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Genealogical and other material collected by William Camden, the antiquary.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.36
Scope and Contents
The title of the first item, `The nobilitie of Scotland ... 1606`, and some of the addenda to the genealogical tables are probably in Camden`s hand.The contents include:Genealogical trees of the royal and noble houses of Scotland, with some coats of arms drawn in trick, and additions to 1620 (folios 3, 34, 47).`The generall state of ye Scottish Commonwealth with ye causes of theire often mutinies and ther discords` (folio 38).`A Booke of...
Dates:
Early 17th century.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
Manuscript in Gaelic containing short religious, historical and mythological texts.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.1.5
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is written in the following hands.1. Text and notes, folios 1 verso-10 verso. A hand of a type more characteristic of medical manuscripts, cf. Adv.MS.72.1.12. Distinctive uncial 'r' and v-shaped 'u'. No decoration save some red on capitals, folios 5-10. From various additions in a similar hand, especially that at folio 6 verso, column b, line 41, it appears as if the scribe returned to annotate his work at a later point in time. Possibly in fact more than one hand:...
Dates:
?15th century.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts