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 540 Collections and/or Records:
Excerpts used in, and other material relating to, contributions of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland) to the Scottish Amnesty Show., [1982].
File
Identifier: Acc.10893/203
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.
Dates:
[1982].
Excerpts, written by the Very Reverend John Lee, from ecclesiastical records: Erskine., 1651-1663.
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Identifier: MS.3515
Dates:
1651-1663.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Very Reverend John Lee, Principal of Edinburgh University, with the material collected by him.
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Notebooks containing excerpts, written by the Very Reverend John Lee, from ecclesiastical records, chiefly of Kirk Sessions.
Excerpts, written by the Very Reverend John Lee, from ecclesiastical records: Kennoway., 1638-1644.
Item
Identifier: MS.3518
Dates:
1638-1644.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Very Reverend John Lee, Principal of Edinburgh University, with the material collected by him.
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Notebooks containing excerpts, written by the Very Reverend John Lee, from ecclesiastical records, chiefly of Kirk Sessions.
Excerpts, written by the Very Reverend John Lee, from ecclesiastical records: Kilbarchan, 1649, and Renfrew, 1649-1653., 1649-1653.
Item
Identifier: MS.3514
Dates:
1649-1653.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Very Reverend John Lee, Principal of Edinburgh University, with the material collected by him.
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Notebooks containing excerpts, written by the Very Reverend John Lee, from ecclesiastical records, chiefly of Kirk Sessions.
Excerpts, written by the Very Reverend John Lee, from ecclesiastical records: Scone., 1622-1638.
Item
Identifier: MS.3508
Dates:
1622-1638.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Very Reverend John Lee, Principal of Edinburgh University, with the material collected by him.
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Notebooks containing excerpts, written by the Very Reverend John Lee, from ecclesiastical records, chiefly of Kirk Sessions.
'Extract of a dissertation upon the true number, names, series ... and chronology of the first 24 Kings of the Scots ... from the begining of the regn of K. Fergus Mac-Erch to the Union of the Scotish and Pictish Kingdoms by K. Keneth Macalpin', addressed 'to Mr. Rudiman'., 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2224, folios 75-78
Dates:
18th century.
Extracts, 17th century, from the Books of Sederunt of the Court of Session, 4 June 1661-18 July 1679., 1661-1679.
File
Identifier: MS.168
Dates:
1661-1679.
Extracts, 1944, from the diary, 1824, of Robert Cadell, made by his grandson, Henry J Stevenson., 1824.
Item
Identifier: MS.21067
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was the partner of Archibald Constable, and, after the dissolution of that partnership in 1825, the sole publisher of Walter Scott's novels. His papers reflect his personal and business relations with Scott and other authors, as well as his family affairs.
Dates:
1824.
Extracts, apparently made circa 1813, from orders, reports and other papers, 1734-1813, concerning the fortifications of St Helena., 1734-1813.
File
Identifier: MS.13764
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Whilst at St Helena, Alexander Walker busied himself in promoting the agricultural potential of the island and in tackling the question of slavery.
Dates:
1734-1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Official and private papers of Alexander Walker during his period as governor of St Helena, 1823-1828, and until his death in retirement in 1831.
Extracts chiefly from ‘Judgements on history and historians’ by Jacob Burckhardt and ‘James Crichton of Eliock’ by Douglas Crichton., 1911, 1959.
Item
Identifier: MS.15853
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:
1911, 1959.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves containing notes and extracts on history.
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Notebooks, undated, of John Purves, probably from the period 1950-1959, containing material on history.
Extracts chiefly from ‘Mistress to an age. A life of Madame de Stael’ by J C Herold., [1959.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15854
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:
[1959.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves containing notes and extracts on history.
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Notebooks, undated, of John Purves, probably from the period 1950-1959, containing material on history.
`Extracts from Act Books of the Council of State 1742-5`., 1742-1745.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.3.21
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
It was originally Ferguson`s intention to print Dutch text and English translation of all Dutch documents quoted, but this scheme had to be abandoned for reasons of space, and only the English translations were ultimately printed (Volume I, page xxxiii). Before this change of plan, the Dutch texts had been inserted into the appropriate places of the manuscript of Volume I and part of Volume II; the rest are preserved separately, Adv.MSS.81.3.15-81.3.23.Summaries and extracts of...
