Fragments.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Portions of something that are torn, broken off from, or dislocated from their original whole.
Found in 259 Collections and/or Records:
Additional related material acquired with MS.16495: Lesmahagow missal, being fragments of the missal and correspondence and notes of Sir Sydney Cockerell concerning it., 13th century-1953, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.16495A-16496
Articles and fragments about Hugh MacDiarmid., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.11750/100
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Including correspondence, notebooks, autobiographical and editorial papers.
Dates:
Undated.
Articles, notes, and fragments in Thomas Carlyle’s autograph., 1767, 1832-[?1871], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1798
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Article on "A narrative of a nine months’ residence in New Zealand" (London, 1832) by Augustus Earle (folio 1);(ii) ‘Gropings about Montrose’, 1839 (folio 4);(iii) Remarks on publication of Bulwer Lytton’s Works 1854, and likeness of constitutional government to sawing a plank on which you are sitting, 1855 (folio 5);(iv) Remarks on liberty, [?1865] (folio 7);(v) Corrected proof of his inaugural...
Dates:
1767, 1832-[?1871], undated.
Articles, speeches and essays of David Young Cameron., 1932-1945, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8950/26-29
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Papers of Sir David Young Cameron including sketches, manuscripts and typescripts of lectures and addresses, and correspondence.
Papers of Katherine Cameron Kay include sketches, notes on paintings and etchings, and correspondence.
Dates:
1932-1945, undated.
Autobiographical fragment, 1899, and 'Memorandum of events between 1906-1915', April 1916, by Richard Burdon Haldane., 1899, 1916.
File
Identifier: MS.6109(ii)
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers include correspondence of other members of the family of Haldane of Cloan covering a period of almost a century and a half from the beginning of the 19th century, especially rich for the period 1875-1937.
Dates:
1899, 1916.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane of Cloan (1856-1928), the statesman, lawyer and philosopher, and of his sister, Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane (1862-1937), philanthropist and author.
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Correspondence of various members of the families of Haldane and Burdon Sanderson, and other miscellaneous papers.
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Miscellaneous correspondence and other papers of Richard Burdon Haldane.
Autobiographical reminiscences drafts and fragments of Ruthven Todd., 1963, 1966, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26863
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Autobiographical reminiscences, written in the form of letters to Anne McGuire, 1963, undated (folio 1); (ii) Autobiographical drafts and fragments, 1966, undated (folio 53).
Dates:
1963, 1966, undated.
Book of hours., 15th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.5765
Scope and Contents
Contains the following:(i) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of the Cross, according to the Use of Sarum (folio 1);
(ii) Prayers, part of the Office of the Dead (apparently not of Sarum Use), psalms and suffrages of saints (folio 50);
(iii) Penitential Psalms (folio 89);
(iv) Psalms 132-134 (folio 99);
(v) The Litany, which does not include any English saints (folio 102);
(vi) 'Ave Maria' and the Creed (folio 111 verso);
(vii) Fragment of a fourteenth-century glossed text of...
Dates:
15th century.
Book of hours and devotions., 15th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.7135
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Hours of the Holy Ghost (folio 1);
(ii) Prayers and devotional exercises (folio 33);
(iii) Suffrages of the saints (folio 55);
(iv) Hours of the Cross (folio 65 verso).The volume would appear to be no more than a fragment, as there are leaves missing after folio 32, containing the conclusion of (i), and folios 1 and 62-65 are replacements in another hand for missing originals. (The leaves missing after folios 48, 49, and 64 do not...
Dates:
15th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Miscellany of medieval manuscripts, chiefly books of hours, which were part of a collection of manuscripts (as well as printed books and paintings) formed by William Finlay Watson, a book-seller in Edinburgh; together with a list of the full collection.
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Miscellany of medieval manuscripts, chiefly books of hours, which were part of a collection of manuscripts (as well as printed books and paintings) formed by William Finlay Watson, a book-seller in Edinburgh.
Book of hours, possibly according to the Use of Utrecht., 15th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.7133
Scope and Contents
The volume may be incomplete or may consist of fragments of two separate books (folios 110-141 are in a different hand from the rest of the volume); it is in any case in some confusion, having been incorrectly rebound.The contents are as follows:(i) Hours of the Cross (folio 2);
(ii) Hours of the Eternal Wisdom (folio 28);
(iii) Hours of the Holy Ghost (folios 53-68 as far as Sext; the remainder is at folios 143-150);
(iv) Vigils of the Nine Lessons (folios 92-107, as...
