Calligraphy. Visual works.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Works composed primarily of beautiful, elegant letters or flourishes that are typically created by hand with a pen, either in unjoined characters or in cursive writing. May also refer to similar works created by computer or another means.
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Calligraphic manuscript of "Questions de Pasquille. Extraites d'un livre Latin qui a pour Titre Pasquillus Ecstaticus", a translation of ‘Quaestiones pasquilli disputandae in futuro Concilio per Pontificem indicto’ by Caelius Secundus Curio., 1657.
Item
Identifier: MS.10230
Scope and Contents
The manuscript, which contains the first 70 questions only, is dated 1657, but there does not appear to have been an edition of that date.
Dates:
1657.
Calligraphically written scripture extracts of Thomas Philip Graham of Airth., 1858.
File
Identifier: MS.10969
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers concern all the normal features of the domestic life and estate management of a Scottish family. They cover mainly the period from 1717, when James Graham, Judge Admiral, first acquired the lands, until the 1840s, when William Graham, his great-grandson, ceased to run the estate himself, but they also contain both earlier and later material. Most of the material concerns William Graham (succeeded 1746, died 1790), and his son Thomas Graham Stirling (succeeded 1806, died 1836). The...
Dates:
1858.
Copy, 17th century, of a letter of James VI to Sir Walter Dundas, 1600, in a calligraphic frame dated 1755., 1600.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.1.18
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers, with some exceptions, have been arranged in the following categories:Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.1.18: Correspondence.80.2.1-80.2.66: Financial papers.80.3.1-80.3.57: Account books.80.4.1-80.4.16: Miscellaneous estate papers.80.5.1-80.5.6: Legal papers.80.6.1-80.6.14: Notes and notebooks of George Dundas of Dundas, Advocate.80.7.1-80.7.14: Miscellaneous papers and books.The main exceptions are...
Dates:
1600.
Correspondence of the family of Dundas of Dundas., 1582-late 19th century.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.1.18
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers, with some exceptions, have been arranged in the following categories:Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.1.18: Correspondence.80.2.1-80.2.66: Financial papers.80.3.1-80.3.57: Account books.80.4.1-80.4.16: Miscellaneous estate papers.80.5.1-80.5.6: Legal papers.80.6.1-80.6.14: Notes and notebooks of George Dundas of Dundas, Advocate.80.7.1-80.7.14: Miscellaneous papers and books.The main exceptions are...
Dates:
1582-late 19th century.
Letter of Robert Chambers to Mr Buist, with a sample of his calligraphy., 1824.
Item
Identifier: MS.7198, folios 47-48
Miscellaneous papers and books of the family of Dundas of Dundas., 1543-1924.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.7.1-80.7.14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers, with some exceptions, have been arranged in the following categories:Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.1.18: Correspondence.80.2.1-80.2.66: Financial papers.80.3.1-80.3.57: Account books.80.4.1-80.4.16: Miscellaneous estate papers.80.5.1-80.5.6: Legal papers.80.6.1-80.6.14: Notes and notebooks of George Dundas of Dundas, Advocate.80.7.1-80.7.14: Miscellaneous papers and books.The main exceptions are...
Dates:
1543-1924.
Miscellaneous papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas., 17th century-19th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.7.2
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) `Vtrum Episcopus Romanus sit Antichristus necne? Problema Theologicum de quo ... M. Thomas Londius publice respondebit in Scholis Theologicis Academiae Andreanae, 29 July 1602.` A version (with some additional matter) of the text printed by R Waldegrave (folio 1).(ii) Catalogue of books belonging to Laurence Dundas, Professor of Humanity, Edinburgh, with places and dates of publication, 1735 (folio 7).(iii)...
Dates:
17th century-19th century.
Miscellaneous papers of the Graham family of Airth., 1682-1899.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10963-10969
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers concern all the normal features of the domestic life and estate management of a Scottish family. They cover mainly the period from 1717, when James Graham, Judge Admiral, first acquired the lands, until the 1840s, when William Graham, his great-grandson, ceased to run the estate himself, but they also contain both earlier and later material. Most of the material concerns William Graham (succeeded 1746, died 1790), and his son Thomas Graham Stirling (succeeded 1806, died 1836). The...
Dates:
1682-1899.
Moral sentences, written as specimens of penmanship, by Esther Inglis., 17th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2197
Scope and Contents
On folio 1 is a decorated G containing pictorial themes.
Dates:
17th century.
Papers of Chinese calligraphy, relating to centenary., 1937.
File
Identifier: Acc.10903/57
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Chiefly relating to links with Women's Guilds at home and centenary celebrations, but also with material relevant to the history of Women's Forrign Missions. There is also a large number of play scripts in this accession.
Dates:
1937.
Sketches, drawings and other visual material., [1935-2006].
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13338/665-675
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The archive consists of extensive correspondence from fans, friends and associates, including the poet Sir John Betjeman, painter Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, and Leigh Fermor's principal publisher John 'Jock' Murray. There are also literary manuscripts and typescripts, often with numerous annotations and revisions, diaries, notebooks, photographs, articles and research papers concerning most aspects of his and Joan's life, work and interests, including wide-ranging material on the war, in...
Dates:
[1935-2006].
‘Sonnet 21’ by William Shakespeare, 1609, written, 1959, by Tom Gourdie., 1609.
Item
Identifier: MS.20765, folios 244-245
Dates:
1609.