Fragments.
Found in 371 Collections and/or Records:
Papers concerning Jane Welsh.
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.
Papers concerning various plays of Robert McLellan., 1959-1966, undated.
The contents are as follows. (i) Fragments of unidentified plays, undated (folio l); (ii) Synopses of plays for stage, radio and television, 1959-1966, undated (folio 27); (iii) Manuscript and typescript drafts of an article concerning 'Young Auchinleck', published in the ‘Radio Times’, 21 October 1965, page 37 (folio l06).
Papers from the library of St Benedict`s Abbey, Fort Augustus.
Includes:
patristic texts, 1080, of Marianus at Regensburg
"Rule of St Benedict", 15th century
Book of Hours, late 15th century, with the signature of Mary of Guise
fragments of music, 15th century to 16th century, from the Inverness song-school
Papers of and concerning Sir Walter Scott., [?1622-?1844], undated.
Papers of David Livingstone.
Includes three fragments of letters, a letter of his daughter, Anna Mary, his commission as Consul and a copy of his book, "Analysis of the Language of the Bechuanas".
Papers of Ian Macbeth Robertson.
Includes poems, diaries and fragments of diaries, with various literary and military papers.
Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, on Egyptian, Greek and Roman history., 1766-1782, undated.
Papers of Margaret Mackenzie Scott.
Comprising:
1. five letters, 1928-1930, of Walter de la Mare
2. letter, 1931, of Neil Gunn
3. letter, 1973, of Stanley Cursiter
4. two letters, undated, of Esmé Wynne-Tyson
5. autobiographical fragments, undated, of Margaret Mackenzie Scott
6. letters, 1919, to Mackenzie Scott`s mother.
Papers of Professor John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, comprising letters to him from his first wife, 1923-1926, 1932, 1962, and undated; his step-son, undated; and others, 1924-1959, and undated; also, biographical fragments by his second wife.
Papers of the Skene family and related families., Circa 1420-1919.
Papers relating to historical works by William Kerr, 8th Marquess of Lothian., [1863, or before], 1864-1865.
Papers, undated, of Hugh Dalrymple Murray Kynynmound concerning religion and ecclesiastical affairs., Early 18th century.
Papers, undated, of Lord Minto, Lord Justice Clerk., Early 18th century-mid 18th century.
The contents are as follows. (i) Prose fragment, undated, with a note by the Honourable George Francis Stewart Elliot “The disappearing of mercury in Justice Clerk's handwriting, a jeu d'esprit addressed to some lady” (folio 1); (ii) Legal notes, chiefly on English law, undated, probably by Lord Minto, Lord Justice Clerk (folio 3).
Parchment fragment from a liturgical book, possibly a book of hours or a psalter., 15th century.
The fragment contains capitula and verses apparently for the first Sunday of Advent and possibly the ember-days of Advent, and forms two conjugate, non-consecutive leaves. Single columns. One initial in blue, others possibly in silver (oxidised); rubrics in red. Possibly Flemish.
Parchment fragment from a noted missal., ?13th century or ?14th century.
The fragment contains the Proper for the first Monday of Lent (from the collect onwards; Communion differs from the modern one) and for the first Tuesday of Lent (as far as ‘latron[um’ in the Gospel).
The fragment forms two conjugate, consecutive leaves with some lines missing at top and bottom. The text is in double columns. The initials were originally in red. Notation is recorded on a four-line stave in red.
Parchment leaf from an unidentified work which appears to consist of instructions concerning the altar, and possibly is part of a collection of instructions for priests when saying Mass., 14th century.
The text of the work, which is not recorded in ‘Patrologia Latina’, is written in double columns.
The leaf was recovered from the binding of a copy (pressmark M.13.f.α.7(1-2)) of ‘Antonii Musae Brasavoli ... Examen omnium simplicium medicamentorum ...’ (Lugduni, 1537), where it had been used as the front pastedown.
Parchment leaves and fragments from a missal, probably Icelandic., ?15th century.
The parchment forms two conjugate, consecutive leaves and contains the Proper for the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas (epistle, gospel, secret*), for the 1st or 2nd of January (collect*, gospel, secret*), for the Vigil of Epiphany (collect*, gospel, secret*), and for Epiphany (collect, lesson, gospel, secret). The prayers marked with an asterisk (*) differ from the modern ones.
The text is written in single columns, with initials in red, purple, and green.
Part contract of wadset by Peter Young in favour of William Bartt of land in Little Keithock., 1608.
As well as charters relating to the Chalmers family itself, there are other items which are apparently unrelated but which came with the bulk of the papers. Only one document (Ch.12806) is of 15th century date, and only one (Ch.12776) is of the 16th century. The rest of the collection dates largely from the 17th and 18th centuries. A detailed list is available.
Part of a corrected manuscript of an essay of Thomas Carlyle, "The Negro Question"., 1849
Manuscript concerning Carlyle’s thoughts on slavery.