This manuscript has been formed from various accessions:

folios 1, 31, 53-5, 67, 72-77, 82, bought, Sotheby's, 30 October 1973, lots 383-385, 9 April 1974, lot 658, 13 May 1974, lot 187, 15 October 1974, lots 535-536, 15 April 1975, lot 538; and elsewhere, 1974-1975, with the aid of donations from Mrs D L Harryhausen, London;

folios 6, 12, bought, Sotheby’s, 29 June 1965, lots 176-177;

folio 14, bought, Christie’s, 29 July 1971, lot 466;

folio 20, bought, Sotheby’s, 11 April 1967, lot 417;

folio 22, bought, Sotheby’s, 29 June 1971, lot 427;

folio 24, bought, Sotheby's, 27 February 1962, lot 520;

folio 29, presented, 1969, by Admiral Sir Angus Cunninghame Graham, K.B.E., C.B.;

folios 35-37, 47, 57, presented, 1972, by Mrs D L Harryhausen, London;

folios 39, 62, 17, bought, Sotheby’s, 30 June 1964, lots 452-454;

folio 45, bought, Sotheby’s, 21 July 1965, lot 762;

folio 59, presented, 1968, by W Watt, Edinburgh;

folio 64, bought, Christie's, 22 July 1970, lot 70;

folios 80-81, bought, 1963, with the aid of the Reid Fund and a donation from the Friends of the National Libraries;

the rest bought elsewhere at various dates, 1964-1966, 1969-1971, 1973, 1975-1976.