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:
Copies, in an eighteenth-century hand, of Jacobite tracts, in a book containing Thomas Ruddiman's bookplate and a list of contents in his autograph.
File
Identifier: MS.2258
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) 'A Letter to the Author of a Sermon entituled, "A Sermon preach'd at the Funerall of Her Late Majesty Queen Mary . . ." By Dr. Cane [Ken], late Bp. of Bath and Wells', 29 March 1695 (published, London, 1695). (Folio 1.)(ii) 'A Letter from Mr. Lesly [Charles Leslie] to a Member of Parliament in London', Bar-le-Duc, 23 April 1714 (published, [publisher not identified], 1714). (Folio 7.)(iii) Proclamation of Prince James Edward...
Dates:
1648-[circa 1719].
Copy of the ‘Memoirs’ of Walter Pringle of Greenknowe, the covenanter, with two genealogical manuscripts, concerning respectively the Clan Chattan and the Drummond family in Madeira.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.17
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) A copy, in a hand of the late 17th century, of the `Memoirs` of Walter Pringle (folio 1). These were first published in 1723 from a copy of the original manuscript by James Pringle of Greenknowe, 1684. The relationship of the present manuscript to that copy is unknown.(ii) A detached leaf, headed Section XIX and paginated 81-82, concerning the history of Clan Chattan (folio 35). Written in a small late 17th-century...
Dates:
2nd half of 17th century.
Corrected manuscripts of three essays of William Sharp, "The Cuckoo", "The Heralds of March", and "Mäya", with parts of two other essays.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7479
Dates:
circa 1880-circa 1900.
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 literary papers of and concerning George Borrow collected by Sir Angus Fraser, with working papers of Sir Angus Fraser relating to George Borrow.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.12091/1-74
Scope and Contents
Includes photocopies, extensive notes on Borrow by Sir Angus Fraser and an annotated copy of 'George Borrow: a Bibliographical Guide' (1984).
Dates:
1794-2001, 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 other papers of John Dowden, Bishop of Edinburgh.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.171
Dates:
1858-1940, and 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 of Samuel Brown, the chemist, and his family.
Series
Identifier: MSS.1889-1890
Scope and Contents
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:
1833-1910, undated.
Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle.
File
Identifier: Acc.11637
Scope and Contents
Includes fragment of a manuscript on linguistics and the following letters:1. letter, 1850, of Thomas Carlyle to Richard Owen on the penalties of frequent dining out, and Assyrian bull sculptures2. letter, 1874, of Thomas Constable to Thomas Carlyle concerning Carlyle`s support of Constable`s efforts to vindicate his father, Archibald, in the face of Lockhart`s criticism3. letter, undated, of Henry Brougham4. letter, 1833, of Francis Jeffrey...
Dates:
1833-1874.
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, 2 volumes (London, 1757), containing many marginal notes and comments on the text.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.1.21(i)-(ii)
Scope and Contents
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.
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.]
Drafts and texts of poems of Graham Brown., 1898-1931, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/214(1-7)
Scope and Contents
Containing:
(1) ‘The Valley of Lost Friends and Other Verses’ (in typewriting)
(2) various poems 1924-6 (in typewriting; most undated)
(3) carbon copy of no.214 (2)
(4) various poems, 1898-1931, a few prose compositions, n.d., and a few poems by others, 1922-4, n.d., mostly in typewriting
(5) drafts and fragments of poems 1914-31
(6) fragments of poems 1922-4, n.d.
(7) drafts of poems by others
Dates:
1898-1931, undated.
Drafts, fragments, typescript, reviews, prefaces and short pieces of Ruthven Todd., 1958-1977, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26862
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Drafts and fragments of short stories, 1958-1973, undated (folio 1). They include 'The Garden of Forking Paths' (folio 1), a translation of a story by Jorge Luis Borges, published in ‘Ficciones’, edited by A Kerrigan (London, 1962), pages 89-101. (ii) Typescript of 'The Freedom Riders', a play, undated (folio 83); (iii) Reviews, prefaces, short pieces and fragments, 1966-1977, undated (folio 90).
Dates:
1958-1977, undated.
Drafts, notes, and corrected proof sheets of various historical works by Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes., Late 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.25371
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Drafts and notes for historical works including ‘An examination one of the arguments for the high antiquity of Regiam Majestatem’ (Edinburgh, 1769) (folio 14). ‘The additional case of Elizabeth claiming the title and dignity of Countess of Sutherland….’, (1770) (folio 15), and ‘Miscellaneous remarks on the enquiry into the evidence against Mary, Queen of Scots’ (London, 1784) (folio 28). There are also drafts for an unpublished 'Life of Oliver Cromwell',...
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
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Historical papers: Scotland and Great Britain of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
Drafts, undated, of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, of volume iv of ‘Antient metaphysics’., [1795, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.24523
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Preface. (Folio 1.)
(ii) An early draft of volume iv, bearing little relation to the published text. (Folio 3.) Monboddo number 287.
(iii) Fragment on the Egyptians, possibly part of book 2, chapter 3. (Folio 138.)
(iv) Draft, in chapters numbered 3 to 6, of book 2, chapter 3 and book 3, chapters 2, 4 and 3. Notes at the end indicate that chapters 9-11 were contained in 'the folio MS'; this is not one of the surviving bound folio notebooks (MSS.24538-24546),...
Dates:
[1795, or before.]
Early, heavily revised manuscript of "King's quiver: the last three Tudors" by Nancy Brysson Morrison., [1972, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.27349
Scope and Contents
The text is followed (folio 160) by fragments of later versions, all with numerous alterations and additions.
Dates:
[1972, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers and correspondence of the novelist and biographer, Nancy Brysson Morrison (1903-1986).
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Literary papers of Nancy Brysson Morrison.
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Notes for and manuscript of "King's quiver: the last three Tudors" by Nancy Brysson Morrison.
Eight leaves of a noted missal, probably from Jedburgh Abbey., 13th century.
File
Identifier: MS.5461
Scope and Contents
The leaves formed the cover of a sixteenth-century cartulary of the lordship of Jedburgh Abbey. Three leaves (folios 1-3) come from the end of the 'Temporale', and five (folios 4-8) from the earlier part of the 'Sanctorale'. The text appears to have been copied from an Augustinian source and the music added in another hand from a Sarum book. The initials are in red, with blue line ornament, or vice versa.
Dates:
13th century.
Essay, 1794, entitled 'On the chorus', and miscellaneous fragments, undated, on ancient drama, apparently unpublished., 1794, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.6382
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
There is also some correspondence of the Seaforth family, Henry's son, Joshua Henry, having married Helen, daughter of Lord Seaforth.
Dates:
1794, undated.