchanan (folio 1, note in Walter Goodall`s hand).
The biographies are preceded (folio i verso) and followed (folio 84 verso) by writings in an informal contemporary hand, or hands, apparently on early Christian authors.
Dates
- Creation: 1627.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (85 folios. Quarto.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The manuscript was bought by the Advocates’ Library at the sale of Sir Robert Sibbald`s books, 1723.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 23 07 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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