Notes.
Found in 3963 Collections and/or Records:
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.
Cheque books of Thomas Carlyle., 1856-1883.
Nine cheque books, 1856-1880 (the last unfinished), are for Thomas Carlyle’s account with the British Linen Company's bank at Dumfries (numbers 1-9). Ten cheque books, 1857-1883, are for Carlyle’s account with the London Joint Stock Bank (numbers 10-19).
In addition to details of the cheques issued there are occasional other financial notes.
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.
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.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 1., 1761-1822, undated.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 1, box 4., 1789-1820, undated.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 1, box 6., 1784-1816, undated.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 1, box 7., 1789-1822, and undated.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, part 2, box 5., 1781-1820, and undated.
Collection consisting chiefly of sketches and drawings by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton; with original binding., 1781-1820, undated
`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 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 lists of ballads and chapbooks, literary notes for ‘Adversaria’, reviews of books, newspaper cuttings, correspondence, etc., made by John Camden Hotten., 19th century.
Collection of notes, copies and extracts, made by and for Dennistoun, of manuscripts of Scottish or British interest contained in several of the major libraries of Italy and Germany., 1836-1851.
Collection of papers relating to the teinds of Barony Parish, Glasgow, 1815-1816 (folio 1); the King`s Park, Glasgow, 1832 (folio 104); and the Parish of Coldstream, 1832 (folio 114), and a note for the Town Clerk of the Canongate, 1851 (folio 116)., 1815-1816, 1832, 1851.
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 piobaireachd or pipe tunes as verbally taught by the M'Crummen Pipers" by Neil MacLeod (Edinburgh, 1880), with manuscript corrections by Simon Fraser, and other notes by Alexander K Cameron., 1880.
Collection of prayers and meditations, compiled at least in part by Janet, wife of William MacGregor of Balhaldie., 1743-1783, undated.
Janet MacGregor gave the collection to her infant son Alexander (afterwards Chief) and died shortly after his birth. Her maiden name, Janet Oliphant, with the date 1743, is written inside the front cover; there are notes by Alexander on folios 1, 53 verso (one dated 1783).
A paper embroidered with the figure of the Paschal Lamb, found in the book, has been pasted in (folio 54).
Collection of thirty-nine seventeenth-century sermons, many of them transcribed in 1624., 17th century.
Collection of works, mainly theological, written in Germany in the early fifteenth century., Early 15th century.
'Collections from the Public Records of Scotland and various other sources illustrative of the history of the West Highlands and Hebrides (in the 16th & 17th centuries) and of the genealogies of the different families, made by Donald Gregory'., 1830-1831, [1836, or before].
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.
Collections of Gaelic tales, folklore and proverbs, mainly written by John Dewar; material relating to folklore in general; papers concerning Highland dress; and several volumes relating to Irish language and folklore.
Collections of Tales for the ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’ project, with related correspondence and other papers.
The terms, `Gaelic version` or `English version` refer to the original manuscript texts produced by (`transcribed by` or `told to`) one of his team of collectors or by Campbell. Unless stated otherwise, all English versions of the tales and textual notes are the work of Campbell.