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16th-century manuscript containing a register of charters and leases of St Andrews Priory, Pittenweem Priory and the archbishopric of St Andrews, covering the years 1553-1574.
16th-century manuscript containing the Accounts of the Archbishopric of St Andrews, covering the years 1539-1549.
16th-century manuscript containing the 'Vie de saint Louis' of Jean de Joinville.
16th-century manuscript of the 'Lives of the bishops of Dunkeld' by Alexander Myln.
16th-century manuscript of the romance 'Clariodus', a translation of a French prose original into Older Scots verse.
The Manuscript is imperfect; according to the old foliation, seven folios are missing at the beginning, and another one or more at the end. A passage of eight lines has been pasted in on folio 125 verso.
Written in one hand throughout, with large decorative initials at the beginning of each book. Watermark of pot with letters IB (cf. Briquet number 12804).
17th-century extracts and transcripts, in the hand of Sir James Balfour, of chartularies and other historical works.
17th-century manuscript, probably written in Scotland, containing a translation into Latin of the 'Οἰκουμένης περιήγησις' ['Description of the Known World'], by Dionysius Periegetes.
17th-century transcripts of foundation charters of religious houses in Scotland made by Sir James Balfour; and a transcript, probably late 16th-century, of the Chartulary of Balmerino Abbey.
19 photographs of buildings in Edinburgh, with manuscript notes of F M Chrystal.
22 notebooks, 1942, containing the corrected manuscript of A J Cronin, "The Keys of the Kingdom".
With a copy of the novel inscribed by Cronin and a letter, 1950, of Cronin.
25 letters of Roderick Watson Kerr to George M Thomson.
Concerning the Porpoise Press.
With typescript copies annotated by Thomson.
26 manuscript fragments of paper and vellum, recovered from bindings.
33 letters of Douglas Dunn to Douglas Houston.
Concerning literary and personal matters.
With corrected manuscript of an article, undated, by Dunn.
64 letters, 1899-1949 and undated, to John Purves, mostly on literary matters, from among others J M Barrie, John Davidson, Luigi Pirandello and Walter de la Mare.
With literary and historical manuscripts, 1388, 1798-1911 and undated, collected by Purves, including single letters of D G Rossetti, John Ruskin, Sir Walter Scott, and William Wordsworth.
Also two albums, 1936-1952, of Purves, containing inscriptions in poetry and prose by various contributors.
115 letters to W R Aitken and his family of Hugh MacDiarmid, and four from Valda Grieve.
With manuscripts of a short story and essay of MacDiarmid, proof copy of "Sanschaw" and typescript copy of a thesis on MacDiarmid by Claude Henry.
118 letters to James K Annand.
Concerning literary and personal matters, with associated manuscripts of poems.
Correspondents include: Robert Garioch, Hugh MacDiarmid and Albert D Mackie.
‘1467 MS’ written by Dubhghall Albanach mac mhic Cathail and the Reverend John Beaton’s ‘Broad Book’, written by Ádhamh Ó Cuirnín.
`A Description of the Islands belonging to the Crowne of Scotland taken from severall manuscripts, and the relations of thos that lived in them or frequented them`, written probably circa 1700.
The volume begins with a brief general account of Scottish islands followed by detailed descriptions of the Western isles.
The fullest descriptions are of Mull, Iona, Harris and Lewis, Islay, Skye, Uist and in particular, St. Kilda (folios 21 verso, 26 verso, 27 verso).
Towards the end of the volume are transcripts of ‘Genealogies of the Chief Clans of the Isles’ (folio 34 verso) and `Descriptio Insularum Orchadiarum (folio 35).
`Abbreviat of his Majesties proper and constant rent peyit be the severall ffewars for their respective Lands And be the severall Shirreffs for the blensch dueties, castellwards and others out of the respective Shyres As the same Compts by the present Rolls, With the deductiones and differences betwixt the same and former Rolls preceiding King James of blissed memorie his goeing To England In Anno 1603. Collected out of the Roll and Records of Exchequer, by Sir William Purves of Woodhouslee Knight and Baronet his Majesties Sollicitor In Anno 1667`, with an introductory essay `Of the Revenue or Patrimony of the Crown`.
Abbreviated version of the ‘Scotichronicon’ by Walter Bower.
Abridgement by Patrick Russell, prior of the Charterhouse of Perth, of a work by Walter Bower known as the 'Book of Cupar Angus'.
Abridgement of the ‘Chroniche’ of Giovanni Villani (died 1348) continued by his brother Matteo (died 1363) and by Matteo`s son Filippo, to the end of 1365.
'Abridgement of the Scottish History', a list of the succession of the Kings of Scotland from Fergus I to James VI by Sir James Balfour, in his hand.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: A.7.14.