Manuscripts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to handwritten documents, and may also be used to distinguish certain documents from published or otherwise printed documents, as in the cases of typed personal letters or a typescript from which printed versions are made.
Found in 6597 Collections and/or Records:
Amended manuscript and typescript of article by Elizabeth S Haldane on Viscount Haldane, and related papers., [After 1880-before 1938], 1973.
File
Identifier: MS.20229
Dates:
Majority of material found within [After 1880-before 1938], 1973.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and other papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane, preceded by correspondence of and papers concerning his mother, Mrs Mary E Haldane and his maternal uncle, Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and followed by notebooks and other papers of his sister Elizabeth S Haldane.
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Papers of Elizabeth S Haldane.
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Biographical notes and passages, undated, compiled by Elizabeth S Haldane concerning her brother Viscount Haldane.
Ammunition book of the 1st Company of the Edinburgh Volunteer Rifle Battalion., [?1859.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.2.25
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Company, recruited mainly from the Faculty of Advocates, was raised in 1859, as part of the general Volunteer mobilisation in that year. The majority of the papers belong to that and the immediately following years.
Dates:
[?1859.]
An outline map of the Firth of Tay and the coast to Fife-ness., [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 46)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
An outline map of the Tay estuary round Fife Ness and on to Kirkcaldy., [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 47)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
‘Analisys de quelques passages de la Bible’ by George Eisenhauer, with a dedicatory letter to Sir Walter Scott., 1827.
File
Identifier: MS.1579
Dates:
1827.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and papers of Sir Walter Scott and his family and of John Gibson Lockhart, with those of clients and kinsmen of Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet.
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Manuscripts chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
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Manuscripts of George Eisenhauer, Fort George, East Florida, dedicated to Sir Walter Scott.
‘Ancient Scottish poems’ (London, 1786) by John Pinkerton, with manuscript notes by David Macpherson, editor of Wyntoun.
Series
Identifier: MSS.337-340
Dates:
[1786, or after.]
‘Ancient Scottish poems’, volume I, part I (London, 1786) by John Pinkerton, with manuscript notes by David Macpherson, editor of Wyntoun., [1786, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.337
Scope and Contents
Inserted at the beginning of the volume is a letter of David Macpherson to the Earl of Buchan about his edition of Wyntoun, 1794.
Dates:
[1786, or after.]
‘Ancient Scottish poems’, volume I, part II (London, 1786) by John Pinkerton, with manuscript notes by David Macpherson, editor of Wyntoun., [1786, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.338
‘Ancient Scottish poems’, volume II, part I (London, 1786) by John Pinkerton, with manuscript notes by David Macpherson, editor of Wyntoun., [1786, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.339
‘Ancient Scottish poems’, volume II, part II (London, 1786) by John Pinkerton, with manuscript notes by David Macpherson, editor of Wyntoun., [1786, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.340
‘Ancient Scottish Tales, traditionary, romantic, and legendary, hitherto unpublished, from the recitation of the aged Sybils in the North Countrie. By Peter Buchan’, with an engraved portrait of Buchan and a holograph letter of Robert Pitcairn, regarding the need for skilful editing. , 1838.
File
Identifier: MS.207
Dates:
1838.
‘Ane forme of the coronatioun of the Kingis of Scotland’, being a modern transcript of the 'antient forme' suggested for the coronation of Charles I., [1626, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.3158
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Many of the papers are accompanied by transcripts or summaries by Alexander Macdonald.
Dates:
[1626, or before.]
‘Anecdotes’ and ‘Egotisms’ in Henry Mackenzie’s autograph., Late 18th century-early 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.645
Dates:
Late 18th century-early 19th century.
'Anecdotes of the olden time, chiefly of Edinburgh', by Henry Mackenzie, including 'Egotisms'., 1824.
File
Identifier: MS.2537
Scope and Contents
Henry Mackenzie gives notes, 1824, on folio iv, explaining why he mutilated the manuscript and referring, apparently, to MS.645.
Dates:
1824.
Angus MacArthur’s manuscript of piobaireachd music.
Item
Identifier: MS.1679
Scope and Contents
This is the earliest known manuscript of pipe-music in which modern staff notation is used. It is now known as the Highland Society of London's manuscript and is described in Book I (1925) of the Piobaireachd Society's publications (page ii, number 2).
At the beginning of the volume is a note on the manuscript by Archibald Campbell, Secretary of the Music Committee of the Piobaireachd Society (folio iii verso).
Dates:
18th century.
Angus Mackay's four untitled manuscripts of bagpipe music.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3753-3756
Scope and Contents
The first two manuscripts are of piobaireachd; the second two, of marches, strathspeys, reels, jigs, and other dance music.
According to Angus Mackay's inscription in his Seaforth Manuscript (MS.3744) he was at work on these manuscripts between 1826 and 1840, taking the tunes down from his father's canntaireachd.
Dates:
[1826-1840.]
'Anguss [sic] / R.G.', [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 41)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
"Animadversions on Mr. Logan’s 'Finishing stroke'", by Thomas Ruddiman., [Circa 1748.]
Item
Identifier: MS.775
“Animadversions on Mr. Logan’s Second Part of what he calls 'The Finishing Stroke, or, Mr. Ruddiman more self-condemned'”, by Thomas Ruddiman., [Circa 1748.]
Item
Identifier: MS.776
"Animadversions on Mr. Logan’s 'Second Treatise on Government'", by Thomas Ruddiman., [Circa 1747.]
Item
Identifier: MS.774
Animadversions, undated, on Buchanan’s History, in defence of the Hamilton family, written perhaps by William Hamilton, 3rd of Wishaw, or by his son William Hamilton, Barrister, with a note by Thomas Ruddiman on the authorship., Early 18th century-mid 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.781
Dates:
Early 18th century-mid 18th century.
Annotated copy, drafts and notes, undated, of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, for ‘A specimen of notes on the statute law of Scotland during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots'., Late 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.25356
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet of Hailes, (1726-1792), was the son of Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes, and Lady Christian Dalrymple, daughter of the 6th Earl of Haddington. Sir David was educated at Eton and entered the Inner Temple in 1742. From 1747-1748 he studied Civil Law at Utrecht, and in 1748 was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. He was raised to the Bench as Lord Hailes in 1766 and appointed a Lord of Justiciary in 1776. In addition to his legal activities, Lord...
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.
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Annotated copy, drafts and notes, undated, of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, for ‘A specimen of notes on the statute law of Scotland during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots'.
Annotated copy, drafts and notes, undated, of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, for ‘A specimen of notes on the statute law of Scotland during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots'., Late 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.25357
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet of Hailes, (1726-1792), was the son of Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes, and Lady Christian Dalrymple, daughter of the 6th Earl of Haddington. Sir David was educated at Eton and entered the Inner Temple in 1742. From 1747-1748 he studied Civil Law at Utrecht, and in 1748 was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. He was raised to the Bench as Lord Hailes in 1766 and appointed a Lord of Justiciary in 1776. In addition to his legal activities, Lord...
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.
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Annotated copy, drafts and notes, undated, of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, for ‘A specimen of notes on the statute law of Scotland during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots'.