Excerpts.
Subject
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:
Material of Nancy Brysson Morrison for a play on Edward Irving., 1947-1948, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27296-27298
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Notes for and some manuscripts of Nancy Brysson Morrison's books and shorter works.
Dates:
1947-1948, undated.
Material on the early history of Scotland by Sir Robert Sibbald.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.3.26
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Caledonia sive Scotia Antiqua et Recentior`, 1680 (folio 1). According to the preface, Sibbald intended this to be a work in four books, but it breaks off after the beginning of the second. The contents do not correspond with those of `Caledonia` described by Sibbald in ‘An Account of the writers antient and modern’, pages 9-11, which refers to Adv.MS.15.1.2, folios 3-14.(ii) `Corn: Taciti Britannia`, 1687-1688 (folio...
Dates:
1680-1698.
Material on the Rossetti family., 1826-[1931], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.15874
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Corrected typescript of an article by John Purves, ‘Dante Rossetti and his godfather Charles Lyell of Kinnordy’, published in the ‘University of Edinburgh journal’ (folio 1);
(ii) Extracts from and notes on letters, 1826-1837, of Gabriele Rossetti to Charles Lyell (folio 12);
(iii) Copies of letters, 1876, 1882, undated, of Christina Rossetti to Alice Boyd. (folios 35, 65);
(iv) Copies of letters, 1868-1880, of Dante Gabriel Rossetti to Miss Alice Boyd of...
Dates:
1826-[1931], undated.
Material relating to Sir Walter Scott.
File
Identifier: MS.3248
Scope and Contents
The material includes transcripts of letters of Sir Walter Scott not printed in the Centenary Edition; transcripts of letters of his family and other correspondents; and extracts, correspondence, and notes on his ancestry and on various episodes in his life.
Dates:
18th century-2nd quarter of 20th century.
Material relating to Thomas Muir, the political reformer.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3824-3829
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Memorandum, 1800, by General Sir David Dundas, relating to the expedition, 1762, against Havana., 1762-1800.
Item
Identifier: MS.3850
Scope and Contents
At the end (folios 25-28) is an "Extract from the Abbé Raynal's History of the Situation of the Havanna, about the year 1775".
Dates:
1762-1800.
Memorial, 1830, excerpts from charters under the Great Seal and memoranda, undated, in the claim of John F M Erskine, Earl of Mar (succeeded 1828) to the Earldom of Kellie (folios 1-68), and draft petition with answers, 1836, and various papers, undated, in the claim to titles and dignities of George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly (folios 69-153)., 1830, 1836, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.1.17
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers relate to: peerage cases and forfeited peerages arranged in alphabetical order of title (Adv.MS.26.1.1-26.1.29); landed families and baronetcies, arranged in alphabetical order of family (Adv.MS.26.2.1-26.2.12); various legal and other topics (Adv.MS.26.2.13-26.2.23).
Dates:
1830, 1836, and undated.
Microfilm of a volume of excerpts from two protocol-books of Cuthbert Simon, or Simonis, clerk to the chapter of Glasgow., 1511-1513, 1519-1547.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.9.1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Manuscripts, including collections of formal documents (but not single documents, for which see Ch.A245-A251), owned by Riddell, arranged as far as possible in chronological order.
Dates:
1511-1513, 1519-1547.
Microfilm of assorted 13th-17th century manuscripts.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.465
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Fair copy, 1686-1689, 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. (Adv.MS.34.1.10(i)); Register of the Chapel Royal of Stirling, written, circa 1537, by John Lambert, prebendary of the Chapel, containing copies of papal bulls and other documents, 1501-1537...
Dates:
13th century-1689.
Microfilm of collection of papers of Mark Alexander Boyd, including a few of members of his family.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.458
Dates:
[?1590-?1596], 1671.
Microfilm of excerpts, 1839, from the lute book, 1627-1629, of Robert Gordon of Straloch, transcribed in tablature by George Farquhar Graham.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.160
Dates:
1839.
