Microfilm of heraldic material.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
‘Collection of illuminate arms’, 1794, by Etherington Martyn, in 2 volumes, containing watercolour paintings of Scottish, English and a few foreign arms. (Adv.MS.31.4.1-2);
‘Original institutions of the princely orders of collars’ by Sir William Segar, 1603, or after (Adv.MS.31.4.5);
Copies by John Wither, 1623, of English rolls of arms, mostly from ‘an auntient booke of Armes which Mr Glover Somerset the Harald had of Mr Joseph Holland in Cullers’ (Adv.MS.31.7.10);
Illustrations, 17th century, of heraldic terms (Adv.MS.31.7.20);
Manuscript, 1st half of 16th century, concerning the offices of a herald (Adv.MS.31.7.22).
Dates
- Creation: 1st half of 16th century-1794.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
1 Reels
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Existence and Location of Originals
Adv.MS.31.4.1-2, 31.4.5, 31.7.10, 31.7.20, 31.7.22.
Existence and Location of Copies
Another microfilm of Adv.MS.31.7.22 is available at Mf.Sec.MS.791.
- 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
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk