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Maxwell of Monreith family papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7111
Scope and Contents

Including rentals, 1700-1726, natural philosophy notes, circa 1700, archaeological notes, commonplace books, and literary manuscripts, circa 1882-1930, of Sir Herbert Maxwell.

Dates: circa 1700-1930.

Microfilm of Psalter of French provenance; and, Book of hours.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.532
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Psalter of French provenance, 2nd half of 15th century, written for a community of Dominican nuns (MS.7122);

Book of hours, 2nd half of 15th century, probably according to the Use of Rome (MS.7124).

Dates: 2nd half of 15th century.

Microfilm of ‘Roman de la Rose’, [circa 1230, circa 1270]; and, ‘The Talbot Hours’, 15th century.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.520
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Manuscript, late 14th or early 15th century, of ‘Roman de la Rose’, written in two stages by Guillaume de Lorris, circa 1230, and Jean de Meun, circa 1270 (Adv.MS.19.1.7);

‘The Talbot Hours’, Psalter and Hours, 15th century (Dep.221/1).

Dates: [Circa 1230]-15th century.

Microfilm of the Regiam Maiestatem, [circa 1500], mid 16th century; and, Book of Hours, fifteenth- to sixteenth-century, according to the use of Sarum.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.512
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Manuscript, [circa 1500], mid 16th century, of the Regiam Maiestatem, Quoniam attachimenta, burgh and guild laws, forest laws, De judicibus, statutes, and other legal texts, one in Scots, written by David Baldovy, vicar of Guthrie (MS.16497);

Book of Hours, fifteenth-sixteenth century, according to the use of Sarum, in Latin; written and illuminated in the Netherlands (MS.16499).

Dates: 15th century-16th century.

Miniature from a book of hours painted in the style of Jean Bourdichon.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8999
Scope and Contents The miniature depicts St Luke writing in his study, the walls of which are enriched with coloured marble and Renaissance decoration. The bull, his symbol, appears in the lower right-hand corner. The miniature is in a gold frame, the outer edge of which has been trimmed. Written in red capitals across the bottom of the frame is the text '[I]n illo tempore missus est Angelus Gabri[el]'. The verso contains Luke 1, 26-34 in eighteen lines of littera bastarda. Its left-hand margin has a border...
Dates: [Circa 1500.]

Miscellany of medieval manuscripts, chiefly books of hours, which were part of a collection of manuscripts (as well as printed books and paintings) formed by William Finlay Watson, a book-seller in Edinburgh; together with a list of the full collection.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.7122-7150
Scope and Contents

In addition to the medieval manuscripts, there are some non-religious books of later date, and a few unrelated fragments.

Dates: 13th century-17th century; 1881-1882.

Notebook ruled for cash, which was used for legal notes, elementary French exercises and as a commonplace book (folios 2-12, 1-34 verso inverted). The entries, the latest of which is dated 1739, are written mostly in Byrom`s system of shorthand, which was not published until 1767.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.6.4
Scope and Contents

The owner, who remains unidentified, was a young man, probably of wealthy family, studying law, possibly at one of the Inns of Court in London. Pages have been torn out after folios 11, 12 and 13 inverted; folios 30-34 are written sideways. The volume, which was received without the original covers, was unintentionally rebound upside-down, and incorrectly labelled on the spine ‘French Commonplace Book’.

Dates: Mid 18th century.

Papers collected by Morley Jamieson.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.7602
Scope and Contents

Includes:

manuscript, 1915, of R W Campbell, "Private Spud Tamson"

diaries, 1901-1909, concerning tours from Edinburgh to Europe

and a letterbook, 1888-1898.

Dates: 1827-1918 and undated.

Papers from the library of St Benedict`s Abbey, Fort Augustus.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11218
Scope and Contents

Includes:

patristic texts, 1080, of Marianus at Regensburg

"Rule of St Benedict", 15th century

Book of Hours, late 15th century, with the signature of Mary of Guise

fragments of music, 15th century to 16th century, from the Inverness song-school

Dates: 11th century to early 18th century.

Papers of Callum Macdonald.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9476
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, corrected typescripts and proofs of publications, together with associated correspondence and printed items.

Dates: 1953-1986.

Papers of "Cencrastus".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10532
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of articles, reviews, short stories and poems, and business records including minute books, corrspondence and accounts.

Dates: 1980-1991.

Papers of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton as Director-General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics of India.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.85.1.1-85.1.14
Scope and Contents

Of the fourteen volumes in the series, twelve are typescript `tour diaries’ with appendices of various documents and printed items, and the remaining two volumes are an address book and an index volume.

Dates: 1907-1913.

Papers of Jessie M King.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6740
Scope and Contents

Comprising drawings, sketchbooks, manuscripts of books and articles, diaires, and correspondence, with letters of Gordon Bottomley and Cecile Walton.

Dates: circa 1899-1949.

Papers of Kenneth White.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5911
Scope and Contents

Including corrected manuscripts and typescripts of poetry and prose works, with two published collections of poems and "Letters from Gourgounel".

Dates: 1966-1973.

Papers of Lady Evelyn Stewart-Murray (1868-1940).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.14884-14889
Scope and Contents Gaelic manuscripts of Lady Evelyn Stewart-Murray (1868-1940), third daughter of John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray, 7th duke of Atholl (1840-1917). Having learned Gaelic in her youth, she collected 240 Gaelic folk tales in Perthshire (the manuscripts now held in Blair Castle), and also left behind notebooks of Gaelic songs and other Gaelic material. The contents are as follows.MS.14884. Songs copied from McLagan Collection; small collection of hymns...
Dates: Late 19th century-early 20th century.

Papers of the 1st Company of the Edinburgh Volunteer Rifle Battalion.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.2.11-81.2.38
Scope and Contents

The Company, recruited mainly from the Faculty of Advocates, was raised in 1859, as part of the general Volunteer mobilisation in that year. The majority of the papers belong to that and the immediately following years.

Dates: 1852-1900.

Papers of the National Council of Labour Colleges.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.5120 Box 1(1)—[Additional] Box 20(20)