Dates:
15th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Miscellany of medieval manuscripts, chiefly books of hours, which were part of a collection of manuscripts (as well as printed books and paintings) formed by William Finlay Watson, a book-seller in Edinburgh; together with a list of the full collection.
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Miscellany of medieval manuscripts, chiefly books of hours, which were part of a collection of manuscripts (as well as printed books and paintings) formed by William Finlay Watson, a book-seller in Edinburgh.
Box of notebooks, notes and related papers, possible for the 'Alpine journal'., 1923-1953.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/205(1-16)
Scope and Contents
Containing:(1) note concerning J V E Ryan and other topics(2) notes concerning records of ascents and various climbing notes(3) incomplete climbing account with unrelated papers(4) fragment (possibly of beginning) of climbing account(5) notes of alpine books and articles(6) notes and incomplete alpine descriptions(7) binding instructions written on empty envelopes(8) copy of list of CWN’s Alpine...
Dates:
1923-1953.
Brief fragment of the journal of John Harden., 1802.
Item
Identifier: MS.8865
Scope and Contents
This fragment of a much longer diary describes the first part (from Dublin to Dunmail Raise) of John Harden's journey to Scotland to marry Jessy Allan. It is essentially a series of word-pictures of a succession of landscapes, each perceived with an artist's eye.
Dates:
1802.
'Clubfuit', by Tom Scott, and two fragments of plays., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.11750/87
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Including correspondence, notebooks, autobiographical and editorial papers.
Dates:
Undated.
Collection of music by Hector Berlioz., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.3428 [HB.MS.1-9]
Scope and Contents
The following is based on the fuller description in Cecil Hopkinson, ‘A bibliography of the musical and literary works of Hector Berlioz’.HB.MS.1. 'Romance de Nina, ou la folle par amour.' Full score of the song from Dalayrac's opera 'Nina', copied by Hector Berlioz. (Folio 1.)HB.MS.2. "Air de Cellini, transposé pour voix de Basse par l'auteur." Full score of No. 15 from the opera 'Benvenuto Cellini'. This transposition is unpublished. (Folio 2.)HB.MS.3....
Dates:
Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Commentary on Justinian's ‘Institutiones’ iv. 18 and fragments of one on ‘Institutiones’ i, written by Lord Milton., Early 18th century-mid 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.17808
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
Early 18th century-mid 18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning law .
Copies and manuscript fragments of "Howard's revenge", by Donald Campbell., [1995].
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11443/12-14
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Arranged alphabetically by title. The date in square brackets is that of the Fifth Estate production, where this has been possible to establish.
Dates:
[1995].
Correspondence, 1807-1808, between John Riddell and George Chalmers with related notes and fragments of drafts of letters concerning members of the family of Stewart, Earls of Lennox, and other topics mentioned in Chalmers’s ‘Caledonia’., 1807-1808.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.1.18
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:
1807-1808.
Correspondence, 1859-1910, undated, of Samuel Brown, the chemist, and his family; with related papers., 1836-1910, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1890
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Among Samuel Brown's more frequent correspondents, outside the family, are Thomas Aird, George Combe (the phrenologist), Sydney Dobell, and Coventry Patmore; those of his widow and daughter (the donor) include Alexander Anderson ('Surfaceman') and Harriet Martineau.
Dates:
1836-1910, undated.
Correspondence and musical compositions of James Scott Skinner; with other material, including some of John Davidson., [Circa 1883-circa 1917], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.22075
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Some writings on music by John Davidson and some musical compositions in his hand. (Folio 1.)(ii) Correspondence of James Scott Skinner. (Folio 12.)(iii) Musical compositions of James Scott Skinner, [circa 1883-circa 1917], undated, arranged chronologically (folio 51), and, where undated, alphabetically (folio 99). A few are copied in Davidson’s hand but most are in Skinner's autograph. Many are written on scraps of paper...
Dates:
[Circa 1883-circa 1917], undated.
Correspondence and papers, chiefly undated, of the family of Forbes of Culloden., [1625-1800.]
File
Identifier: MS.2970
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) General correspondence (folio 1);(ii) Papers concerning property of the Forbeses: Ferintosh (including Inverallochie's debts and the Ferintosh excise) (folio 41) and lands in general (folio 59);(iii) Papers concerning private business (folio 65);(iv) Inverness: petitions of the town for relief from taxation, levies, and the maintenance of the garrison, and instructions to John Forbes, 2nd of Culloden, as...
Dates:
[1625-1800.]
Correspondence of Major-General John Campbell, including many letters of his son, Colonel John Campbell, relating to the rising of 1745-1746, and orders, intelligence reports, and intercepted Jacobite correspondence: volume IV., July 1746-August 1747, 1748, 1762, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3736
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
While there are many accounts of the operations of the main armies, the correspondence deals chiefly with Major-General Campbell's command in the west, i.e., the suppression of attempted risings and the pursuit of Jacobite’s after Culloden (in particular, correspondence and prisoners' declarations on the escape of Prince Charles Edward). The correspondents include the principal military and civil authorities concerned, officers of the Government troops, naval officers stationed on the west...
Dates:
July 1746-August 1747, 1748, 1762, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence of Major-General John Campbell, afterwards 4th Duke of Argyll, including many letters of his son, Colonel John Campbell, afterwards 5th Duke, relating to the rising of 1745-1746, and orders, intelligence reports, and intercepted Jacobite correspondence.
Correspondence, together with some other writings, of John Leyden, collected by the Reverend James Morton., 1794-1811, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3380
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Original correspondence of John Leyden with his family and his friends in Scotland and in India, 1794-1811. The fragment of a journal of a tour in Cumberland in 1801 (folio 27) is printed by James Sinton in 'Transactions of the Hawick Archaeological Society’, 1906. (Folio 1.)(ii) Undated writings of Leyden: legend of Duke Richard; part of a sermon; poem, 'To J.B. from J.L.'; part of ‘Scenes of Infancy’ (verse and notes). (Folio 149.)...
Dates:
1794-1811, undated.
Cover of a book (probably an incunable) with a pastedown consisting of a complete vellum leaf from a noted fifteenth-century psalter., 15th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.7147
Scope and Contents
The fragment contains Psalms cx(111), verse 1-cxi(112), verse 5, and probably the two preceding psalms.
Dates:
15th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Miscellany of medieval manuscripts, chiefly books of hours, which were part of a collection of manuscripts (as well as printed books and paintings) formed by William Finlay Watson, a book-seller in Edinburgh; together with a list of the full collection.
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Miscellany of medieval manuscripts, chiefly books of hours, which were part of a collection of manuscripts (as well as printed books and paintings) formed by William Finlay Watson, a book-seller in Edinburgh.
David Macpherson`s copy of ‘The History and Antiquities of Scotland’ by William Maitland (London, 1757), volume 2, containing many marginal notes and comments on the text., 1757.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.1.21(ii), pages 616-1318
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
By far the majority of the notes are in volume i, volume ii being quite lightly marked. Some of these are quite lengthy, and many express disagreement with Maitland. One note, at page 142, is dated 1788, another, at page 227, refers to 1791; the rest are undated.The only additions to the printed leaves are a scrap of paper tipped in between pages 414-415, a prospectus for Macpherson`s edition of ‘Orygynall Cronykyl of Scotland’, 1795, tipped in between pages 756-757, and a...
Dates:
1757.
Drafts and fragments of sermons and schemes of services of Alexander Carlyle., 1745-1800, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.23907
Scope and Contents
Some of the fragments appear to be later additions to unidentified sermons. Some of this material is written on old incoming letters.
Dates:
1745-1800, undated.
Drafts and notes of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, for ‘Antient metaphysics’., 1794-[1799, or after.]
File
Identifier: MS.24524
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Fragmentary drafts of ‘Antient metaphysics’ vi, 1795-1796, undated. (Folio 1.) Many pages are missing, including the opening, and the text (which differs greatly from that of the edition) begins at the end of book 1, chapter 1.
(ii) Contents list of the manuscript dated 1794, of ‘Antient metaphysics’ vi. The manuscript itself does not survive. (Folio 46.)
(iii) Notes, undated, from the printed edition, volumes i-v. (Folio 52.) Includes Monboddo number...
Dates:
1794-[1799, or after.]