Inscriptions.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Lettering marked on something, especially for documentation or commemoration. On prints, the specific information lettered on the print, not usually part of a larger text. Regarding material from the ancient period, includes most preserved written matter of any length, other than papyri. For standardized symbols or notations on objects that convey official information, use ""marks (symbols)""(AAT) .
Found in 182 Collections and/or Records:
Plans for alterations in the High Kirk of St Giles, Edinburgh, by James Craig, including a 'design of a Gothic pulpit', inscribed to the Reverend Hugh Blair, Doctor of Divinity.
File
Identifier: MS.502
Dates:
1777.
Poem in the autograph of and signed by James Hogg, entitled "A young girl’s prayer"., 1829.
Item
Identifier: MS.573, folio 73
Scope and Contents
The poem begins, “O father that’s above the sky”.
'Hogg' of the signature wanting.
Inscribed at the foot, 'Given to me on the same day it was written M H Wilson' (folio 73).
Dates:
1829.
Poems of Robert Garioch., 1944-1949, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26162
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) 'The Masque of Edinburgh' from ‘Scottish Art and Letters’, number l (1944), pages 25-28 (folio l); (ii) Typescripts of 'Embro tae the ploy' and 'Address tae Robert Fergusson', undated (folio 4). (iii) Inscribed copy of 'Chuckles on the Cairn', (Hayes, 1949) (folio l5).
Dates:
1944-1949, undated.
Presentation inscription, December 1942, by Joyce Cary to Professor John Dover Wilson, in Cary's 'To be a pilgrim' (London, 1942).
Item
Identifier: MS.10798
Scope and Contents
A watercolour by Joyce Cary depicting the scene described on page 306 is pasted inside the front cover. The title page is also signed by him.
Dates:
1942.
Printed books by William Soutar, inscribed by the author., 1934-1939.
Series
Identifier: Acc.4592/1-4
Dates:
1934-1939.
Printed copy of José Emilio Pacheco, ‘No me preguntes cómo pasa el tiempo’ (Mexico City, 1969), with a presentation inscription by Pacheco, on the title-page, and manuscript notes by Alastair Reid., 1974.
Item
Identifier: MS.27455
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Alastair Reid both wrote poetry himself and translated work by Pablo Neruda, Jorge Luis Borges and others. MSS.27446-27448 contain his own poems, and MSS.27449-27457 his translations.
Dates:
1974.
Printed copy of thesis of Sir Walter Scott titled, 'De cadanesibus damnatorum' (Edinburgh, 1792), for his admission to the Faculty of Advocates, with autograph inscription by Scott.
Item
Identifier: F.R.106
Dates:
1792.
Psalter of French provenance, written for a community of Dominican nuns., 2nd half of 15th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.7122
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Psalter (folio 1);
(ii) Canticles (folio 135 verso);
(iii) Litany and supplications (folio 138);
(iv) Vespers of the Dead, followed by the 'Commendatio Animae' and the 'Subvenite' (folio 142 verso) (folio 149 should precede folio 143);
(v) Gospel according to St John, XIII-XVIII (folio 159).The margins of many leaves are defective; some of them have been supplied by means of fresh pieces of vellum. The extract from St John's Gospel is in a...
Dates:
2nd half of 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.
Scrapbook of printed and manuscript material inscribed by Sir Charles Dalrymple 'Record of events during period of office as Grand Master Mason of Scotland, 1893-6.', 1893-1896.
Item
Identifier: MS.25659
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sir Charles Dalrymple (1839-1916), formerly Fergusson, was the youngest son of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet, of Kilkerran. He succeeded to the estates of Hailes on the death of his father in 1849, when he assumed the name of Dalrymple. He was created a baronet in 1887, and a Privy Councillor in 1905. Sir Charles married in 1874, Alice Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Hunter Blair, 4th Baronet, of Blairquhan. She died in 1884.
Sir Charles at first seemed destined for a legal...
Dates:
1893-1896.
'Selection of lists of Harrow School, 1770-1826' by George Butler, (Peterborough, 1849), inscribed by Henry Montagu Butler., 1849.
File
Identifier: MS.25639
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sir Charles Dalrymple (1839-1916), formerly Fergusson, was the youngest son of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet, of Kilkerran. He succeeded to the estates of Hailes on the death of his father in 1849, when he assumed the name of Dalrymple. He was created a baronet in 1887, and a Privy Councillor in 1905. Sir Charles married in 1874, Alice Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Hunter Blair, 4th Baronet, of Blairquhan. She died in 1884.
Sir Charles at first seemed destined for a legal...
Dates:
1849.
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 Sir Charles Dalrymple, 1st Baronet of Newhailes.
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Papers concerning Sir Charles Dalrymple's educational career at Edinburgh Academy, Park Hall School, Salford, Harrow School, and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Sermons, 26 February-29 December 1650, on topical subjects, by William Hamilton, Minister of Glassford., 1650.
File
Identifier: MS.2817
Scope and Contents
William Hamilton’s signature occurs twice on folio i, with short inscriptions in the same hand as the rest of the manuscript.
Dates:
1650.
Seventeenth century manuscript of decisions by Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington, titled 'Practicks observed befor the Lords of Session'., 1609-1611, 1622-1623.
Item
Identifier: MS.2707
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Many of the manuscripts contain notes, indexes, etc., by George Neilson.
