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Literary and personal papers of Marion Lochhead.
Manuscript and printed versions of "Moidart, or Among the Clan Ranalds", (Oban, 1889) by the Rev Fr Charles MacDonald.
Includes letters, 1914, concerning a new edition of the book.
Manuscript, circa 1600, of Robert Lindesay, "History and Chronicles of Scotland".
With a list of the Bishops of Moray to 1638, and a letter, 1847, of Cosmo Innes to William Brodie, concerning the manuscript.
Manuscript of, and additional material relating to, ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson [of Kinmundy, Sheriff of Forfarshire], Scottish History Society, 1st Series, Volumes 32 (1899), 35 (1899) and 38 (1901).
Manuscript of ‘Ane Essay Relating to the Natural History of Scotland by way of Supplement to the Prodromus Naturalis Historae Scotae published anno 1684’ in the hand of Sir Robert Sibbald.
Manuscript of 'Secretum secretorum' by Pseudo-Aristotle, 'De excidio Troiae' by Dares Phrygius, and 'Historia regum Britannie' by Geoffrey of Monmouth; written by a 13th- or 14th-century hand of uncertain origin.
Material collected by Captain George Sitwell Campbell Swinton, Lyon King of Arms, supplementary to the work of his father, Archibald Campbell Swinton of Kimmerghame, ‘The Swintons of that Ilk and their Cadets’.
Medical Journal of Dr Normand Morison.
Microfilm of 14th century copy of the ‘Historia Anglorum’ of Henry of Huntingdon, 12th century; and, late 14th century manuscript of the ‘Chronicle’ of Walter of Guisborough.
The contents are as follows:
English manuscript, 14th century, of the ‘Historia Anglorum’ of Henry of Huntingdon, 12th century (Adv.MS.33.5.2);
Manuscript written in England in the late 14th century by several hands of the ‘Chronicle’ of Walter of Guisborough (Adv.MS.33.5.3).
Microfilm of assorted 13th-17th century manuscripts.
Microfilm of Gaelic manuscripts.
Microfilm of letters, 1788-1812, of Gilbert Buchanan, Rector of Woodmansterne, to George Chalmers; and, ‘The Historie of Scotland from the year 1660’ by Sir George Mackenzie, [Before 1692].
The contents are as follows:
Letters, 1788-1812, of Gilbert Buchanan, Rector of Woodmansterne, to George Chalmers. (Adv.MS.16.2.18);
‘The Historie of Scotland from the year 1660’ by Sir George Mackenzie, [Before 1692]. The only known manuscript, in the hand of a transcriber but with corrections in the hand of Sir George Mackenzie himself (Adv.MS.16.2.6).
Microfilm of miscellaneous works, chiefly theological, written in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Microfilm of miscellaneous works, chiefly theological, written in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Microfilm of papers chiefly of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
Microfilm of papers of James Augustus Grant and his family.
Microfilm of pseudo-Aristotle, ‘Secretum secretorum, ‘De excidio Troiae’ by Dares Phrygius, and Historia regum Britannie’ by Geoffrey of Monmouth; written by a 13th- or 14th-century hand of uncertain origin.
Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant (Adam Matthew, 1999).
The content descriptions for each microfilm are taken from the catalogue descriptions of the original items and as such there may be variations between the contents of the microfilms and the descriptions provided.
The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.
Microfilm of two Gaelic manuscripts, late 17th century; and, letters, 1694-1701, to Professor James Wodrow, and his sons, Alexander and Robert.
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript of Geoffrey Keating’s ‘History of Ireland’ written by the scribe Sémus Ó Gribín, 1696 (Adv.MS.33.4.11);
Gaelic manuscript (Adv.MS.50.3.12);
Letters, 1694-1701, to Professor James Wodrow, and his sons, Alexander and Robert (Wod.Lett.Qu.I).
Miscellaneous collection of items of various dates transcribed by George Paton, the antiquary, circa 1790.
Miscellaneous papers and correspondence relating to engineering.
Page from the Fourth Series (France) of ‘Tales of a Grandfather’ by Sir Walter Scott, in his autograph, together with relevant correspondence and a note by Sir William Fraser.
Papers, chiefly relating to lands and families of Morayshire, Banffshire, and Aberdeenshire, collected by William Rose, in Montcoffer, the genealogist.
Many of the papers bear notes by Rose.