Fragments.
Found in 371 Collections and/or Records:
Two vellum fragments stuck together, which appear to be from two unrelated English legal documents., ?16th century.
The larger of the fragments is apparently signed J Osborne at Westminster, 12 February 1563, and refers to one John Jeffery.
The fragments had been used as a binding strip in a copy (pressmark FF.1/2.14) of ‘Petri Canisii Societatis Jesu opus catechisticum’, (Lutetiæ Parisiorum, 1618), by Saint Peter [Canisius].
Two works on Islamic theology, copied, 19th century, in a coarse West African script, with interlinear and marginal notes., 19th century.
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Typescript drafts of ‘The last heir’ by Stephen Phillips: miscellaneous subsidiary material, mostly fragments of scenes, rough drafts, and notes, in typescript and in various hands., 1907-1908.
The volume also contains three letters to John Martin-Harvey.
Typescript drafts of ‘The last heir’ by Stephen Phillips: rejected version of Act II Scene 2; and miscellaneous subsidiary material., 1907-1908.
The first four drafts (MSS.7151-7157) are entitled 'The bride of Lammermoor'.
Typescripts of a Scots version of ‘Macbeth’ by Edith Anne Robertson., [Circa 1970.]
The papers consist of manuscript notes (folio 1), the typescript submitted to the BBC (folio 23), a carbon copy of the same text, heavily corrected in manuscript (folio 71), the corrected typescript of a later version (folio 117), and some fragments (folio 164).
Typescripts of and notes and fragments concerning 'Space Cat and the Deep Sea' by Ruthven Todd., 1966, undated.
The contents are as follows. (i)Draft typescript, with manuscript corrections, of 'Space Cat and the Deep Sea', 1966 (folio 1); (ii) Fair typescript, 1966 (folio 47); (iii) Miscellaneous notes and fragments, undated (folio 99).
Typescripts of MS.8865: Brief fragment of the journal, 1802, of John Harden, of another fragment, 1806, from a journal of Helen Allan, the sister of Jessy Harden, and of MS.8864: Four letters, 1805-1808, of Jessy Harden and Agnes Ranken., 1802-1808.
Jessy Harden's journal, essentially a series of family newsletters, was sent in instalments to her sister, Agnes Ranken, in India. Many of her husband's drawings were used to illustrate it. Journals and sketches alike survived because Agnes Ranken preserved them and eventually brought them back to Great Britain.
Typescripts of nine short stories by Violet Jacobs., 1921-[circa 1945], undated.
With the exception of the last (folio 158), a story set in India, of which the first four leaves are missing, they are all published in ‘The lum hat and other stories’. Much of 'The Wade Monument', and two leaves of 'Banny Firelocks' are missing. Also included are a letter from Oliver and Boyd, 1944, rejecting a proposal to publish a collection of short stories (folio 1), and a manuscript fragment of 'Banny Firelocks' (folio 37).
Various manuscripts and fragments, almost all undated, in the autograph of Hugh Miller., 1819-[1852, or before.]
Various works edited by Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., [1940, or before]-1953.
Vellum and paper fragments from various manuscripts and printed sources, all recovered from the binding of the same work., 1522, or before.
Vellum fragment apparently from a folio-sized legal work with extensive glosses., ?14th century.
The text of the work, which is not recorded in ‘Patrologia Latina’, is written in two columns.
The fragment was recovered from the binding of a copy (pressmark K.34.e) of ‘ἐκλογων ἀποφθεγματων ὑποθηκων, περι φρονησεων λογος πρωτος’ (Venetiis, 1534), by Iohannes Stobaeus, where it was used as a binding strip inside the back cover.
Vellum fragment, being an almost complete leaf from what appears to be a commentary on a legal text; with 13 very small parchment fragments., ?14th century.
Vellum fragment, being an extract in an approximately contemporary hand from the registers of the Parlement of France, concerning one Jehan Voisin, a burgess of Paris, 1584., 1584.
The fragment lacks the left hand margin and about two inches of each line of the text.
Vellum fragment, the visible text of which appears to belong to a gloss (adjacent to the inner margin) to a legal text., 14th century.
The fragment had been used as the binding strip inside the back cover of a copy (pressmark M.13.g.16) of ‘In libros Galeni de arte curandi explanationes’ (Lugduni, 1556), by Joannes Baptista Montanus.
The text is written in a hand which may be of French provenance. Remains of a large rubricated initial are visible also.
Verse, undated, by John Stuart Blackie., Mid 19th century-late 19th century.
The contents are as follows: sonnets (folio 1), songs (folio 42), an epic on Jack the Giant-killer, in Greek and English (folio 80), fragments of a drama on Prometheus (folio 132), and miscellaneous (folio 148).
Volume of Covenanting documents, containing copies of papers representing an extreme 'Cameronian' view.
Wartime notebook of George Campbell Hay, including drafts and fragments of "Mochtàr is Dùghall"., 1943-1945.
In November 1942, George Campbell Hay went to North Africa with the Ordnance Corps. During his service there he learnt French, Arabic and Italian. By 1945 he was in Italy, and in the autumn of that year he was transferred to the Education Corps and posted to Greece before being sent home in 1946. His notebooks contain poetic, linguistic and political material in several languages.
Wartime notebook of George Campbell Hay, including drafts and fragments of "Mochtàr is Dùghall"., 1944-1945, 1980.
The notebook has also been used for drafts of later poems.
Wartime notebooks of George Campbell Hay, including drafts and fragments of "Mochtàr is Dùghall"., 1943-1945.
In November 1942, George Campbell Hay went to North Africa with the Ordnance Corps. During his service there he learnt French, Arabic and Italian. By 1945 he was in Italy, and in the autumn of that year he was transferred to the Education Corps and posted to Greece before being sent home in 1946. His notebooks contain poetic, linguistic and political material in several languages.