Dates:
1609-1611, 1622-1623.
Single letters and documents., 1510-19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2208
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letter, attributed to circa 1590, of John Gordoun to Patrick Bruce, Leith, with a modem transcript. ‘Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’, volume v, page 11. (Folio 1.)(ii) Eighteenth-century copy of Sir Thomas Wortley's inscription at Wharncliffe, 1510. (Folio 4.)(iii) Letter, 31 August 1582, signed by several of the Ruthven Raiders, to John Erskine of Dun, summoning him to Stirling. Smellie, William,...
Dates:
1510-19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Miscellaneous smaller manuscripts, single letters, small collections, etc., now made up into volumes, the property of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
Six pieces for the pianoforte in a volume with the inscription, 'Mrs. Abercromby Duff of Fetteresso' on the flyleaf., [Circa 1824.]
File
Identifier: MS.1783
Dates:
[Circa 1824.]
'Some Short Directions about Raising Forest Trees' of Thomas, 6th Earl of Haddington, presented by the author to John, 2nd Earl of Stair, 19 December 1733., [1733, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.25451
Scope and Contents
The volume is inscribed 'Given to me by the Honble. Mrs Primrose, 20 December 1759. By Dav. Dalrymple'.
Dates:
[1733, or before.]
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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Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
Style-book of Senior William Steuart of Castlemilk, inscribed on the flyleaf, 'This styll Book was begun be Sr. Wm. Steuart of Castlemilk ye 6th of March 1690'., 1690.
Item
Identifier: MS.5343
Scope and Contents
On folio 2 is a short poem. The styles occupy folios 3-9. On folios 10-15, written in an eighteenth century hand, is a list of books in Latin, French and English, on literature, agriculture, philosophy, divinity and law. The remaining folios are blank.
Dates:
1690.
'Succinct account of the Grants', written at Birkenbush, near Keith, in 1782; inscribed to Mr Lud. Grant, Edinburgh, 1783, 1782-1783.
Item
Identifier: MS.3568
Dates:
1782-1783.
Summaries of estate accounts., 1861-1879.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15160-15162
Scope and Contents
Leaves have been torn out between folios 5 and 6, and 18 and 19.
Dates:
1861-1879.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Estate books, being a number of partly printed bound volumes relating in various ways to the Ellices’ estates in Glengarry and Glenquoich.
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Estate finance books.
'That ye inherit' (Ayr, 1968) by William Graham, with an inscription and inserted note by the author to Robert Garioch Sutherland., 1974.
File
Identifier: MS.26636
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Robert Sutherland (1909-1981) who wrote under the name 'Robert Garioch', was educated in Edinburgh and, after the war of 1939-1945 when he was a prisoner in Italy and Germany, became a schoolteacher in Kent. He returned to Edinburgh in 1959, where he taught and worked for the School of Scottish Studies in the University.
Dates:
1974.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the poet, Robert Garioch Sutherland, and his father.
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Work by other writers collected by Robert Garioch Sutherland.
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Inscribed copies of printed books of Robert Garioch Sutherland, some with annotations by Sutherland.
"The Rambler" (6th edition, 1763), each volume inscribed by Jenny Graham and volume I also containing James Boswell`s presentation note to her dated 1767.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.7779
Dates:
1763-1767.
Theological works written in Germany.
File
Identifier: MS.9741
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Abbreviations of the Sentences of Peter Lombard in four books – Friedrich Stegmülller, ‘Repertorium commentariorum in Sententias Petri Lombardi’ (Würzburg, 1947), number 9. Ends 'Et videbunt cadavera virorum etc piitet unusquisque deo gratias etc est finis'. (Folio 1.)(ii) Albertus Magnus, 'Quaestiones super missus est', or 'De laudibus beatae Mariae Virginis' – Stegmüller, ‘Repertorium biblicum medii aevi’, (Madrid, 1940-) number 1061....
Dates:
15th century.
‘Things which have interested me’ (2nd series) by Arnold Bennett (Burslem, 1907), with a presentation inscription by the author to Neil Munro, and two letters to Munro from Joseph Conrad, 1898, and Bennett, 1910, inserted.
File
Identifier: MS.9043
Dates:
1898, 1907, 1910.
"To Hugh MacDiarmid on His Eightieth Birthday a Henrysonian Offering from the National Library of Scotland", inscribed to the Library by C M Grieve.
Item
Identifier: Acc.5736
Dates:
1972.
Transcript, received bound, of MS.14547, folios 1-8: 'Relatione of the wrongs done to Ladie Yester’, an account of Lauderdale-Tweeddale relations., 1683.
Item
Identifier: MS.14546
Scope and Contents
Included is a note by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe on page 1: "copied from a manuscript in the first Marquis of Tweeddale's handwriting", and an inscription by Sharpe on the verso of the front cover: 'This manuscript of the Tweeddale family formerly belonged to Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, with his handwriting on the first page and corrected throughout. The tract at the end is entirely in his handwriting'. The additional tract referred to (page 47) is "An observable exercise of a dying...
Dates:
1683.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester on special subjects.
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Papers of transactions and lawsuits between the Tweeddale and Lauderdale families, deriving chiefly from the marriage between the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale and Lady Mary Maitland, daughter of the Duke of Lauderdale.