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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Portions of a larger work, such as a literary work or motion picture, reproduced or excised without further change from their original context.

Found in 686 Collections and/or Records:

Extracts on the subject of music made, 1949-1950, by John Murdoch Henderson from Aberdeen newspapers: ‘The Aberdeen journal’, 1758-1761, 1778-1803, 1816-1835, and the ‘Aberdeen chronicle’, 1806-1821., 1758-1835.

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Identifier: MS.21708
Scope and Contents From the Series: The papers consist of the transcriptions, arrangements, and research notes compiled by John Murdoch Henderson between the mid 1920s and his death in 1972. Henderson's particular interest was in music for the Scottish fiddle, and in addition to extensive work on the older sources of such music, he was an authority on the compositions of his contemporaries, who seem frequently to have sought his advice. In addition to his own material, the collection contains many autograph compositions of...
Dates: 1758-1835.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of John Murdoch Henderson.

Extracts transcribed, 1774-1775, from Perth Kirk Session records, 1577-1620, by the Reverend James Scott, with some historical notes and explanations by him., 1577-1620.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.1.1
Scope and Contents

The volume includes detailed notes on both the Gowrie conspiracy (folio 139) and William Cowper, Bishop of Galloway (folio 210 verso).

Dates: 1577-1620.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Transcripts, 1774-?1788, of ecclesiastical records of Perth, 1560-1668, made by the Reverend James Scott, minister of the East Church, Perth, and a copy in his possession, 1784, of the ‘History of the united Parishes of Monivaird and Strowan’ compiled, circa 1774, by James Porteous of Dalvich, Minister of Monzievaird and Strowan. / Extracts transcribed, 1774-1775, from Perth Kirk Session records, 1577-1624, 1631-1637, and from the Presbytery of Perth, 1624-1631, by the Reverend James Scott, with historical notes and explanations by him.

Extracts transcribed, 1774-1775, from Perth Kirk Session records, 1577-1624, 1631-1637, and from the Presbytery of Perth, 1624-1631, by the Reverend James Scott, with historical notes and explanations by him., 1577-1637.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.31.1.1-31.1.1A
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is part ii of Scott`s transcripts and translations.

Dates: 1577-1637.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Transcripts, 1774-?1788, of ecclesiastical records of Perth, 1560-1668, made by the Reverend James Scott, minister of the East Church, Perth, and a copy in his possession, 1784, of the ‘History of the united Parishes of Monivaird and Strowan’ compiled, circa 1774, by James Porteous of Dalvich, Minister of Monzievaird and Strowan.

Extracts transcribed, 1775, from Perth Kirk Session records, 1620-1624, 1631-1637, and from the Presbytery of Perth, 1624-1631, by the Reverend James Scott, with historical notes and explanations by him., 1620-1637.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.31.1.1A
Scope and Contents

The volume includes detailed notes upon both witchcraft (folio 99 verso) and floods in Perth (folio 24).

Dates: 1620-1637.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Transcripts, 1774-?1788, of ecclesiastical records of Perth, 1560-1668, made by the Reverend James Scott, minister of the East Church, Perth, and a copy in his possession, 1784, of the ‘History of the united Parishes of Monivaird and Strowan’ compiled, circa 1774, by James Porteous of Dalvich, Minister of Monzievaird and Strowan. / Extracts transcribed, 1774-1775, from Perth Kirk Session records, 1577-1624, 1631-1637, and from the Presbytery of Perth, 1624-1631, by the Reverend James Scott, with historical notes and explanations by him.

Extracts, undated, from the ‘Cape monthly magazine’, 1857-1862., 1857-1862.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15798-15799
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Most of the notebooks contain notes on a variety of subjects, only the more important of which are mentioned in descriptions.

Dates: 1857-1862.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947. / Notebooks chiefly of John Purves. / Notebooks of John Purves containing material on South African literature.

Extracts, undated, from works by Charles Nodier., 1822, 1829.

 Item
Identifier: MS.15809
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Most of the notebooks contain notes on a variety of subjects, only the more important of which are mentioned in descriptions.

Dates: 1822, 1829.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947. / Notebooks chiefly of John Purves. / Notebooks of John Purves containing material on French literature.

Fair copy of `Diplomatum veterum collectio`, being Richard Augustine Hay`s transcripts of charters and other formal documents contained in cartularies of mediaeval Scottish religious houses and the archives of the city of Edinburgh, volume 1., 1686-1689.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.1.10(i)
Scope and Contents The volume contains transcripts of documents from various sources, including: the cartulary of St Mary`s Abbey, Newbattle (Adv.MS.34.4.13), in a different arrangement (folio 15); charters of Holyroodhouse, apparently from an unknown source (folio 152); these transcripts were used in ‘Liber Cartarum Sancte Crucis’, those at folios 154 verso-162 verso being printed (in a different order) at pages xvi-xli (passim) of the preface. Some (folios 158-159) are also printed in...
Dates: 1686-1689.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Fair copy of `Diplomatum veterum collectio`, being Richard Augustine Hay`s transcripts of charters and other formal documents contained in cartularies of mediaeval Scottish religious houses and the archives of the city of Edinburgh.