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Subject
Manuscripts. 74
Books 23
Books of hours. 19
Poetry. 19
Correspondence. 17
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Illuminated manuscripts. 15
Typescripts. 15
Commonplace books. 12
Notes. 12
Diaries. 9
Account books. 8
Lists. 8
Articles. 7
Copies. Derivative objects. 7
Letter books. 7
Notebooks. 7
Fragments. 6
Drafts. Documents. 5
Financial records. 5
Letters. Correspondence. 5
Microfilms. 5
Photographs. 5
Music books. 4
Prayer books. 4
Prayers. 4
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 4
Proofs. Printed matter. 4
Speeches. Documents. 4
Translations. Documents. 4
Accounts. 3
Address books. Reference sources. 3
Annotations. 3
Drawings. Visual works. 3
Essays. 3
Exercise books. 3
Histories. 3
Inscriptions. 3
Lectures. 3
Minute books. 3
Photocopies. 3
Proofs. printed matter 3
Publications. 3
Songs. Musical compositions. 3
Travel journals. 3
Catalogues. 2
Circulars. Fliers. 2
Compendiums. 2
Engravings. Prints. 2
Exercises. 2
Fiction. 2
Genealogies. 2
Illustrations. Layout features. 2
Indexes. Reference sources. 2
Inventories. 2
Legal documents. 2
Maps. Cartographic materials. 2
Minutes. Administrative records. 2
Missals. 2
Notarial instruments. Legal instruments. 2
Novels. 2
Piobaireachd. Great Highland Bagpipe music. 2
Plays. 2
Printed materials. Object genre. 2
Psalters. 2
Tables. Documents. 2
Transcripts. 2
Abstracts. Summaries. 1
Administrative records. 1
Agreements. Legal instruments. 1
Albums. 1
Annals. Histories, without comment. 1
Armorial bearings. 1
Armorial bookplates 1
Autobiographies. 1
Autographs (manuscripts). 1
Bibles. 1
Bookplates. 1
Bulls. Papal records. 1
Calculations. 1
Canntaireachd. Tablature (Musical notations). 1
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 1
Cartoons. Humourous images. 1
Cashbooks. 1
Commentaries. 1
Compilation manuscripts. 1
Contracts. Agreements. 1
Deeds. Legal documents. 1
Detached leaves. 1
Devotional literature. 1
Documents. 1
Epistolaries. 1
Epitaphs. 1
Estimates. Financial records. 1
Europe. Continent. 1
Excerpts. 1
Family papers. 1
Girdle books. 1
Glosses. Annotations. 1
Hymns. Songs. 1
Instructional materials. 1
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Language
English 46
Undetermined 24
Latin 13
Multiple languages 4
Dutch; Flemish 2
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Names
Anderson, William C, poet, 1867-1951 1
Arnot, Hugo, of Balcormo, advocate, formerly Pollock, 1749-1786 1
Balfour, James, Sir, 1st Baronet of Denmilne and Kinnaird (antiquary) 1
Bell, Sir Charles, Knight, physiologist and surgeon, 1774-1842 1
Belsis, James (Canon of Dunblane) 1
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Benedictine cathedral priory of Down (Downpatrick) 1
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 1
Blackwood, James (Canon of Dunblane) 1
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 1
Caimbeul, Maoilios M (poet and writer) 1
Campbell, R W, Captain, fl 1915 1
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 1
Chambers, Robert (publisher and writer) 1
Chisholm, Walter, poet, pseudonym Wattie, 1856-1877 1
Cronin, Archibald Joseph, novelist, 1896-1981 1
Duncan, Lesley, journalist, poetry editor, fl 1990-2011 1
Ferguson, William, Reader Emeritus in Scottish History, University of Edinburgh, b 1924 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Fidler, Kathleen Annie (afterwards Goldie, author and headmistress) 1
Galsworthy, John, author, 1867-1933 1
Gillies, Valerie, poet, née Simmons, b 1948 1
Goodchild, Doris Ann (artist and calligrapher) 1
Gray, James (Priest and Secretary to Archbishop of St Andrews) 1
Innes, Thomas (Priest and Historian) 1
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988: collector 1
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 1
Ker, John (Professor of Latin at Edinburgh University, neo-Latin poet) 1
Lawrence, Thomas Edward, intelligence officer and author, called Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935 1
Macdonald, Malcolm 'Callum' (printer and publisher) 1
Mary, Queen Consort of James V, King of Scotland, 1515-1560. 1
Masefield, John Edward, Poet Laureate, 1878-1967 1
Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, 7th Baronet of Monreith, politician and author, 1845-1937 1
Maxwell, family, of Monreith 1
Melville, Robert, General and antiquary, 1723-1809 1
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 1
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 1
National Council of Labour Colleges 1
Pound, Ezra Loomis, poet, 1885-1972 1
Ryder, Michael Lawson, ARC Animal Breeding Research Organisation, Edinburgh, b 1927 1
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 1
Scottus, Marianus, founder of Irish Benedictine house at Ratisbon, d c 1080-1083 1
St Benedict's Abbey, Fort Augustus 1
St Clair, William, 15th Baron of Rosslyn 1
Steuart, Charles, Writer to the Signet, 1760-1821 1
T and T Clark, Edinburgh, publishers 1
Taylor, Jessie Marion, illustrator and designer, née King, 1875-1949 1
Taylor, Jessie Marion, illustrator and designer, née King, 1875-1949. 1
Tytler, Alexander Fraser, Lord Woodhouselee, historian and lawyer, 1747-1813 1
Walton, Cecile, painter, 1891-1956 1
Whitaker, John, historian, 1735-1808 1
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 1
Whyte, Donald, Vice-President of the Scottish Genealogy Society, 1924-2010 1
Whyte, Donald, Vice-President of the Scottish Genealogy Society, 1924-2010: collector 1
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, publishers 1
Winton, Andrew S, art teacher, 1917-2001 1
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