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17th-century extracts and transcripts, in the hand of Sir James Balfour, of chartularies and other historical works.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.9
Scope and Contents
17th-century manuscript written and compiled by Sir James Balfour containing the following works:1. Copy by Sir James Balfour of George Marjorybanks, 'Annals of Scotland, 1514-94'. Folios 6r-23r.A history of Scotland in the form of annals written in Scots, originally written in the late 16th century by George Marjoribanks, burgess of Edinburgh. The location of the original manuscript from which Balfour made his copy is unknown. The work is separated into...
Dates:
17th century.
Early 15th-century manuscript containing short prayers, followed by conversion tables for calculating the price of merchandise.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.7.6
Scope and Contents
Manuscript produced in Scotland, primarily for the use of converting the prices of commodities between Scotland and the Low Countries. The commodities listed include wool, skins, hides, cloth, canvas, iron, wax and wine. The monetary units used are a mixture of Flemish and English money. The volume also contains a small portion of religious material. Hanham believes that the commercial part of the volume is likely to be a copy of a work which was possibly originally composed in...
Dates:
Early 15th century.