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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.
‘Gentle shepherd’ by Allan Ramsay, being pages 307-382 of his ‘Poems’, volume 2, with marginal notes in the hand of Allan Ramsay the Younger.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.5.15
Scope and Contents
The intention was to republish the Scots text with an Italian translation (the latter already in existence), see folio 6. No Italian translation seems to be recorded.The notes consist of: the addition of title and dedication; the deletion of W H`s dedicatory verses; an amplification of the note of the scene, a few changes in the text, mostly orthographical, except for the final verses, which are completely recast; and the general comment (folio 6), `This edition has too many...
Dates:
1728 or after.
Glenmasan manuscript (Ulster cycle).
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.2.3
Scope and Contents
It may be said in summary that the manuscript appears to be a product of a school conducted by An Giolla Riabhach Ó Cléirigh and Dubhthach Ó Duibhgeannáin, and that it circulated for a hundred years and more in Cowall. The Reverend William Campbell’s formalised note at page ii, giving the place Glenmasan and the date 1268, has provided the name by which it is generally known. In view of the difficulty Campbell experienced in the 1760s or 1770s in writing the date at page 29, one is entitled...
Dates:
ca. 1500.
Greek poetry; a volume consisting of three printed books, with manuscript notes and annotations in Latin in an 18th-century hand.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.20.8.4
Scope and Contents
The printed books are:(1) Reiske, Johann J. ‘Anthologiae Graecae a Constantino Cephala conditae libri tres’, 2 parts (Leipzig, 1754);(2) an unidentified Ανθόλγια;(3) Μόσχου καὶ βιῶνος εἰδὐλλια, edited by A van Meetkercke (Bruges, 1565). The first part of (1) (except the preface) has been interleaved and several leaves have been added at the end of (2). On these leaves, on the last page of (3), and on the lower paste-down are manuscript...
Dates:
1565, 18th century.
Interleaved copy of Robert Estienne`s edition of Juvenal and Persius (Paris, 1544), with manuscript notes on the interleaved sheets and in the margins of the printed pages.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.7.13
Scope and Contents
The notes are in a 17th-century hand and consist of exegetical material, mostly of a fairly elementary nature. The words in the text on which there are notes are underlined. There is no indication of the identity of the annotator.
Dates:
17th century.
Journal, 1729, of George Skene, containing ‘An Account of a Journey to London, with the particular rout by Thomas Burnett of Kirkhill, George Skene of that ilk, and David Skene his brother german'.
Item
Identifier: MS.3806
Scope and Contents
In addition to George Skene's journal there are notes of expenditure on the journey and of the mileage of part of the route (folio 1 verso); part of an anti-Hanoverian parody of the ‘Te Deum’, ?1742 (folio 34); and part of a diary, probably of Joseph Mackie, 1837 (folio 35).At the end of the volume, inverted, are detailed accounts of expenditure on the journey of 1729 (folio 1 inverted) and recipes, medical and other (folio 3 inverted), including directions for the treatment of...
Dates:
1729-19th century.
Journal of Lieutenant David Aytoun, Royal Navy, on H.M.S. Dragon in the Mediterranean, with various notes, observations and copies of correspondence.
File
Identifier: MS.13598
Scope and Contents
The manuscript includes descriptions of Lisbon, Gibraltar and Minorca, the dimensions of the masts and yards of H.M.S. Dragon, religious notes, verses, copies of David Aytoun's letters and memorials requesting promotion, and Aytoun's curriculum vitae, which includes a list of the ships on which he served. Aytoun, a younger brother of the laird of Kinnaldie, joined the Royal Navy on 12 May 1729, as a Midshipman, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 13 October 1738. He went on...
Dates:
1743-1746.
Journals, letters, manuscripts, notes, verse and other papers of and relating to Alastair Cram.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13170
Scope and Contents
Alastair Cram was educated at Perth Academy and Edinburgh University and started his working life as a solicitor in private practice at the Scottish Bar. In the Second World War he saw service with the Royal Regiment of Artillery and SAS during which time he was taken prisoner and was involved in several successful escapes. Alastair Cram was awarded the Military Cross in 1945. In peacetime, he served as a Judge in Kenya and, in 1965, was Governor-General of Malawi. Alastair Cram was also a...
Dates:
1928-1967, and undated.
‘Kirk manuscripts’, copies of very miscellaneous papers on ecclesiastical history.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.34.5.8-11
Scope and Contents
According to the folio catalogue (F.R.186) the volumes were originally marked ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’.
The description of the manuscripts in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: Jac.5.7.7-10.
Dates:
17th century-18th century.
Law book compiled by James Blair of Ballindean, Writer in Perth.
Item
Identifier: MS.5898
Scope and Contents
Law book compiled by James Blair of Ballindean, Writer in Perth (folio 28), and subsequently belonging to Robert Blair, Writer in Errol (folio 176 verso).The contents are as follows.(i) Style-book of Scots Law forms based on examples collected in and around Perth (folio 5); preceded by two indices (folios 1 verso, 3).(ii) Latin verses, 1683, entitled 'Carmina auditu digna', possibly written by James Blair. (Folio 92.)(iii) Recipes for dyeing...
