Prayers.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Reverent petitions made to God or another deity.
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
Diary of the Reverend James MacGregor, chiefly in his wife Helen’s handwriting., 1894-1903.
Item
Identifier: MS.566
Scope and Contents
The entries are brief, possibly abridged from a fuller diary. On folios 1-42 are “Prayers and Holy Words spoken in St. Cuthbert’s when I was its Minister", in Dr MacGregor’s handwriting, dated October 1910.
Dates:
1894-1903.
'Form of prayer. Directions for every day in the week,' by David Fletcher, Lord Milton's brother., 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.17776
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning religion and morals.
Leaf from a devotional work of the sixteenth century containing prayers., 16th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.3057
Scope and Contents
Two miniatures in Renaissance architectural frames. That on the recto represents Christ seated at the well while the Woman of Samaria pours water into a pitcher for Him, in front of a landscape background. That on the verso shows the healing of the Nobleman's Son, Christ and the father standing on either side of the youth's bed against a background of curtains. In both pictures ornamental details, Christ's halo, the well-rope, etc., are gilded.The text is surrounded by a plain...
Dates:
16th century.
Letters, 1763-1814, undated, to the 11th Earl of Buchan, with a copy of a prayer in Scots, [?circa 1700], preserved by him., [?circa 1700], 1763-1814, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1006, folios 38-81
Dates:
[?circa 1700], 1763-1814, undated.
Letters and prayer of Robert Forbes, Bishop of Ross, to Angus Macdonald of Gellovie and his wife at Moffat., 1759, 1769, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14835, folios 28-32
Dates:
1759, 1769, undated.
Lord's Prayer, written out three times within the space of a threepenny piece, by Ivie A Callan, Dalbeattie., 1942.
Item
Identifier: MS.3109, folio 244
Dates:
1942.
Miscellaneous papers concerning the family of James Seton., Late 17th century-19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.19238
Scope and Contents
The papers include a notebook of prayers in a late 17th century hand (folio 1), genealogical notes mainly of the Laing family, 18th century (folio 9), and medical recipes of the 18th and 19th centuries (folio 13).
Dates:
Late 17th century-19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, estate, financial, and personal papers of a cadet branch of the Setons of Cariston, Fife, being the family of James Seton, Lieutenant 54th Foot.
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Miscellaneous papers concerning the family of James Seton, Lieutenant 54th Foot.
Miscellaneous papers concerning the family of James Seton, Lieutenant 54th Foot., Late 17th century-19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19237-19238
Miscellaneous papers of the Douglas family of Springwood Park., 1790-1904, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.8114
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Certificates of registration of births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths, 1828-1864. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Masonic and military certificates, and passports, 1847-1878. These include a passport to Venezuela and a certificate issued to Sir George H Scott-Douglas on a visit to the Holy Land. (Folio 17.)
(iii) School reports of Sir George Brisbane Douglas, 1867-1872. (Folio 26.)
(iv) Recipes, chiefly for puddings, 1790, undated. (Folio 57.)
(v) Prayers,...
Dates:
1790-1904, undated.
Miscellaneous works of Thomas Ruddiman and prayers in another hand., 1690.
File
Identifier: MS.20494
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is labelled ‘RA, XI, XIII’.
The contents are as follows:
(i) Themes to be discussed by Thomas Ruddiman, dated Kal. Mai. MDCXC; and verses. (Folio 1.)
(ii) 'Aenigmata et versus hinc inde collecta', written by Ruddiman, with Greek alphabets added. As well as Ruddiman's signatures there is a note 'James Rudiman aught this book' on folio 24. (Folio 17.)
(iii) Prayers in another hand. (Folio 25.)
Dates:
1690.
Notebook of Adam Gifford, Lord Gifford: volume II., 2nd half of 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.9.4
Dates:
2nd half of 19th century.
Notebook of Adam Gifford, Lord Gifford: volume XXVI., 2nd half of 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.8.4
Dates:
2nd half of 19th century.
Notes of Olive Wyon., 1943, 1962, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.5261/35-41
Dates:
1943, 1962, undated.
Papers of Olive Wyon, of prayer and bible study., 1947, 1960-1965, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.5261/18-34
Dates:
1947, 1960-1965, undated.
