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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:
Late 12th-century manuscript containing the 'Panormia' of Ivo, Bishop of Chartres; with two diagrams of consanguinity, and short excerpts of Pope Alexander III.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.6
Scope and Contents
Manuscript containing the 'Panormia' of St Ivo of Chartres, divided into eight books.Dolezalek suggests that the manuscript was produced in England, while Szuromi suggests that it was written in France. Both base their conclusions on the script and style of decoration.The work has been dated to the 12th century by Borland and Szuromi; to the late 12th century by Brett; and to the early 13th century by Michael Gullick. The manuscript is written in a...
Dates:
Late 12th century.
Legal and financial papers of various Fife estates and the regality of Dunfermline., 1587-1759, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14772
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Papers, 1651-1687, concerning the Parish of Burntisland (folio 1);(ii) Notes and extracts of charters, 1694-1697 (folio 9);(iii) Household inventory, 1707, of Dalgety House (folio 47);(iv) Measurements, 1711, of enclosures at Dalgety (folio 55);(v) Process, 1731-1736, undated, between the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale and the town of Kirkcaldy (folio 57);(vi) Process, 1732-1737, between the...
Dates:
1587-1759, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning estate and local affairs.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning legal and miscellaneous estate and local affairs.
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Legal and financial papers of the regality of Dunfermline, and various Fife estate papers.
Legal and historical collections of Sir Lewis Stewart of Kirkhill, advocate, compiled early in the 17th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.1.14
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:List, 1606, of Scottish nobility (folio 1);Process of apprising of the Bishop of Orkney against Sinclair, 1572 (folio 3);Process of apprising of Sir Thomas Hamilton against Sir Blaise Belmer, 1607 (folio 13 verso);Reduction of a decreet of perambulation obtained by Lord Hay of Yester against the James Heriot of Trabroun, 1572 (folio 21 verso);Registered submission and decreet arbitral, 1614, between...
Dates:
Early 17th century.
Legal papers of Duncan McLaren, merchant, Edinburgh v John Ritchie, proprietor, and Andrew Russell, editor of 'The Scotsman'., 1856, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11812/145-149
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The surviving business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'The Evening Dispatch', consisting largely of financial records, 1832 to 1964. Other records have survived only sporadically. These include minutes of directors, 1868-1880, and for the 1940s and 1950s, records of debenture stock, office diaries for 1915 and 1941, and papers of libel cases brought against the newspaper.The second part of the archive consists of titles and other administrative records,...
Dates:
1856, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Titles, financial records and papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
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Business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
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Legal papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
Legal papers of the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates against T G Repp, a library assistant who brought an action against the Faculty of Advocates in 1834.
File
Identifier: F.R.342
Dates:
1819-1838.
Letters and an excerpt concerning the Earl of Buchan., 1761, 1783, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3278, folios 42-44
Scope and Contents
The contents consist of an excerpt from the Parliament of Oceana, Glasgow University, admitting Lord Cardross (afterwards Earl of Buchan) as an Honorary Member, 1761 (folio 42); a letter of John Knox, the philanthropist, to the Earl of Buchan, on his pamphlet, ‘A view of the British Empire, more especially Scotland, with some proposals for the improvement of that country, 1784, which he was then writing, 1783 (folio 43); anonymous letter to the Earl, proposing a scheme for rescuing the crews...
Dates:
1761, 1783, undated.
Letters and papers concerning the manuscript of ‘Marmion’ by Sir Walter Scott.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.16A
Dates:
1867, 1898-1899.
Letters and papers concerning the reduction of the Danish islands and Cayenne, accounts of naval actions against the French, decisions of the prize-courts, and other papers, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands., 1805-1808.
File
Identifier: MS.2314
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1805-1808.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands.
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Letters and papers concerning the reduction of the Danish islands and Cayenne, accounts of naval actions against the French, decisions of the prize-courts, and other papers, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands.
Letters and papers, mostly concerning the Church of Scotland., 1231-1641.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.8
Scope and Contents
The subjects include the case brought by John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, against Robert Wallace; the ‘Second Book of Discipline’; the Act of Revocation; and the protests against the Service-book. Most of the papers concerning the Covenant have been published more than once, and some appeared as contemporary pamphlets.Copy of a charter, 1360, granted by David II to the Bishop of Aberdeen; in Latin (folio 1). - This was printed from Adv.MS.16.1.10 in ‘Registrum episcopatus...
