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:
Box containing various literary manuscripts of William McIlvanney., [?1966-?2015].
Series
Identifier: Acc.14097 Box 1(1-16)
Dates:
[?1966-?2015].
Box containing various literary manuscripts of William McIlvanney., [?1966-?2015].
Series
Identifier: Acc.14097 Box 2(1-13)
Dates:
[?1966-?2015].
Box containing various literary manuscripts of William McIlvanney., [?1966-?2015].
Series
Identifier: Acc.14097 Box 3(1-15)
Dates:
[?1966-?2015].
Box containing various literary manuscripts of William McIlvanney., [?1966-?2015].
Series
Identifier: Acc.14097 Box 4(1-41)
Dates:
[?1966-?2015].
Box containing various literary manuscripts of William McIlvanney., [?1966-?2015].
Series
Identifier: Acc.14097 Box 5(1-40)
Dates:
[?1966-?2015].
Box of amended manuscript version of chapters and appendix of 'Brenva', by Graham Brown., Undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/166(1-6)
Scope and Contents
Acc.4338/166(1), (3) and (5) are different from Acc.4338/166(2), (4) and (6).
Dates:
Undated.
Box of miscellaneous photostats and photographs.
Series
Identifier: MS.8494
Dates:
8th century-1958.
Box of Reverend William Matheson, containing general notebooks., Undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.9711 Box 10(1-9)
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Concern Gaelic language and literature, and the family and general history of Lewis and Harris, North and South Uist and Wester Ross.
Dates:
Undated.
Box of the Reverend William Matheson, containing collections of 18th-19th century papers., 1707-1870.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.9711 Box 1(1-5)
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Concern Gaelic language and literature, and the family and general history of Lewis and Harris, North and South Uist and Wester Ross.
Dates:
1707-1870.
Box of the Reverend William Matheson, containing collections of 19th century papers., mid-late 19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.9711 Box 2(1-6)
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Concern Gaelic language and literature, and the family and general history of Lewis and Harris, North and South Uist and Wester Ross.
Dates:
mid-late 19th century.
'Brae of Angus, [and] The height of Anguss, M.T.P.', [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 42)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
Brahmasūtrabhāṣya of Śaṅkara, a commentary on the Brahmasūtra, the authoritative aphorisms of Vedānta philosophy.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.13.2.15
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is in Devanāgarī script.The text is a commentary on the Brahmasūtra, the authoritative aphorisms of Vedānta philosophy.The side margins ruled in red, erasures with yellow; mostly no daṇḍas but space has been left for later insertion (presumably in red).Colophon (folio 61 verso): iti śrīmacchārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣye śrīmacchaṃkarabhagavatpādakṛtau tṛtīyasyadhyāyasya caturthaḥ pādaḥ 4 samāpto yaṃ tṛtīyo dhyāyaḥ cha (7 times) [that is,...
Dates:
Undated.
‘Breviary of the Decisions of the Lords of Session ... and of the Acts of Sederunt, from June, 1661, to July, 1681, observed by Sir James Dalrymple of Stair.’
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.1
Scope and Contents
The Acts of Sederunt, 1661-1681, as in the printed ‘Decisions of the Lords of council and session’, are followed by a summary of Decisions arranged alphabetically according to subject. The text is apparently copied from an incomplete manuscript.At the end, inverted, is a copy of ‘Instructions and rules ... to the Commissaries, clerks, procurators fiscalls, and other members of the court of the whole ecclesiasticall jurisdiction,’ forwarded under cover of a Royal letter dated...
Dates:
1661-1681.
‘Brief account of the Cortes of Castile', undated., ?18th century-?19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.3958
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Among the papers of the Robertsons the chief correspondents are Principal William Robertson, the historian, and his son William, a Senator of the College of Justice. The correspondence of the Principal includes letters of scholars, British and foreign (Voltaire among others), about his works, information on the American Indians, 1774-1777, and threats regarding his attitude to Roman Catholics, 1778-1779. That of Lord Robertson deals with his legal and political activities and the publication...
Dates:
?18th century-?19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of the Robertsons (a branch of the Robertsons of Strowan), the Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart, and, on the marriage in 1799 of Margaretta Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart with Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson, son of Principal Robertson, the Robertson-Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart.
Brief biographies of the bishops and archbishops of St Andrews from the 10th century to 1615, by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.8
Scope and Contents
The work was compiled after 1623 (reference is made to John Selden’s edition of Eadmer`s works published in that year) and used Fordun, Boece and other historians as sources.
Dates:
After 1623.
'Brief sketch of a correspondence with Sir Walter Scott, commencing in the year 1814', by Joseph Train.