Farming memoranda, rentals and accounts of the Scotts of Raeburn, with religious notes of the earlier lairds., 1664-1854.

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Identifier: MS.3842
Scope and Contents

To the papers William, the 6th Laird, has added extensive annotations, and historical accounts of the family and their lands, copies of letters and various excerpts relating to these subjects and local affairs, and accounts of his own career, the latest dated entry being of 1854.

Dates: 1664-1854.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Records of the Scotts of Raeburn, collected and compiled by William Scott, the 6th Laird.

Fragments of printed works, with extracts and notes of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton., 1717, 1734, 1784.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.27
Scope and Contents The volume consists of pages i-xxiv, 1-38 of ‘A Summary of all the Religious Houses in England and Wales’ (folio 1) bearing Lieutenant-General G H Hutton`s signature on the title page, but no other marks, together with page 411, and what follows, of ‘Minor Practicks’ containing, as Appendix I, the `Account of all the Religious Houses that were in Scotland at the time of the Reformation` by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, Keeper of the Advocates` Library (folio 32). Interspersed with these...
Dates: 1717, 1734, 1784.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.

'Genealogical account of the Mac Ras, as written originally by Mr. John Mac Ra, Minister of Dingwall ... who died ... 1704. Transcribed by Farquhar Mac Ra of Inverinate in ... 1786. Copied by Captain John Mac Ra of the Royal Scots from the transcript in the possession of his son Doctor John Mac Ra of Chittagong in ... 1816. Copied by Alfred Oughton ... from a copy entitled as above sent to Mr. Chisholm Batten by Mr. J.D. McDonell, Plockton ... 1864'., [Before 1705], 1869.

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Identifier: MS.3569
Scope and Contents

Excerpts, made in 1869 from Dingwall Presbytery Records, are given on folios 40 verso-45.

Dates: [Before 1705], 1869.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Clan histories of the Grants, Macraes, and Chisholms.

Genealogical notes of Sidney Cramer.

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Identifier: Acc.9063
Scope and Contents

Includes copies and extracts from birth, marriage and death certificates, with notes and temple ordinance data.

Dates: 1904-1970.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Genealogical papers of, and concerning, the Keith family., 1623-1927, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21187-21188
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Murray papers concern chiefly their estates in Perthshire, but there is also some family correspondence, household accounts and inventories, and letters and papers of Jacobite interest. Of particular interest is the fine series of letters of General Sir George Murray written during his campaigns in the Peninsula and elsewhere.The papers of the Keiths, Earls Marischal came to the Murrays of Ochtertyre following the marriage of Helen, heiress of Sir Alexander Keith of Dunnottar...
Dates: 1623-1927, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, legal, miscellaneous, and estate papers of the Murrays of Ochtertyre, Baronets, and their relations by marriage the Keiths, Earls Marischal. / Papers of the Keiths, Earls Marischal.

Genealogical papers of Andrew Stuart., 1767-1804, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8290-8324
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes, drafts and memoranda concerning the genealogical researches of Andrew Stuart for his ‘Genealogical history of the Stewarts’, and other works.

Dates: 1767-1804, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance.

Genealogies and other matter relating to the Richardson family, bound up with 'The Late John Richardson', by Lord Moncrieff, extracted from the 'North British Review', December 1864., 19th century.

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Identifier: MS.3992
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A note on John Richardson's children will be found in MS.3989, folio i.

Dates: 19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and other papers of John Richardson, of Kirklands, Writer to the Signet, and his family.

Heraldic collection of Sir David Lindsay.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.31.3.20
Scope and Contents Material copied in the late 16th and early 17th centuries apparently for Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, Lord Lyon King of Arms from 1591 to 1620. It is closely related to John Scrymgeour`s manuscript (Adv.MS.31.5.2) in that some of its contents are apparently taken from Adam Loutfut`s manuscript (British [Museum] Library Harleian MS.6149), and the same order of arrangement is followed as by Scrymgeour; but there is also some additional material. Loutfut`s manuscript is described in ‘The...
Dates: Late 16th century-early 17th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Historical and genealogical notebook.

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Identifier: Acc.11639
Scope and Contents

Includes extracts from works of George Crawford, Sir James Dalrymple and Sir J Scott of Scotstorvet.

