Fragments.
Found in 259 Collections and/or Records:
'Spicelegia Antiquitatis Græcae; sive ex veteribus poætis Græcis deperditis fragmenta, collecta a J.C.D.C.A., 1755', volume V., 1755.
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.
'Spicelegia Antiquitatis Græcae; sive ex veteribus poætis Græcis deperditis fragmenta, collecta a J.C.D.C.A., 1755', volumes II-V., 1755.
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.
Strip of vellum cut horizontally from an unidentified formal document., 16th century.
The fragment was recovered from the binding of a copy (pressmark Milc.3.10) of ‘Commentarii grammatici’ (Parisiis, 1537), by Joannes Despauterius, where it had been used as a binding strip inside the back cover.
“Swinton’s kirk MSS’, a collection of copies of Scottish historical documents, originally labelled ‘Kirk manuscripts A’., 17th century.
Ten pages of notes, undated, in the hand of Thomas Carlyle, for ‘Frederick the Great’, and a fragment of manuscript with a photograph of Carlyle., Mid 19th century.
'The descent probative, branches, and relations of R.M., engr. in Edr.', i.e., Robert Mylne, son of the antiquary, 'by the mother ... Collected from a great many . . . authentick documents in my own custody', with additions and corrections by the father., 1728.
The families chiefly described are those of Govean or Govan (page 1), Forrester of Denovan (page 29), Rind (page 37), Row (the reformer and his descendants) (page 43), Geddie (page 57), and Avery (page 101); detailed accounts are given of some individuals, with extracts from their correspondence. At the beginning (folio ii) is a fragment of an account of Mr John Govean, Minister of Campsie, followed by a list of contents. At the end are miscellaneous notes.
Thirty-one vellum fragments from at least two bifolia of an unidentified work., 12th century.
Apart from six longer strips, two of which are blank, the fragments are shorter than 80 millimetres in length. The text is written in single columns without ornamentation.
The fragments had been used to strengthen the binding of a copy (pressmark A.91.c.1-2) of ‘Germania topo-chrono-stemmato-graphica sacra et profana (etc.)’ (Augusta Vindelicorum, 1655, 1662), by Gabriel Bucelinus.
Three fragments of vellum, apparently from French formal documents, although little writing can be seen., ?17th century.
The fragments had been used to strengthen the binding of a copy (pressmark ξ.3/1) of ‘Élémens de l`architecture navale’ (Paris, 1752), by Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau.
Three parchment leaves, presumably taken from the Sanctorale of a missal, possibly from the Low Countries; with two paper fragments., 15th century.
The parchment leaves (one of which is cut into two parts) contain collects from masses to various saints, but the saints` names do not appear to have been written in any discernible order.
The leaves were recovered from the binding of a copy (pressmark K.54.g) of ‘Expositio analytica and brevis in universum Q. Horatii Flacci poema’ (Parisiis, 1582), by Petrus Gualterius.
Three vellum fragments, two from a missal or breviary, one from a book of hours; with three paper fragments., ?15th century-?early 16th century.
Two almost contiguous parchment fragments from a noted missal or breviary., 15th century.
Two apparently unrelated parchment fragments recovered from the binding of the same work., Late 14th century or early 15th century.
Two contiguous parchment fragments, apparently from a book of styles of papal letters., 15th century.
The text of the fragments is in a 15th-century hand and is arranged in double columns. The rubrics are in red, and the capitals in green and silver, the latter now oxidized.
The work of which the fragments form part of a leaf is not recorded in ‘Patrologia Latina’.
The fragments were recovered from a copy (pressmark K.37.g) of ‘Homeri Ilias’ (Venetiis, 1524), in which they had been used as binding strips.
Two contiguous parchment fragments forming the end of a printed document of English provenance, apparently banns of marriage, and signed by one Thomas Hunt., 1633.
The fragments had been used as binding strips in a copy (pressmark FF.1/2.16) of ‘Commentariorum in suam concordiam ac totam historiam’, partes iiii (Lugduni, 1606), by Cornelius Jansenius, Bishop of Ghent.
With the two parchment fragments are a paper fore-edge label, apparently of contemporary provenance, and a memorandum of a theological character, also on paper, previously loosely enclosed in the volume. Also included is a corner of a vellum folio.
Two contiguous parchment fragments from a religious work, possibly a volume of sermons., 15th century or 16th century.
The text is written in double columns. On the higher fragment Matthew 13, 47 is quoted.
The religious work of which the fragments form part is not recorded in ‘Patrologia Latina’.
The fragments were formerly used as binding strips in a copy (pressmark EE.7/2.24) of ‘Christianae iurisprudentiæ epitome’ (Neostadii in Palatinatu, 1586), by Conradus Heresbachius.
Two contiguous vellum fragments, cut vertically from a leaf from the sanctorale of a rubricated missal or breviary of folio size., 14th century.
Two contiguous vellum fragments of what appears to be an English legal document, possibly an inventory, to which several corrections have been made., ?Late 16th century.
Together the fragments form a fragment of approximately 3 x 7 inches. They had been used as binding strips in a copy (pressmark DD.2/1.11) of ‘S.P.N. Eustathii … in Hexahemeron commentarius (etc.)’ (Lugduni, 1629), by Saint Eustathius, Bishop of Antioch.
Two contiguous vellum fragments, together forming a rectangular fragment of a formal document probably of French provenance., ?15th century or 16th century.
The fragments had been used as binding strips in a copy (pressmark Bi.7.27) of ‘Traite des Armes’ (Paris, 1678), by Louis de Gaya.
Two contiguous vellum fragments, together forming the lower part of a bifolium, possibly from a philosophical work, the visible portion of the text apparently relating to vision and imagination., 14th century.
Probably about half of the bifolium survives: the width of each leaf is 7 inches, and the combined heights of the fragments, which have been cut horizontally, is about 5 inches. The text is written in double columns.
The fragments had been used as binding strips in a copy (pressmark K.9.a) of ‘Μέγα ἐτυμολογικον’ (Venetiis, 1349).
Two contiguous vellum fragments, together forming the upper part of a bifolium of an unidentified commentary on the Book of Proverbs., 14th century.
Two discontiguous parchment fragments apparently from the same leaf of a noted Breviary., 15th century.
The fragments contain the end of the office of Matins and the beginning of Lauds and are connected with Saint Stephen, although apparently not from the offices for his feasts. The name of Saint Lucian is also mentioned.
Two discontiguous strips of vellum (one vertical, the other horizontal) from an unidentified formal document of French provenance., 16th century.
The fragments had been used as binding strips in a copy (pressmark K.51.g.1) of ‘Cantus Circaeus’ (Parisiis, 1582) and ‘De vmbris idearum’ (Parisiis, 1582), by Giordano Bruno.
Two discontiguous vellum fragments from the lower part of an unidentified formal document written in what appears to be a British hand., ?17th century.
The fragments were recovered from the binding of a volume of pamphlets (pressmark 1.204) commencing with ‘Moses and Aaron’ (London, 1641), by Thomas Godwyn, where they had been used as binding strips.
Two folios, numbered ccxlii and ccxlix, probably from a late sixteenth-century gradual., ?Late 16th century.
On folio ccxlii are chants for the sixth Sunday after Pentecost: Gradual, Alleluia, Offertory, Communion; and the beginning of the Introit for the seventh Sunday after Pentecost. On folio ccxlix are the concluding words of the Communion for the eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, and the Introit and Gradual of the twelfth Sunday after Pentecost.
Square notation on a five-lined stave; bar lines at irregular intervals. Blue and red initials with flourishes.