Microfilm of excerpts from registers in Glasgow, chiefly of the Kirk, made about 1706.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.205
Dates:
1583-1706.
Microfilm of excerpts from the manuscript lute book, 1627-1629, of Robert Gordon of Straloch (now lost), made, 1845, by George Farquhar Graham.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.963
Dates:
1627-1629.
Microfilm of excerpts transcribed, 1776, from Perth Kirk Session records, 1577-1596, by the Reverend James Scott., 1577-1596.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.188-190
Microfilm of excerpts transcribed, 1776, from Perth Kirk Session records, volume i, 1577-1584, by the Reverend James Scott., 1577-1584.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.188
Microfilm of excerpts transcribed, 1776, from Perth Kirk Session records, volume ii, 1584-1592, by the Reverend James Scott., 1584-1592.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.189
Microfilm of excerpts transcribed, 1776, from Perth Kirk Session records, volume iii, 1592-1596, by the Reverend James Scott., 1592-1596.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.190
Microfilm of excerpts transcribed, 1780-1781, from Perth Kirk Session records, volume i, 1569, 1577-1620, by the Reverend James Scott, in order to compile a register concerning the James VI hospital., 1569-1620.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.190
Dates:
1569-1620.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Transcripts and translations, 1776-?1781, of ecclesiastical records of Perth, 1241-1732.
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Microfilm of extracts transcribed, 1780-1781, from Perth Kirk Session records, 1569, 1577-1732, by the Reverend James Scott, in order to compile a register concerning the James VI hospital.
Microfilm of excerpts transcribed, 1780-1781, from Perth Kirk Session records, volume ii, 1620-1665, by the Reverend James Scott, in order to compile a register concerning the James VI hospital., 1620-1655.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.191
Dates:
1620-1655.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Transcripts and translations, 1776-?1781, of ecclesiastical records of Perth, 1241-1732.
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Microfilm of extracts transcribed, 1780-1781, from Perth Kirk Session records, 1569, 1577-1732, by the Reverend James Scott, in order to compile a register concerning the James VI hospital.
Microfilm of excerpts transcribed, 1780-1781, from Perth Kirk Session records, volume iii, 1665-1712, by the Reverend James Scott, in order to compile a register concerning the James VI hospital., 1665-1712.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.192
Dates:
1665-1712.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Transcripts and translations, 1776-?1781, of ecclesiastical records of Perth, 1241-1732.
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Microfilm of extracts transcribed, 1780-1781, from Perth Kirk Session records, 1569, 1577-1732, by the Reverend James Scott, in order to compile a register concerning the James VI hospital.
Microfilm of excerpts transcribed, 1780-1781, from Perth Kirk Session records, volume iv, 1712-1732, by the Reverend James Scott, in order to compile a register concerning the James VI hospital., 1712-1732.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.193
Dates:
1712-1732.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Transcripts and translations, 1776-?1781, of ecclesiastical records of Perth, 1241-1732.
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Microfilm of extracts transcribed, 1780-1781, from Perth Kirk Session records, 1569, 1577-1732, by the Reverend James Scott, in order to compile a register concerning the James VI hospital.
Microfilm of extracts, 1839, from the lute book, 1627-1629, of Robert Gordon of Straloch, transcribed in tablature by George Farquhar Graham.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.503
Dates:
1627-1629.
Microfilm of extracts, late 17th century, from the Books of Sederunt of the Court of Session, 1532-1689.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1078
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Extracts, late 17th century, from the Books of Sederunt of the Court of Session, 1532-1659 (Adv.MS.25.2.5(i));
Extracts, late 17th century, from the Books of Sederunt of the Court of Session, 1661-1689 (Adv.MS.25.2.5(ii)).
Dates:
1532-1689.
Microfilm of ‘Extracts of orders given at Shroton Camp’, July-October 1756; and ‘Order of march &c. at Shroton Camp’, 31 August 1756.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2105
Dates:
1756.