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Manuscripts in the Glen Collection of Scottish music.
Manuscripts of books, articles and essays on historical subjects of William Ferguson.
Manuscripts of illustrated books and travel journals of Doris Ann Goodchild.
Maxwell of Monreith family papers.
Including rentals, 1700-1726, natural philosophy notes, circa 1700, archaeological notes, commonplace books, and literary manuscripts, circa 1882-1930, of Sir Herbert Maxwell.
Microfilm of Book of hours, according to the use of Paris.
Microfilm of Psalter of French provenance; and, Book of hours.
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).
Microfilm of ‘Roman de la Rose’, [circa 1230, circa 1270]; and, ‘The Talbot Hours’, 15th century.
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).
Microfilm of the Regiam Maiestatem, [circa 1500], mid 16th century; and, Book of Hours, fifteenth- to sixteenth-century, according to the use of Sarum.
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).
Microfilm of volumes of piobaireachd of Pipe-Majors Ronald and Alexander Mackenzie.
Miniature from a book of hours painted in the style of Jean Bourdichon.
Miscellaneous manuscript fragments recovered from the bindings of various manuscripts and printed books.
Miscellaneous manuscripts formerly in the possession of the Reverend John Stirton.
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.
In addition to the medieval manuscripts, there are some non-religious books of later date, and a few unrelated fragments.
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.
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’.
Papers and correspondence of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe.
Papers collected by Morley Jamieson.
Includes:
manuscript, 1915, of R W Campbell, "Private Spud Tamson"
diaries, 1901-1909, concerning tours from Edinburgh to Europe
and a letterbook, 1888-1898.
Papers from the library of St Benedict`s Abbey, Fort Augustus.
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
Papers of Callum Macdonald.
Includes manuscripts, corrected typescripts and proofs of publications, together with associated correspondence and printed items.
Papers of "Cencrastus".
Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of articles, reviews, short stories and poems, and business records including minute books, corrspondence and accounts.
Papers of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton as Director-General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics of India.
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.
Papers of Jessie M King.
Comprising drawings, sketchbooks, manuscripts of books and articles, diaires, and correspondence, with letters of Gordon Bottomley and Cecile Walton.
Papers of Kenneth White.
Including corrected manuscripts and typescripts of poetry and prose works, with two published collections of poems and "Letters from Gourgounel".
Papers of Lady Evelyn Stewart-Murray (1868-1940).
Papers of the 1st Company of the Edinburgh Volunteer Rifle Battalion.
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.