Dates:
1742-1745.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript of, and additional material relating to, ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson [of Kinmundy, Sheriff of Forfarshire], Scottish History Society, 1st Series, Volumes 32 (1899), 35 (1899) and 38 (1901).
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Texts of documents not inserted into the manuscript (Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.14) of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson.
Extracts from, and notes of John Purves on, ‘Teseide’ by Boccaccio and extracts from “’The conversations of the ‘Orti Oricellari’” from ‘Rhetoric and politics in Italian humanism’ by Delio Cantimori., [Circa 1340-1341], 1937.
Item
Identifier: MS.15706
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The notes dated from the appointment of John Purves as lecturer in Italian at Edinburgh University in 1920.
Dates:
[Circa 1340-1341], 1937.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves concerning Italian literature.
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Notebooks, undated, of John Purves, probably belonging to the period 1920-1940.
'Extracts from books not possessed by me at the time of transcription', copies of poems and a little prose made by Rachel Annand Taylor from 1893 onwards., 1893-[after 1893.]
File
Identifier: MS.20431
Extracts from ‘Capitolo a Francesco Iº Re di Francia’ and ‘The rime of Odetta de la Noue’, etc. by Pietro Aretino., [?1920-?1940.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15681
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The notes dated from the appointment of John Purves as lecturer in Italian at Edinburgh University in 1920.
Dates:
[?1920-?1940.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves concerning Italian literature.
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Notebooks, undated, of John Purves, probably belonging to the period 1920-1940.
Extracts from ‘Descrittione del Regno di Scotia’ by Petruccio Ubaldini, ‘The Normans in Scotland’ by R L Graeme Ritchie and ‘The Harington family’ by Ian Grimble., 1588, 1954, 1957.
Item
Identifier: MS.15750
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The notes dated from the appointment of John Purves as lecturer in Italian at Edinburgh University in 1920.
Dates:
1588, 1954, 1957.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves concerning Italian literature.
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Notebooks, undated, possibly belonging to the period 1940-1959.
Extracts from ‘Die Vertriebenen [The Exiles]. Poetry of the emigration’., [1941, or after-before 1962.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15832
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:
[1941, or after-before 1962.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves containing material on German literature.
Extracts from ‘II Dittamondo’, book 4, the account of England and Scotland by Fazio degli Uberti., Mid 14th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.15702
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The notes dated from the appointment of John Purves as lecturer in Italian at Edinburgh University in 1920.
Dates:
Mid 14th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves concerning Italian literature.
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Notebooks, undated, of John Purves, probably belonging to the period 1920-1940.
Extracts from ‘Inside Russia today’ by John Gunther and ‘Katorga. An aspect of modern slavery’ by Bernhard Rolder, with notes of John Purves on ‘Doctor Zhivago’ by Boris Pasternak., [?1958.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15861
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:
[?1958.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves containing miscellaneous material.
Extracts from letters of Gabriele Rossetti to Charles Lyell of Kinnordy; notes on Aurelio Daffi; notes on the annotations of Coventry Patmore in ‘The complete works of Saint John of the Cross’; linguistic and bibliographical notes., [?1920-?1940.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15722
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The notes dated from the appointment of John Purves as lecturer in Italian at Edinburgh University in 1920.
Dates:
[?1920-?1940.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves concerning Italian literature.
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Notebooks, undated, of John Purves, probably belonging to the period 1920-1940.
Extracts from miscellaneous printed works., 1956-1957.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15862-15864
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:
1956-1957.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves containing miscellaneous material.
'Extracts from Mrs. Fielding's journal while we were abroad together in 1781', made by the Honourable Mrs. Mary Graham and describing a tour in Portugal made by the Grahams and the Fieldings., 1781.
File
Identifier: MS.16045
Dates:
1781.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families.
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Travel diaries, journal letters and papers chiefly of Robert Graham.
Extracts from official correspondence concerning Alexander Walker's career., 1801-1815.
File
Identifier: MS.13733
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1801-1815.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker during his retirement, including copies of earlier correspondence.
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Copies of official correspondence concerning Alexander Walker’s service in India and his subsequent claiming of arrears of salary and allowances; with some miscellaneous autobiographical notes by Walker.
Extracts from printed works., [1956.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15862
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:
[1956.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves containing miscellaneous material.
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Extracts from miscellaneous printed works.
Extracts from printed works., [1957.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15863
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:
[1957.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves containing miscellaneous material.
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Extracts from miscellaneous printed works.