Manuscripts.
Found in 4488 Collections and/or Records:
Chapter 14, parts of chapter 15 and unidentified fragments of 'Renaissance France' by Rachel Annand Taylor., [?1938-?1948.]
Much of the manuscript is missing, but chapters 13-14 are almost complete.
Charms and spells etc., including notes on witchcraft and astrology., Late 18th century, 1818.
A late eighteenth-century manuscript bearing the signatures 'John Blakey' (page 15) and 'Thomas Wyld' (pages 30, 72), with some additional matter (page i), dated 1818, written perhaps by the James Lomax whose signature is on page 3.
Choirbook of St Mary’s Episcopal Church, Dalkeith: Services, volume 1: Decani alto., [?1854-?1893.]
Only the first leaf of the volume survives. To this have been added a number of printed and manuscript leaves and fragments found loosely enclosed in other volumes (folio i, and what follows).
Chronicle of England, and theological works., 14th century.
Chronicle of Popes and Emperors by Martinus Polonus., Circa 1277.
The manuscript is of the later recension, which includes the passage on Pope Joan (folio 22 verso), and ends with the death of Pope John XXI. The entries for the Popes are on the versos and for the Emperors on the rectos of the leaves. There are some glosses and marginal notes in other hands.
Initials in red and blue with decorative penwork, and rubrics in red.
Chronicle of the Civil War in Scotland, being largely a copy of the work later printed as 'The Memoirs of Henry Guthrie', 1638-1649.
The manuscript, which is in different hands of the seventeenth century, wants pages 1-2, 15-16, and 21-26.
Chronicon Angliæ, 400-1327, being a nineteenth century transcript of Barberini MS.2689, which was written at Sempryngham in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries., 13th century-14th century.
According to a note (folio iv), dated 1823, by Luigi Maria Rezzi, Librarian of the Barberini Library, the transcript was made by him for Benjamin Heywood Bright.
'Chronometer rates'., 1834.
‘Church and Church-yard of Kilbirnie', with notes on Kilbirnie House and Glengarnock Castle, by William Dobie, Grangevale, Beith, 1843; illustrated with prints and photographs., 1843.
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.
Classification of books in the Faculty of Advocates Library: part I., 1906.
Classification of books in the Faculty of Advocates Library: part II., 1907.
"Collecça'o de mudinhas portuguezas & brasileiras", words, air, and accompaniment, offered to Jane Wallas., ?19th century.
Collection of 19 formal documents (mostly financial), relating to the will of the deceased John Moresone, merchant, burgess of Edinburgh., 1615-1628, and undated.
Manuscripts, including collections of formal documents (but not single documents, for which see Ch.A245-A251), owned by Riddell, arranged as far as possible in chronological order.
Collection of 'antique papers', chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries., 1626-1810, undated.
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.
`Collection of armorial bearings, inscriptions, etc.` made by Alexander Deuchar, volume 1., 1812-1841.
The volume consists of notes on, and sketches of arms, mostly taken from churchyards in Edinburgh and elsewhere in Scotland, with a few copied from seals. They are followed by a list of clans and their badges (page 495), a list of chartularies and related material in the Advocates` and other libraries (page 501), and an index (page 521).
`Collection of armorial bearings, inscriptions, etc.` made by Alexander Deuchar, volume 2., 1812-1841.
The contents of the volume are as follows:
(i) `Armorial bearings of Irish Families taken from Keatings History of Ireland, 1816` (page 21).
(ii) Arms of the seven incorporated trades of St Andrews (page 61).
(iii) Index (folio 1).
Collection of cards of General Sir George Murray containing statistical returns (mostly recording deaths) of troops in the West Indies., 1796-1803.
The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.
Collection of "day-books" containing copies of letters, routes, instructions and memoranda by General Sir George Murray and by members of his staff., 1809-1814.
Many of the letters are merely summarized. Most of those written during Murray’s absence in 1812-1813 (Adv.MS.46.5.12-46.5.14) are addressed to the commissary general.
Collection of draft reports on the various subjects covered in Adv.MSS.51.1.7-51.1.11, with miscellaneous correspondence of Treasury officials., 1866-1870.
There is also a printed ‘Report of the Progress of the Ordnance Survey and Topographical Depot to 31st Dec., 1865’ inserted at the beginning of the volume (folio 16).
Collection of experiments concerning sun-spots with accompanying diagrams and notes., 1884.
`Collection of illuminate arms` by Etherington Martyn, volume 1., 1794.
In an introductory note (volume 1, folio iv.), Martyn states that many of the arms were unpublished, and taken from seals, drawings, paintings and manuscript blazons; also from a manuscript collection of heraldry `purchased at Mr Cummyngs sale by a Mr Rose`. This probably refers to James Cummyng, herald painter and Lyon Clerk Depute (died 1793). Martyn sometimes gives the source for a particular coat of arms, and occasionally criticises the heraldry.
`Collection of illuminate arms` by Etherington Martyn, volume 2., 1794.
In an introductory note (volume 1, folio iv.), Martyn states that many of the arms were unpublished, and taken from seals, drawings, paintings and manuscript blazons; also from a manuscript collection of heraldry `purchased at Mr Cummyngs sale by a Mr Rose`. This probably refers to James Cummyng, herald painter and Lyon Clerk Depute (died 1793). Martyn sometimes gives the source for a particular coat of arms, and occasionally criticises the heraldry.
Collection of journals and sketchbooks of John Francis Campbell, kept during his travels throughout the world., 1841-1880.
The volumes reflect, in his detailed descriptions, watercolours and sketches, Campbell’s interest in people, art, science and sport. In the later journals, his interest in geology and meteorology predominates, with particular emphasis on the effects of glaciation observed in various countries.
The sketches usually occur in chronological sequence with notes below each giving the date, place and other additional information.