Dates: circa 1709.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

'Historical notices of Guzerat and a life of Jaswant Rao Holkar'., [Circa 1821.]

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Identifier: MS.13833
Scope and Contents

The manuscript includes (pages 73 and 337) extracts from a history of Gujarat by Ali Mahommed Khan, Diwan of Ahmedabad, in a translation by S A Greenwood (see MS.13916 and the ‘Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum’, volume 1, pages 288-289).

The volume also contains (page 173) extracts from the life of Sultan Ghiass ul dein Khilchee, Emperor of Malwa, in the Tubruckat Ackberi, see MS.13915, and (page 193) a memoir of the life of Jaswant Rao Holkar.

Dates: [Circa 1821.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker. / Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.

Humorous stories and anecdotes, largely Scottish, with occasional extracts from contemporary books, reviews, and newspapers, all 18th century.

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Identifier: MS.9317
Scope and Contents

Internal dates in the manuscript are from 1740-1762. Newspaper-cuttings, pasted on the boards and binding pages, are dated 1779-1780.

Dates: 1740-1780.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Incomplete copy of a case, 1768, brought against John Lumsden, disputing his right of superiority over the lands of Barr and Bridgend, Renfrewshire; and an excerpt, made in in 1838, from the account-book, 1738, of Hew Crawfurd, Writer to the Signet, containing an account of George Lindsay Crawford, Viscount Garnock, and of his tutor., 1738, 1768.

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Identifier: MS.6295, folios 36-79
Dates: 1738, 1768.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Miscellaneous letters, accounts and documents.

Indexes and transcripts by Robert Mylne, the antiquary.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.6.9
Scope and Contents Mylne`s pagination and the size of paper show that the volume is composed of seven separate parts: section (i), section (ii), section (iii), sections (iv) and (v), section (vi), sections (vii)-(xiii), section (xiv). None are exactly dated, but (v) must be later than 1705, (xiv) later than 1700; and probably all were compiled in the early 18th century.The contents are as follows:(i) `Ane Alphabeticall Index [A-C only] To the Book of Collections of Notes of Charters...
Dates: Early 18th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

“Instruction concernant le service de I'Infanterie légère en campagne” (Londres, 1801); copy owned by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Macleod and signed by him on the title page., 1801-[before 1813.]

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Identifier: MS.15382
Scope and Contents

The book contains on blank leaves bound in at the back a memorandum (folio 3) and sketches (folios 8 verso, 11 verso, 12 verso) in pencil apparently in Charles Macleod’s hand, and, in another hand in ink, written also on the flyleaves, biographical notes and extracts from printed sources referring to him.

Dates: 1801-[before 1813.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters to Lieutenant-General Sir John Macleod, and an instruction-book of his son Charles.

'Inventory of, and excerpts from, the Title Deeds of certain Heritors of Mearns to make appearance in a Process of Augmentation of Stipend at the instance of The Revd. Doctor McLatchie, Minister of the Parish of Mearns', Renfrewshire., 1814-1815.

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Identifier: MS.2697
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Many of the manuscripts contain notes, indexes, etc., by George Neilson.

Dates: 1814-1815.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts collected by George Neilson, Glasgow, author of ‘Trial by combat’ (Glasgow, 1890) and joint-editor of the ‘Acta Dominorum Concilii, 1496-1501’ (Edinburgh, 1918).

Jacobite papers collected by Sir Henry Steuart, titled, 'M.S.S. Jacobite II'., 1700-1869, undated.

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Identifier: MS.1696
Scope and Contents From the Series: These papers are part of the collection which was formed by Sir Henry Steuart with a view to composing a ‘History of the Efforts in behalf of the House of Stuart from the Revolution onwards’, together with papers on the Stuarts and the rebellions which were acquired by Robert Chambers, and notes on persons and events of the period by him.The papers consist of originals and copies; most of them have been incorporated in Robert Chambers’ books or in articles written by him for...
Dates: 1700-1869, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Jacobite papers collected by Sir Henry Steuart, 1st Baronet, of Allanton.

‘Kirk manuscripts’, copies of papers on ecclesiastical history, originally marked ‘D’., 17th century-18th century.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.5.11
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) An abridgement of the General Council; (ii) A brief account of the Holy Land with a short description of the government of the Jews etc.; (iii) Notes on Scotch Bishops after the Reformation, down to about 1700; (iv) ‘Excerpta quædam de magus registro prioratus St. Andreæ’, referring to the register by its folios, a copy from Sir R Sibbald’s excerpts by “Iain Semple”; (v) A brief account of the heresies in the primitive church, etc.

Dates: 17th century-18th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / ‘Kirk manuscripts’, copies of very miscellaneous papers on ecclesiastical history.

‘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.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

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