File
Identifier: MS.3277
Scope and Contents
According to an 'introductory letter' to John Gibson Lockhart, 1833, Joseph Train wrote these recollections for the benefit of his children and sent them to Lockhart for use in his ‘Life of Sir Walter Scott’. The work, which includes transcripts of letters of Sir Walter Scott, some not printed in the Centenary Edition, gives an account of Train's relations with Scott, of his antiquarian researches and the objects which he presented to Scott, of Galloway traditions, some of which provided...
Dates:
1814-1841.
Broadcasts and speeches of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., 1947-1976, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27069-27076
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
As well as writing books, Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’ was a prolific author of essays and articles and was frequently asked to speak on literary or other topics. He was in the habit of re-using parts of his writings on different occasions, so it is not unusual to find substantial identical passages occurring in different works. Due to the fragmentary nature of some of the material, it is not always evident whether a manuscript was intended for publication or for a talk;...
Dates:
1947-1976, undated.
`Bualög.`
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.3.8
Scope and Contents
Note by F Magnusson: `No. 16. Leges Oeconomicæ Islandiæ cum Indice.`
Dates:
1775.
Buqhan from Ythan River to Duverne., [?1583-?1596]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.9(10)
Dates:
[?1583-?1596]
"C. Cinquième relation de F. Cortes de l'an 1526" (copy)., 1526.
Item
Identifier: MS.3962
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Among the papers of the Robertsons the chief correspondents are Principal William Robertson, the historian, and his son William, a Senator of the College of Justice. The correspondence of the Principal includes letters of scholars, British and foreign (Voltaire among others), about his works, information on the American Indians, 1774-1777, and threats regarding his attitude to Roman Catholics, 1778-1779. That of Lord Robertson deals with his legal and political activities and the publication...
Dates:
1526.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Family papers, chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of the Robertsons (a branch of the Robertsons of Strowan), the Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart, and, on the marriage in 1799 of Margaretta Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart with Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson, son of Principal Robertson, the Robertson-Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart.
Calendar from a 14th-century Dominican liturgical book produced in southern Germany.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.4.20
Scope and Contents
The entries are in black and red, with one (translatio Marie Magdalene, March 19) in blue. Among those in red are: Dorothea (February 7), Runegund (March 3), George the Martyr (April 23), Peter (April 29: ‘ord(in)is n(ostri)’), Walburga (May 1), translatio beati Dominici (May 24), Henry (July 13), Dominic (August 5: ‘co(n)fess(oris) p(at)ris n(ost)ri’), Laurence (August 10), Sebaldus (August 19), Abbot Giles (September 1), Martin of Tours (November 11), Elisabeth of Hungary (November 19),...
Dates:
14th century.
Calendar from a 14th-century liturgical work from Germany.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.4.21
Scope and Contents
The entries are in black and red. Among those in red are: Peter (April 29), Petronella (May 31), Dominic (August 5 ‘p(at)ris n(ost)ri`), Augustine (August 28), and Nicholas (December 6). There are several later additions, including: Gertrude (March 17), Adalbert (April 23), Erasmus (June 2), Procopius (July 11), Anne (July 26), Martha (July 27), Barbara (December 4). Othmar (November 15) and Conrad (November 26) are deleted.The calendar is from a Dominican house, perhaps a...
Dates:
14th century.
Calendar, with introduction (incipit `Thus stondith this Kalendar to undirstonde it in his forme and ordre`; at the end of this is the base plate and explanatory text for a volvelle relating to lunar eclipses, but there is no evidence that the volvelle was ever attached) and paschal tables (from 1140 to 1644)., 14th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.7.11C, folios 16-23
Scope and Contents
October-December are lost. Saints in red include George, Augustine, Edmund, Richard, King Edward, Alban, Benedict, King Oswald and Cuthbert (folio 16).
Initials in gold, red and blue, some with foliate ornament in green and gold. Considerable rubrication.
Dates:
14th century.
Calligraphic manuscript of "Questions de Pasquille. Extraites d'un livre Latin qui a pour Titre Pasquillus Ecstaticus", a translation of ‘Quaestiones pasquilli disputandae in futuro Concilio per Pontificem indicto’ by Caelius Secundus Curio., 1657.
Item
Identifier: MS.10230
Scope and Contents
The manuscript, which contains the first 70 questions only, is dated 1657, but there does not appear to have been an edition of that date.
Dates:
1657.
Calligraphic page, written in miniature by Matthew Buchinger (1674-1739), a German calligrapher who had neither hands nor feet.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.5.4
Scope and Contents
The page contains the Lord`s Prayer, the Apostle`s Creed and the Commandments, within an ornamental border composed of parts of St John`s Gospel, chapter xviii.
Dates:
1722.