Photostats of ‘The Kings Quair’, the unique fifteenth-century manuscript in the Bodleian Library (MS. Arch. Selden B.24) prepared for William Mackay Mackenzie's edition of the poem, 1939.
File
Identifier: MS.2882
Scope and Contents
The copies consist of folios 191 verso-211, 231 verso of the original manuscript. There are also photostats of the Gaelic quatrain of Donald Gorm (probably Donald Gormsson, sixth chief of Sleat), sixteenth century, in the same volume.
Dates
- Creation: 15th century-16th century.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
22 Leaves ; Folio.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
22 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1939, by Messrs Faber and Faber, London, through the good offices of W Mackay Mackenzie., D.Litt.
Bibliography
Mackenzie, William Mackay. 'The Kings Quair' (London, 1939).
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk