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 371 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous single letters, poetry, etc., of celebrities, collected by Allan Park Paton., 1762-1900, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3219
Scope and Contents
Among the writers are: Hugh Blair, writing of Ossian and of University matters, 1762 (folio 1); Robert Burns, part of a letter to Mrs McLehose (Clarinda) (published), 1787 (folio 3); 'An American gentleman', probably the Reverend Heman Humphrey, on the field of Waterloo, 1835 (folio 36); Principal Alexander John Scott, a sonnet, 'Harold complains that mountain-climbers find', ?1844 (folio 58); Lord Dufferin, commending Ebenezer Wyse, who navigated the ‘Foam’ to Iceland, etc., on the voyage...
Dates:
1762-1900, undated.
Miscellaneous vellum and paper fragments from various sources., 15th century, 18th century, ?20th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.84.1.27
Scope and Contents
The fragments are as follows:(i)-(vi) Six small fragments of vellum, of which five appear to come from the same source, which may be a large service-book, such as a breviary, of 15th-century French provenance, although not one recorded in ‘Patrologia Graeca’. Not enough of the text is visible for any certain identification to be made. Of these five fragments, three are largely blank, having been cut from the inner margin of the leaf or leaves: portions of large red initials are...
Dates:
15th century, 18th century, ?20th century.
Miscellany of manuscript and printed fragments recovered from the binding of a composite volume of German pamphlets., 15th century-early 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.84.1.26
Scope and Contents
The German pamphlets (pressmark DC.5) were published between 1586 and 1603, beginning with ‘Von der Erbsünde’ by Egidius Hunnius, the Elder (Franckfurt am Mayn, 1594).(i) An almost complete conjugate pair of consecutive vellum leaves (being the innermost bifolium of a gathering) lacking the lower margins and the last few lines, from a commentary on the Decretals. The portion contained in this fragment relates to Book I, Title 43, chapter 12 to Book II, Title 1, chapter 4. The...
Dates:
15th century-early 17th century.
Miscellany of ten vellum fragments., 13th century, 16th century or 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.84.1.34
Scope and Contents
The largest fragment (which is almost broken in two) consists of the lower margin and a few words, amongst which the beginning of a section ‘Respice quis domine’ and ‘paschali’ can be read, of a bifolium from a 13th-century rubricated religious manuscript, probably a service-book. The other nine fragments (some of which are printed, at least in part) appear to be of a document, or documents, of French provenance, of the 16th or 17th century.The fragments were recovered from the...
Dates:
13th century, 16th century or 17th century.
'Mum and Sally: a thirty minute play for television' by Robert McLellan., 1965.
Item
Identifier: MS.26375
Scope and Contents
Contains a fragment of the original manuscript (folio l), a heavily corrected typescript (folio 4), a typescript with a few manuscript corrections (folio l9), and the final typescript (folio 37).
Dates:
1965.
Music book of Helen Howorth Graham containing dances and other pieces.
Item
Identifier: MS.21770
Scope and Contents
The volume is little more than a fragment. At least one gathering appears to have been torn out before folio 1 and further leaves have been torn out after folios 7 and 9.
Dates:
1815.
Newspaper cuttings collected by Joe Corrie concerning his own work., 1929-1931.
File
Identifier: MS.26557
Scope and Contents
Also includes manuscript drafts of poems and songs, and fragments of plays.
Dates:
1929-1931.
Nine letters and a fragment of a letter of David Murray.
File
Identifier: Acc.7416
Dates:
1891-1933.
Notebook, containing minutes and lists of members of the Poker Club., 1776-1784.
Item
Identifier: MS.3458
Scope and Contents
On folio i is a list, in the hand of Alexander Carlyle, of the members in 1776. The volume also contains "Notes from Boswell's Life of Johnson" (folio 39), "Notes from Minutes of St. Leonard's College - beginning 1710" (folio 42), and other miscellaneous fragments.
Dates:
1776-1784.
Notebook of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid', kept during his training in precision engineering at Thornliebank Training College., 1942.
Item
Identifier: MS.27180
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
There are a few fragmentary notes for poetry and prose works in MSS.27180-27181, 27183 and 27185.
Dates:
1942.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, (1892-1978), the author 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Miscellaneous papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Notebooks and diaries of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Notebooks of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Notebooks of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid', kept during his training in precision engineering at Thornliebank Training College.
Notebook of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid', kept while working at Mechan's Engineering Company on Clydeside., April-May 1942.
Item
Identifier: MS.27181
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The notebooks contain records of production of copper shell-bands.
Dates:
April-May 1942.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, (1892-1978), the author 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Miscellaneous papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Notebooks and diaries of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Notebooks of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Notebooks of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid', kept while working at Mechan's Engineering Company on Clydeside.
Notebook of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid', kept while working at Mechan's Engineering Company on Clydeside., July-September 1943.
Item
Identifier: MS.27183
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The notebooks contain records of production of copper shell-bands.
Dates:
July-September 1943.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, (1892-1978), the author 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Miscellaneous papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Notebooks and diaries of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Notebooks of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Notebooks of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid', kept while working at Mechan's Engineering Company on Clydeside.
Notebook of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid', kept while working at Mechan's Engineering Company on Clydeside., February 1944.
Item
Identifier: MS.27185
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The notebooks contain records of production of copper shell-bands.
Dates:
February 1944.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, (1892-1978), the author 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Miscellaneous papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Notebooks and diaries of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Notebooks of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Notebooks of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid', kept while working at Mechan's Engineering Company on Clydeside.
Notebook of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, containing contents lists, notes and fragments., Late 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.24589
Scope and Contents
Most of the contents lists refer to the Bound Folio MSS. (MSS.24538-24546) and the Pocketbook series numbers 1-28 (MSS.24547-24571). Includes Monboddo number 219.
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Notebook of William Edmondstoune Aytoun containing three prose translations from German and Latin, part of a political dialogue, various notes and fragments, and forty-four poems., [Circa 1836.]
Item
Identifier: MS.4917
Scope and Contents
Of the poems, the following were published in “Blackwood's Magazine”: a translation of 'The twenty-second book of the Iliad', May 1839 (folio 14); four poems published as 'Ballads from the Romaic', May 1840 (folios 29 verso, 30, 122, 122 verso); 'The burial march of Dundee', April 1843 (folio 110); 'Who'll buy my Cupids', July 1844 (folio 56); a poem published as 'Magus Muir', November 1847 (folio 127); two versions of 'The widow of Glencoe', December 1847 (folios 69, 107); 'Edinburgh after...
Dates:
[Circa 1836.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.
Notebooks of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid' containing miscellaneous notes., 1942-1944, 1954, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27199-27202
Scope and Contents
Included in the notebooks are notes for talks, fragments of poems, addresses, quotations, and other jottings.
Dates:
1942-1944, 1954, undated.
Notebooks of William Edmondstoune Aytoun containing miscellaneous notes, drafts and fragments., 1833-1863, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.4926-4930
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers consist mainly of letters written by authors to Blackwood as their publisher, and by others in search of publication, but they also include some manuscripts and proofs of works considered for publication, together with some papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun and John Wilson ('Christopher North'). Broadly, this is the incoming correspondence of the firm during the nineteenth century. The outgoing correspondence, so far as it is represented by copies in letter-books, etc.,...
Dates:
1833-1863, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.
Notes and papers collected and compiled in the preparation of ‘Caledonia’ by George Chalmers., Circa 1794-1st quarter of 19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.9.1-81.9.4
Dates:
Circa 1794-1st quarter of 19th century.
Notes and papers collected and compiled in the preparation of ‘Caledonia’ by George Chalmers., Circa 1794-1st quarter of 19th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.9.1
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:
(i) Notes on the peerage (folio 1).
(ii) Notes on revenue (folio 12).
(iii) Notes on shipping (folio 30).
(iv) Fragments of a draft of volume 3, chapters 7-8 (Renfrewshire and Dunbartonshire) (folio 74).
Dates:
Circa 1794-1st quarter of 19th century.
Paper fragment, being the lower half of a leaf from a folio volume of an unidentified work of 38 sections or more, concerning (at least in part) the use of cavalry in classical times, and containing references to classical authors., Late 15th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.84.2.8
Scope and Contents
The fragment had been used as the front pastedown of a copy (pressmark K.31.d) of ‘Politicorum et Oeconomicorum Aristotelis Interpretationes (etc.)’ (Francofurti, 1581) by Joachim Camerarius. The text is written in double columns, the sentences within each section being introduced by initials alternately in red and blue, and the title of section 38 being entirely in red. In the lower margin of the side that had been pasted on to the inner board are a number of mostly...
Dates:
Late 15th century.
Paper fragment which appears to be part of a tailor`s bill written in an English hand., 16th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.84.2.11
Scope and Contents
The fragment had been stuck in at the front of a copy (pressmark KK.6/1.7) of ‘A confession of Fayth, made by common consent of diuers reformed Churches beyonde the seas’ (London, [?1568]) by I O.
Dates:
16th century.
Papers and letters of and to Sir Alexander Gray, concerning his poems., [?1921]-1955, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26008
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Fragmentary manuscript drafts of poems, undated, with a letter of Sir Alexander Gray, describing his method of working, 1955 (folio l); (ii) Lists of poems, ?1921-?1934, with notes of where they were published (folio 8); (iii) Letter of Charles Graves, discussing the publication of ‘Gossip’ by the Porpoise Press, 1928 (folio 33).
Dates:
[?1921]-1955, undated.
Papers and translations collected by the Highland Society of Scotland Ossian Committee and its successor the Committee on Celtic Literature.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.2.16
Scope and Contents
The source material and translations are variously endorsed or annotated by Henry Mackenzie, Donald Mackintosh, and Ewen MacLachlan.The contents are as follows.(M 1). Notes by John Francis Campbell, dated 25 November 1872. (Folio 1.)(i) Cover, probably for folios 12-22, 24-33. Bears hands of Ewen MacLachlan and Mackintosh MacKay. Cf. Adv.MS.73.2.10, folio 207. (Folio 2.)(M 2). Ossianic fragments with some corresponding passages from James...
Dates:
[1794, or after]-1872, undated.
Papers collected by Sir Walter Scott dealing with Scottish history and antiquities, chiefly copied from official records and other sources, with some facsimiles., 17th century-early 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.901
Scope and Contents
The subjects include the Scottish Regalia (folio 1), the Archers of the Guard (folio 21), the use of Lord Drummond’s executioner by the Town Council of Perth in 1706 (folio 140), the Porteous Riots (folio 143), the Lee Penny (see the ‘Talisman’) (folio 159), Highland traditions, supplied by Dr Mackintosh Mackay (folio 167), and Galloway traditions, chiefly Covenanting, with two ballads (folio 179). The excerpts from records regarding festivities, wapenschawing, etc., (folios 19, 35, 45, 50)...
Dates:
17th century-early 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
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Material concerning antiquarian matters chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
Papers concerning Jane Welsh.
File
Identifier: Acc.4463
Scope and Contents
Comprising:
1. letter, 1824, of Jane Welsh to Dugald Gilchrist
2. fragment of play, undated, of Jane Welsh
3. three letters, 1824-1825, of Mrs Welsh to members of the Gilchrist family.
Dates:
1824-1825.