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Quotations (texts).

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Excerpts of parts of a literary composition, as into another book or writing; use also for statements of market price of one or more securities.

Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:

Notebook of William Soutar containing quotations from prose and verse., 1914.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8686
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

William Soutar's output of work, most of it produced during the last thirteen bed-ridden years of his life, is quite remarkable. Apart from his regular and lively correspondence, and his poetry both in English and in Scots, he left a long sequence of diaries and journals, as well as a record of his dreams extending over more than twenty years.

Dates: 1914.

Notebooks, undated, of Canon Andrew John Young containing botanical notes from printed sources and literary quotations about flowers and plants., [1937-1971.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19741-19744
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Much of the material consists of notes made by Canon Andrew John Young of his reading. Some of the notebooks include page references to other volumes of notes which are not in this collection.

Dates: [1937-1971.]

Notes, memoranda, minutes, reports, quotations, etc of George Combe., 1805-1845.

 File
Identifier: MS.7436
Scope and Contents From the Series:

MSS.7443-7445 are written in German, having been delivered on George Combe's tour in Germany in 1842.

The phrenological reports (MSS.7452-7455) comprise the phrenological measurements of many persons, both well-known and obscure, with reports and descriptions of their mental capabilities and weaknesses.

The papers of Cecilia Combe contain a selection of literary efforts, diaries of tours, and the usual memoranda and inventories kept by nineteenth-century housewives.

Dates: 1805-1845.

Notes, memoranda, minutes, reports, quotations, etc of George Combe., 1846-1858.

 File
Identifier: MS.7437
Scope and Contents From the Series:

MSS.7443-7445 are written in German, having been delivered on George Combe's tour in Germany in 1842.

The phrenological reports (MSS.7452-7455) comprise the phrenological measurements of many persons, both well-known and obscure, with reports and descriptions of their mental capabilities and weaknesses.

The papers of Cecilia Combe contain a selection of literary efforts, diaries of tours, and the usual memoranda and inventories kept by nineteenth-century housewives.

Dates: 1846-1858.

Papers, autograph and typescript, of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, chiefly relating to the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37)., Early 20th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.14870(i)-(iv)
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of Professor W J Watson to Dr Edmund Crosby Quiggin, dated 29 November 1919, (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Professor John Fraser to Mrs Quiggin, dated 25 May 1937, (folio 2);(iii) ‘Truagh mo dal re deichlaithibh’, 9 stanzas, (folio 4 recto);(iv) Lists of poems from various sources, (folio 4 verso);(v) Index to the Book of the Dean of Lismore, with transcripts of many minor and miscellaneous items,...
Dates: Early 20th century.

Papers of the Earls of Minto and other members of the family., 1791-1888, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12823-12843
Scope and Contents From the Series:

As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Dates: 1791-1888, undated.

Printed list of Quotations on food and drink., 2006.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13542/113
Scope and Contents From the Series: Most, but not all, of Magnusson's published works are represented. Also included here are the translations that Magnusson undertook on the work of the Icelandic author and Nobel prize winning novelist Halldór Laxness (1902-1998). Material relating to Magnusson's book on Mastermind "I've started so I'll finish" can be found in the Mastermind section.The material includes correspondence relating to book proposals, research notes compiled by Magnusson while working on his books, and...
Dates: 2006.

Quotations from fan letters to Dorothy Dunnett., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12135/1057
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates: Undated.

Working notebooks of William Sharp containing miscellaneous notes., [Before 1906.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8778-8782
Scope and Contents

On the whole, the notebooks were used for quotations from English, Italian, Gaelic and Greek writers, as well as for many Gaelic expressions, customs, etc., which William Sharp evidently considered for possible inclusion in his own writings. The notebooks contain lists and arrangements of stories, poems, etc., as well as outlines and rough drafts of particular works.

Dates: [Before 1906.]