Dates:
1231-1641.
Letters and papers of Henry Mackenzie, author of ‘The man of feeling’.
Series
Identifier: MSS.645-648
Dates:
1746-1825, undated.
Letters and papers of Richard Burdon-Sanderson, his wife Elizabeth and daughter Jane., 1809-1835, 1884-1889, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20046
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Copies and extracts, 1857, in the hand of his wife Elizabeth, of letters, 1809, 1814, undated, of Richard Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond (died 1865), formerly Burdon, to his relations (folios 1);
(ii) Letters 1835, undated, of Burdon-Sanderson to his wife (folio 29);
(iii) Sermon preached, 1835, by Burdon-Sanderson on Joel (folio 27);
(iv) Miscellany of extracts, undated, in the hand of Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson from printed books (folio 45);
(v) Letters,...
Dates:
1809-1835, 1884-1889, undated.
Letters and papers of various correspondents., 1579-1844.
File
Identifier: MS.3134
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Miscellaneous letters. Among the writers are:
The Earl of Mar, to Sir George Bowes, Marshal of Berwick, 1579 (number 1);
Edward Kellie, Receiver and Director of Music of the Chapel Royal, on arrangements made by him for services in Holyrood, 1632 (number 3); printed in Charles Rogers, ‘History of the Chapel Royal of Scotland’ (Grampian Club, 1882), page clxvi;
Nicolas Briot, making recommendations regarding the copper coinage of Scotland, 1631...
Dates:
1579-1844.
Letters and papers received by the 1st Earl of Minto at the Board of Control., February-April 1806.
File
Identifier: MS.11276
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
February-April 1806.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto chiefly as President of the Board of Control.
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Letters and papers received by the 1st Earl of Minto at the Board of Control.
Letters chiefly of Scottish interest.
File
Identifier: MS.2524
Scope and Contents
Except one of Archbishop Leighton, the letters are of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Several are addressed to the Mures of Caldwell; others to Archibald Constable. Among the writers are Dr John Moore, Hugh Blair, David Hume, Bishop Percy, John Pinkerton, Dugald Stewart, Lord Jeffrey, Joanna Baillie, James Hogg (writing to 'M.L.', the anonymous author of two songs in ‘Jacobite relics’, second series (Edinburgh, 1821)), Mrs Grant of Laggan, Lord Cockburn, and John Gibson...
Dates:
[?1673], 18th century-early 19th century.
Letters, drafts, and documents of and concerning Henry Mackenzie., 1781-1825.
File
Identifier: MS.646
Scope and Contents
The contents include:(i) Letters and drafts of letters of Henry Mackenzie to William Carmichael, USA, Minister to Spain, 1781, referring to the New Town of Edinburgh, Principal Robertson, Professor Adam Ferguson, Dr Blair, Adam Smith, his own literary work, and the founding of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, in the hand of an amanuensis with corrections by Mackenzie (folio 1); to Pitt, 1792, thanking him for his ‘valuable additions’ to Mackenzie’s ‘Review of the Principal...
Dates:
1781-1825.
Letters of John Murray IV, John Murray V and John Murray VI to Thomas James Wise; with correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning the sale and provenance of Byron manuscripts and other items., 1928-1966.
File
Identifier: MS.43503
Scope and Contents
This folder contains some correspondence relating to Thomas James Wise and other correspondence relating to the sale and provenance of items by or relating to Lord Byron. The Wise correspondence has been placed chronologically before that relating to the manuscripts and objects of Lord Byron. The latter has been organised by correspondent surname with miscellaneous material placed at the end of the sequence.Draft of a letter of John Murray [IV] to Thomas James Wise. 1928: folio...
Dates:
1928-1966.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence between Lord Byron and John Murray II; with letters of and to John Murray, publishers, relating to Lord Byron.
Letters of the grandchildren of Lord Byron to John Murray, publishers, relating to the publication of 'Letters and Journals of Lord Byron'., 1869-1904.
File
Identifier: MS.43498
Scope and Contents
Letters to John Murray III and John Murray IV concerning the publication of 'The Letters and Journals of Lord Byron' of:Lady Anne Blunt, 15th Baroness Wentworth, 1886: folios 1-10.
Included is a note on f.8v of John Murray III relating that in June 1886 he presented Lady Anne Blunt with 50 letters of Lord Byron to Augusta Leigh;
Ralph Gordon Noel King Milbanke, 2nd Earl of Lovelace, 1869-1887 and 1895-1904: folios 11-122. The letters are signed using the titles of...
