Scope and Contents A folded almanac, designed to be worn on the girdle of its owner. It consists of 12 rectangular vellum sheets that are individually folded down to a sixth of their size. Each of them bears a Latin docket title to indicate its contents. It includes a table of movable feasts, a calendar, astrological tables and signs of the zodiac, diagrams of eclipses of the sun and moon from 1387 to 1462, a volvelle, notes and diagrams on bloodletting and information on the planets. ...

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Each history is preceded by an engraving of a figure with the arms of the family.

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The letters in this sequence are of Sir Francis Bond Head largely to John Murray [II] and John Murray [III]. Over a 50 year period, Bond corresponded with the Murrays about his published works, travels, his life, the 'Quarterly Review', and gives opinions on manuscripts sent to him by Murray for consideration.

Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Corbin, D P.Letter, undated, of D P Corbin to John Murray, publishers. Folios 1-2.Cordeaux, John.Letter, 1893, of John Cordeaux to John Murray IV. Folio 3.Cordeaux, William Wilfred.Letter, 1911, of William Wilfred Cordeaux to John Murray IV. Folios 4-5.Cordier, Henri.Letters and postcards, 1900-1904 and...

Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Gore, Charles Alexander.Letters, 1869, 1870, 1875, 1889, 1891 and 1895, of Charles Alexander Gore to John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios 1-16.Gore, Emily Caroline Augusta.Letters, 1882, possibly of Emily Caroline Augusta Gore to John Murray III. Folios 17-19.Gore, Francis Charles.Letters, 1914, of Sir Francis Charles Gore to...

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The manuscript is mostly in the hand of Austen Henry Layard, but would appear to include passages in the hand of a copyist. The manuscripts show additions and deletions, and includes proof illustrations. The first manuscript appears to be an earlier version.

The contents that was originally placed in Ms.42356 was subsumed in to Ms.42355. The reference Ms.42356 is therefore no longer in use.

Scope and Contents The manuscript relates to the work 'Discoveries in the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon' by Austen Henry Layard, which was published in 1853. It is in the hand of a copyist, with annotations in the hand of Austen Henry Layard.The manuscript has been edited with additions and deletions throughout. The manuscript covers the majority of the published work, including the preface, parts of the index, and a musical score entitled 'Chaunt of the Yezidi Priests', which appeared as Appendix...

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This sub-series contains two folders of correspondence and a portfolio of illustrations relating to the collaborative project undertaken by Rev. Martin Hollingworth and Lucinda Mackay in 2015, pertaining to a proposed children's book of short stories, written by Rev. Hollingworth and illustrated by Lucinda Mackay. The book itself was ultimately never published.

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This series documents Lady Mackay's professional career as an artist, writer and teacher, containing her art-related papers, her publishing papers, art administration papers, a collection of art-related ephemera, and a file on her teaching career in England and Scotland.

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The poems covers observations on Burns Nights, as well as on whisky and haggis.

Fothergill noted that he resided at the Craigiehall Estate, just outside Edinburgh, when he wrote all but three of the poems. This view appears repeatedly throughout the volume.

Scope and Contents This portfolio contains 143 pages of typescript limericks with accompanying hand-drawn illustrations, as featured in Lucinda Mackay's self-published book, The Zoology Anthology: a jesty bestiary, published in 2015, using her pen name Naomi de Plume. The first 17 pages of a printer's proof of the book are also included, alongside two letters of correspondence from Lucinda Mackay to book designer Mark Blackadder (Edinburgh) in which the artist discusses supplying further illustrations and...

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This file contains a typescript draft and illustrations

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This file contains annotated typescript drafts and illustrations for a story Lucinda Mackay submitted to a competition run by the Scotland-on-Sunday newspaper in 2002.

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This file contains typescript drafts and illustrations

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The manuscript includes some proofs of illustrations.

Scope and Contents The manuscript was probably written in Italy in the mid-16th century. One scribe wrote from the beginning to folio 94 verso, line 26; another from there to the end. The latter writes a more upright hand, with fewer ligatures, than the former. According to A P Treweek in `The Manuscript Tradition of the Collectio Mathematica’, 195, and what follows, the first scribe, possibly Camillus Venetus, also wrote Naples, Bibl. Naz.IIIc14 and Chicago, Newberry Libr.MS. 110, and copied this...