Dates:
1682-1683.
Ledgers of Alasdair Gray containing diary entries and drafts of works, with typescripts of 'Fleck' and a file of press cuttings.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13021/1-15
Scope and Contents
Eight ledgers or notebooks contain diary entries, draft letters and literary notes and drafts of stories, poems, plays and the novel 'Old men in love'; with six corrected and annotated typescripts of 'Fleck', a play; and a file of cuttings of reviews of the French edition of 'Lean tales'.
Dates:
1845-2008.
Letters and papers of the geologist, Leonard Horner, and of his family.
Series
Identifier: MSS.2213-2222
Dates:
1782-1880.
Letters and poems of Alexander Laing, the Brechin poet; and poetry and other literary matter of Henry Scott Riddell.
File
Identifier: MS.3115
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letters, poems, etc., of Alexander Laing, the Brechin poet, to Peter Buchan, collector of Scottish ballads, Peterhead, 1828-1850, undated. The letters, which are in Laing's autograph, deal chiefly with literary matters of the day. Most of the poems (folios 4, 6, 10, 19, 23) appear later in published form.(ii) Poems and other literary matter of Henry Scott Riddell, in his autograph, with one letter to him, 1815-1865, undated. Several of...
Dates:
1815-1865, undated.
Letters and poems of George Bruce.
File
Identifier: Acc.12186
Scope and Contents
Includes papers of Ian McNab concerning George Bruce and Fraserburgh.
Dates:
1993-2000.
Letters, notes and poems chiefly written to Sir John Scot, Lord Scotstarvet, by Scottish and continental writers and scholars.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.17.1.9
Scope and Contents
The collection chiefly concerns Scotstarvet`s patronage of literature and learning, and political events on the continent.Symbols have been written in an unidentified hand, apparently of late 17th century provenance, in the upper left-hand corner of many of the letters; their meaning is not known. Leaves from a lost ‘album amicorum’ of Scotstarvet have been identified in folios 101-112. They contain inscriptions to him with mottoes, or classical extracts, by a number...
Dates:
1617-1668, undated.
Letters of Thomas and Jane Carlyle, with a few of Mary Carlyle Aitken, afterwards Carlyle.
Series
Identifier: MS.3823
Dates:
1825-1882, undated.
Lindsay Armorial: the armorial register of Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, Lyon King of Arms from 1542 to 1555.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.4.3
Scope and Contents
In 1630 the armorial was formally recognised by the Privy Council as an official register and a note to that effect, signed by Sir James Balfour, Lord Lyon, and Thomas Drysdale, Islay Herald, is on folio 110 verso.The manuscript was shown in the Heraldic Exhibition in Edinburgh in 1891 (see ‘Memorial Catalogue’, number 663).The contents are as follows:(i) Latin verses on and a painting of the royal arms (folio 1 verso).(ii) Arms of mythical...
Dates:
16th century-17th century.
Literary and personal papers of Christopher Whyte, including diaries and journals, correspondence, notes for lectures on Scottish literature, and manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry, fiction and critical works.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12673
Dates:
circa 1972-2004.
Manuscript and typescript copies of poems of Gerald Wooley Watson.
File
Identifier: Acc.10579
Scope and Contents
With notes by the author.
Dates:
1953-1965 and undated.
Manuscript and typescript of an autobiography, "The Buzzing Fly" by Fanny Susan Copeland.
File
Identifier: Acc.11904
Scope and Contents
Concerns Copeland`s life in Slovenia and wartime internment in Italy. Includes poems and biographical notes.
Dates:
circa 1960-1975.
Manuscript concerning the offices of a herald.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.7.22
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Description of the offices of Constable, Admiral, Marshal, etc. (folio 1).(ii) ‘A nobile trety belangand the making of heraldis and ye properteis to yis office` (folio 3). It includes (folio 22) a set of rules for tournaments attributed to Philip of France.(iii) Statutes of the law of arms attributed to Louis III of France (folio 34 verso). This is followed by material on the coronation of emperors and...
Dates:
1st half of 16th century.
Manuscript containing a collection of Ossianic poems by the Reverend Alexander Pope (circa 1706-1782) of Reay.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.23
Scope and Contents
A letter written by Alexander Pope in 1763 and published in the Ossian Report, Appendix, page 52, indicates that this collecting activity took place about 1739. Folios 1-7 are in Pope’s hand, and a note at folio 1 verso confirming his identity appears to be signed W P, perhaps his son William. Folios 8-11 are in hand of the Reverend Alexander Sage (1753-1824) of Kildonan, as are numerous corrections passim and a reference at folio 5 verso.The contents are as follows....
Dates:
[Circa 1739.]
Manuscript material of David Livingstone, additional to MSS.10707-10756: Letters, manuscripts, maps, and other papers of and concerning David Livingstone, being the material formerly stored in the David Livingstone Centre at Blantyre, Lanarkshire.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20314-20316
Dates:
1849-1873.