Poetry, and prayers, written by a member of the Omond family, probably Thomas Stewart Omond, Fellow of St John's College, Oxford., 1857-1870.
Item
Identifier: MS.19393
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Thomas Traill was born in Orkney in 1781 of the family of Traill of Tirlot and the collection includes miscellaneous genealogical, legal and historial material relating to Orkney. He graduated in medicine in the University of Edinburgh in 1802 and by 1803 had settled in practice in Liverpool where he became a prominent figure being prime mover in the foundation of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool of which he was first Secretary, and assisting in the foundation of the Royal...
Dates:
1857-1870.
Prayers and devotional exercises., 16th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.7139
Scope and Contents
The text is written in a number of sixteenth-century hands on leaves of paper of various sizes, some of which (folios 98-146 in part, 216-251, and 269-271) have suffered losses to the text when the volume was trimmed.The contents include 'Een regel der zielen leydende toter alder hoechster perfectien der doechden' (folio 1 verso), 'Een schoen exempel van eenen moninck' (folio 93 verso), 'Een suete herdencke op die pasien' (folio 103 verso), prayers to the Virgin and Child...
Dates:
16th 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.
Prayers and extracts from religious works by various members of the family of Henry Mackenzie, undated., [1821, or after-1826, or after].
File
Identifier: MS.6394
Scope and Contents
Some of the paper is watermarked 1821, 1826.
Dates:
[1821, or after-1826, or after].
Prayers, notes from books, etc., undated, in Mrs Mary Graham's hand., [1771-1792.]
File
Identifier: MS.3637
Religious manuscripts from the library at Newbattle Abbey., 15th century-18th century.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5765-5772
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection consists of manuscripts on a wide variety of subjects, many copied from manuscript or printed works, and chiefly dating from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Among them are some account-books, diaries, and other manuscripts of family interest (including a few concerning the 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, father of the 6th Marchioness of Lothian), but very few letters.
Dates:
15th century-18th century.
Sermons, addresses, prayers, orders of service and other papers relating to the career of the Very Reverend Andrew Nevile Davidson., 1915-1977, Undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.7710/95-98
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
These papers consist principally of diaries, incoming correspondence, and newspaper cuttings relating to the life and interests of the Very Reverend Andrew Nevile Davidson, DD, (1899-1976), minister successively of St Mary's Old Aberdeen (1925-1932), St Enoch's Dundee (1932-1934), and Glasgow Cathedral, (1935-1967). The papers cover the main features of his career – his interest in the ecumenical movement and in the international work of the church, his work in founding the...
Dates:
1915-1977, Undated.
Sermons and literary works of the Dunlop family., 1687-1856, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9270-9273
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Much of the collection concerns William Dunlop, Principal of Glasgow University, his son Alexander, Professor of Greek at Glasgow, and his grandson John, Tide Surveyor at Greenock. The papers of William Dunlop include material on the colony of South Carolina, the Darien Scheme, and the affairs of the Church of Scotland, while those of Alexander chiefly concern the University of Glasgow. The collection also includes diaries and literary works of John Dunlop of Gairbraid, the temperance...
Dates:
1687-1856, undated.
Sermons, prayers, and other anonymous devotional writings, some of which are identified as the work of Alexander Carlyle, and most of the remainder probably by Thomas Masson, Minister of Dunnichen., Late 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.3466
Scope and Contents
Also included are "A short account of the Lord's way of providence..." (folio 28), extracts from a diary, with texts and a prayer signed by James Fairnie, St Andrews, 1731 (folio 60), and a group of prayers for use before and after sermons (folio 73).
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Sermons, prayers, and other devotional writings., Late 18th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.3466-3467
Scope and Contents
All the sermons are anonymous, but some can be identified as the work of Alexander Carlyle (MS.3466, folios 1-27), and most of the remainder are probably by Thomas Masson, Minister of Dunnichen (MS.3466, folios 85-125; MS.3467).
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Sermons, prayers, and other devotional writings, probably by Thomas Masson, Minister of Dunnichen., Late 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.3467
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
All the sermons are anonymous, but some can be identified as the work of Alexander Carlyle (MS.3466, folios 1-27), and most of the remainder are probably by Thomas Masson, Minister of Dunnichen (MS.3466, folios 85-125; MS.3467).
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Sermons, prayers, teaching texts and related papers., 1933-1974.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12801/24-42