Dates:
1869-1904.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence between Lord Byron and John Murray II; with letters of and to John Murray, publishers, relating to Lord Byron.
Letters of, to or concerning Lady Caroline Lamb; with letters and manuscripts of George Lamb and William Lamb., 1812-1831, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43468
Scope and Contents
The letters of Caroline Lamb to various correspondents have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname. Papers relating to George Lamb and William Lamb, Lord Melbourne, have been arranged at the end of the sequence.Letter of Caroline Lamb to William Fletcher, 1812: folios 1-2;Copy of a letter of Caroline Lamb to Thomas Medwin, 1824: folios 3-6;Letter of Caroline Lamb to Lydia Rogers White, 1824: folios 7-8;Copy of a letter of...
Dates:
1812-1831, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Letters of and to Lady Caroline Lamb, with some of William Lamb and George Lamb.
Letters of various correspondents relating to the separation of Lord and Lady Byron; with some typescript copies of letters relating to the same., 1816-1937, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43522
Scope and Contents
The letters in this folder concern the separation of Lord and Lady Byron. The letters have been arranged in three sections: contemporary letters; letters of and to John Murray III and IV concerning the letters relating to the separation of Lord and Lady Byron; and an excerpt and typescript copies of letters concerning the separation of Lord and Lady Byron.Contemporary letters:Letters of Sir Francis Hastings Doyle to John Cam Hobhouse, 1816: folios 1-10;...
Dates:
1816-1937, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence and manuscripts relating to the separation of Lord and Lady Byron.
Letters, reports, military returns, and other papers concerning the Martinique expedition under the command of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane., 1808-1809.
File
Identifier: MS.2316
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1808-1809.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Anna Bray., 1844-1880.
File
Identifier: MS.40144
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1844-1880, of Anna Bray to John Murray III, with related letters. They concern her works “Life of Thomas Stothard” and “The revolt of the Protestants of the Cevennes”, with proposals for other works or concerning those published elsewhere. Includes family and financial matters. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1844-1846: folios 1-27;1847-1849: folios 28-43;1850: folios 44-94; (1)1851: folios 95-133;1852:...
Dates:
1844-1880.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Colvile to Conroy., 1814-1918.
File
Identifier: MS.40237
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.A further letter has been added at the end of this sequence.Colvile, Henry Edward.Letters, 1907, of Sir Henry Edward Colvile to John Murray IV. Folios 1-6.Colvile, Zeline Isabelle.Postcard, 1907, of Zeline Isabelle Colvile to John Murray IV. Folio 7. Colvin, Auckland.Letters, 1895, of Sir Auckland Colvin to John Murray...
Dates:
1814-1918.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Edgcumbe to Edward VII., 1818-1927.
File
Identifier: MS.40363
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Edgcumbe, Edward Robert Pearce.Letters, 1901, of Sir Edward Robert Pearce Edgcumbe to John Murray IV and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios 1-4.Edgcumbe, Richard John Frederick.Letters, 1872, 1875, 1884-1887, 1895-1896, 1898-1900, 1908, 1910-1912, 1914, 1916-1917, 1920, 1922-1923, 1926-1927 and undated to John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios...
Dates:
1818-1927.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Ellis, H. to Ellison, J., 1817-1921
File
Identifier: MS.40377
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Ellis, Henry.Letters, 1817-1819, 1826-1830, 1834, 1838-1840, 1844, 1846-1847, 1852, 1854-1855 and undated, of Sir Henry Ellis to John Murray II and John Murray III. Folios 1-70.Folios 39-40. Copy of a letter, 1830, of John Murray II to Sir Henry Ellis. Ellis, Henry.Letters, 1852-1854, of Sir Henry Ellis to John Murray III. Folios 71-74....
Dates:
1817-1921
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Faber to Fairman and company names beginning with initial F., 1815-1924.
File
Identifier: MS.40390
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.F A Brockhaus.Letters, 1836, 1864, 1866-1868, 1871-1874, 1877, 1880, 1884-1885, 1889-1893, 1900-1902, 1906 and 1908, of F A Brockhaus to John Murray II, John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios 1-66.Folios 4-5. Letter, 1836, of Heinrich Brockhaus to John Murray II.Folios 50-53 and 59-65. Letters, 1892, 1900-1902, 1906 and 1908, of Albert Brockhaus to John...
Dates:
1815-1924.