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Annotations.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Notes added as comment or explanation, such as those accompanying an entry in a bibliography, reading list, or catalogue intended to describe, explain, or evaluate the publication referred to.

Found in 581 Collections and/or Records:

Catalogues of art exhibitions annotated by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1960-1974, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26180-26186
Scope and Contents

In some cases, the annotations formed the drafts of his reviews published in the ‘Scotsman’.

Dates: 1960-1974, undated.

Commonplace book in the hand of William Clydesdale., 1823, undated.

 Item
Identifier: MS.2746
Scope and Contents

William Clydesdale was a Glasgow character and a fellow student of Thomas Muir, the political reformer (note inside front cover).

The commonplace book contains satirical, comic, and reflective verses by Clydesdale in Scots and English, some dated 1823, a few anecdotes, and annotations by Peter Mackenzie, author of ‘The life of Thomas Muir’ (Glasgow, 1831).

Dates: 1823, undated.

Copies of Constantinus Harmenopoulos, “Πρόχειρον νόμων” (Paris, 1540), with manuscript notes and annotations by various scholars.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.5.1-Adv.MS.28.5.7
Scope and Contents

Seven copies of “Πρόχειρον νόμων, sive epitome juris civilis" with marginal annotations of collation and correction by various scholars of Esusciluce whose names are noted on each.

Dates: Mid 16th century-18th century.

Copies of George Douglas, ‘The house with the green shutters’ (London, 1902), and Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky ‘The possessed’ (London, 1913), with annotations by John MacDougall Hay., Early 20th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26795-26796
Scope and Contents From the Series:

John MacDougall Hay became minister of Elderslie in 1909, but is best known for his work as a novelist and poet, particularly for his novel 'Gillespie' (London, 1914). He also wrote numerous articles for newspapers and periodicals.

Dates: Early 20th century.

Copy-book and Latin exercises written by John, Robert and William Scott of Gilmanscleuch.

 File
Identifier: MS.5068
Scope and Contents

Comments on the manuscript by Sir J A H Murray are interspersed throughout the volume. Also included is his article, 'Concerning an old copy-book', in 'Leisure Hour', 1 January 1871.

Dates: 1629-1632, [1871, or before].

Copy of ‘A map of the route explored by Captns Speke & Grant from Zanzibar to Egypt….(London, 1863), with ink and pencil annotations by James Augustus Grant., [1863, or after.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.17924
Scope and Contents From the Series: James Augustus Grant joined the Bengal Army in 1848 and was at the siege of Multan, the battle of Gujerat, and the relief of Lucknow. From 1860 to 1863 he was seconded to the Royal Geographical Society's expedition under John Hanning Speke, when the source of the Nile was identified and Uganda and southern Sudan visited. After further service in Kashmir and secondment to Napier's Abyssinian expedition, he retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1868. He was awarded the Gold Medal of...
Dates: [1863, or after.]