Apparently unpublished manuscript of `Gleanings of Antiquity in Forfarshire’ by James Thomson of Dundee.
Scope and Contents
The manuscript contains:
(i) a general topographical description of the area (folio 4);
(ii) descriptions of ancient monuments and fortifications found there, including a concise account of the Druids (folio 15);
(iii) accounts of excursions made in Perthshire in 1822 (folio 59);
(iv) copies of ballads relating to Forfarshire, a translation of a Charter of King John of England to the clergy and people of Arbroath, 1206, and a copy of a reversion of Lord Lindsay to the Earl of Crawford, 1608 (folio 76);
(v) `an enumeration of the Episcopal and Monastic institutions which were at and prior to the Reformation in Scotland` (folio 87);
(vi) additional incomplete notes on ancient churches and monasteries in Dundee (folio 109).
Dates
- Creation: 1825.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (12 folios. Quarto.)
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.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 12 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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