Copy in an unidentified formal hand, apparently datable to the 2nd quarter of the 18th century, of `The Pourtrait of True Loyalty Exposed in the Family of Gordon without interruption to this present year 1691 With A Relation of the Siege of the Castle of Edinburghe in the year 1689’ [apparently corrected from 1699].
Scope and Contents
The original manuscript of this work, which was in Blairs College, Aberdeen (see ‘The House of Gordon’, page xxxvi), is at the Scottish Catholic Archives, Columba House, Edinburgh, where it has the pressmark MM 2/2. The work is ascribed to David Burnet, a Scottish Catholic priest working mainly in the Enzie, who died in 1696.
The work was used by William Gordon for his ‘History of the Family of Gordon’. ‘The Siege of Edinburgh Castle’ (in this manuscript, beginning page 497) was published by the Bannatyne Club in 1828. For other copies of this work, see Adv.MS.23.3.24 folio 1 (which was copied 1712-1713 by Robert Mylne, engraver), and Adv.MS.34.6.10, folio 1 (which was copied by Robert Mylne, antiquary, his father).
A leaf missing between folios 28 and 30 has been replaced by a blank.
Dates
- Creation: 1691.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (314 folios. Quarto.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The provenance of this manuscript is unknown: it is not clear whether the inscription (folio 1 verso) `Edinʳ Aprile 1755 Ex Dono -` in an unidentified hand, relates to the Advocates` Library; the copy is first recorded in the 1787 Catalogue.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
Gordon, William. ‘History of the Family of Gordon’ (Edinburgh, 1726-1727).
‘Siege of Edinburgh Castle’ (Bannatyne Club, 1828).
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 03 08 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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