Volume containing four items transcribed by Robert Mylne, the Antiquary, between the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:
(i) ‘The Staggering State of Scottish Statesmen’ by Sir John Scot of Scotstarvet, written about 1665 (folio 1).
(ii) ‘The History of the Picts’, written by Henry Maule of Melgum sometime in the 17th century (folio 43).
(iii) ‘The Genealogies of the Nobility of Scotland Present and Extinct`, by Sir James Dalrymple of Borthwick, undated and apparently unpublished (folio 65).
(iv) `The Historie of the Kings of Scotland` written by J Frederick van Bossen, a Dane, the dedication bearing the date, Edinburgh 12 June, 1688; it is apparently unpublished (folio 161).
Dates
- Creation: 17th century.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (ii + 221 folios. Folio.)
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.
Bibliography
Maule, Henry. ‘History of the Picts’, published (1706) under the uncertain authorship of either Sir James Balfour, Lyon King-of-arms, or Henry Maule and reprinted in volume 1 of ‘Miscellanea Scotica’ (1818).
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 28 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
Archives and Manuscript Division
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