Summaries.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Brief statements condensing substansive points in a longer document.
Found in 245 Collections and/or Records:
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Jenkins, R. to Jennings, J., 1818-1911.
File
Identifier: MS.40614
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Jenkins, Robert Charles.Letter, 1895, of Robert Charles Jenkins to John Murray IV. Folios 1-2.Jenkins, Walter Herbert.Letter, 1909, of Walter Herbert Jenkins to John Murray IV. Folios 3-4.Jenkins, William.Letter, 1830, of William Jenkins to Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy. Folios 5-6.Jenkinson, Eleanor Louisa....
Dates:
1818-1911.
Lists of members of Parliament, and of the parliamentary constituencies in 1783., 1783.
File
Identifier: MS.63B
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) A list of members of the ‘Present’ Parliament, indicating those ‘ab[road]’, ‘Cant attend’, ‘P[ro]’, ‘H[opeful]’, ‘D[oubtful]’, ‘C[ontra]’. It was, ‘apparently prepared in the course of the struggle between the Coalition [of Fox and North] and their opponents in the last weeks of 1783, either just before or just after the accession of Pitt, probably just after’ (‘Parliamentary papers of John Robinson’, page 50, where the lists of members for the...
Dates:
1783.
Manuscript of, and additional material relating to, ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson [of Kinmundy, Sheriff of Forfarshire], Scottish History Society, 1st Series, Volumes 32 (1899), 35 (1899) and 38 (1901).
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.27
Scope and Contents
It was originally Ferguson`s intention to print Dutch text and English translation of all Dutch documents quoted, but this scheme had to be abandoned for reasons of space, and only the English translations were ultimately printed (Volume I, page xxxiii). Before this change of plan, the Dutch texts had been inserted into the appropriate places of the manuscript of Volume I and part of Volume II; the rest are preserved separately, Adv.MSS.81.3.15-81.3.23.Summaries and extracts of...
Dates:
1698-1901.
Manuscript of Ossianic poems written by various anonymous hands from recitation of Archibald Fletcher (born circa 1734), Achallader, Argyll.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.24
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is watermarked 1798, and is described by John Francis Campbell (‘Leabhar na Feine’, page xvi) ‘as genuine a bit of folk lore as any in the world’.Archibald Fletcher’s affidavit, sworn before Archibald Menzies, Justice of the Peace, in Edinburgh, 1801, is printed in the Ossian Report, Appendix, page 270. It lists the tradition-bearers from whom he learned the poems. Menzies states that Fletcher could write his name, but was unable to read the manuscript, which is...
Dates:
[1798, or after.]
Manuscript of the ‘Regiam Maiestatem’, ‘Quoniam attachiamenta’, statutes, burgh laws, ‘De judicibus’, and other smaller legal texts, mostly in Scots, written in the 3rd quarter of the 15th century. Sections (xxv)-(xxvii) are a slightly later addition.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.4.15
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Regiam Maiestatem` in 4 books of 191 continuously numbered chapters (34, 74, 26, and 57 in each book respectively) with table at the beginning (folio 1). The end of chapter 6 to the beginning of chapter 14 is lost. ‘Acts of the Parliament of Scotland’, i, pages 233-277.(ii) `Quoniam attachiamenta` in 61 chapters with table at the beginning (folio 60 verso). Chapters 11-24 are lost. ‘Acts of the Parliament of...
Dates:
14th century-15th century.
Manuscripts relating to Parliament.., 1783.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.63A-B
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains also some copies of replies or of draft replies.
Dates:
1783.
Medical manuscript in Gaelic.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.1.10
Scope and Contents
The text is a commentary on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates. The text-hand, crabbed in appearance, is generically similar to hand 75 of Adv.MS.72.1.2. Capitals are coloured red, but much of the pigment has dissolved and spread. A preliminary sketch has been made for a decorative initial at folio 3 recto. At folio 2 recto the missing matter is supplied in the bottom margin, parts of it two or three times. Here and at folios 2 verso, 3 recto and 5 verso emendations appear in two or three hands...
Dates:
15th Century.
Microfilm of ‘A Perfect Inventor of all the Pious Donations Given to the Kirks and Hospitals in Scotland since the days of K. Iames 1 To the Regne of King Iames the vi. With Additions. Edenburgh Writen 12 novr i702 by R:M:’ (i.e. Robert Mylne).
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.198
Dates:
1st quarter of 15th century-1703.
Microfilm of an early draft of chapter 2 of ‘The wealth of nations’ by Adam Smith, with a summary of chapters 3-5, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.15545 [Mf.MSS.43]
Dates:
[Before 1776.]
Microfilm of an illuminated calligraphic manuscript of Esther Inglis, forming a summary of St Matthew’s Gospel, ‘Argumenta singulorum capitum Evangelii Matthaei Apostoli, per tetrasticha manu Estherae Inglis exarata Londini XXVI Ianuari, 1607’.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1394
Dates:
1607.
Microfilm of duplicate copy of an historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'., [Circa 1805, circa 1825.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2037
Dates:
[Circa 1805, circa 1825.]
Microfilm of four statistical summaries of the counties of Scotland, recording the districts of which each is comprised, the extent in miles (both east—west and north—south), the numbers of parishes and ministers, and the numbers of inhabitants and fighting men in each.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.355
Dates:
[1795, or after]-1st quarter of 19th century.
Microfilm of glossed copy of ‘Tabula super bibliam’ by Johannes Vasco, 1393; and, copies, 1623, by John Wither of English rolls of arms, 13th-15th century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.453
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
‘Tabula super bibliam’. A glossed copy, early 15th century, of a summary of the Bible in Latin verse by Johannes Vasco, Order of Friars Minor, with the explanatory verses which give the date of composition as 1393 (Adv.MS.18.4.2);
Copies, 1623, by John Wither of English rolls of arms, 13th-15 century, mostly from ‘An auntient booke of Armes which Mr Glover Somerset the Harald had of Mr Joseph Holland in Cullers’ (Adv.MS.31.7.10).
Dates:
13th century-15th century.
Microfilm of manuscripts of Alexander Walker intended for publication.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1246-1248
Dates:
1785-[circa 1825.]
Microfilm of original copy of an historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day', being a manuscript of Alexander Walker intended for publication., [Circa 1805, circa 1825.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1248
Dates:
[Circa 1805, circa 1825.]
Microfilm of papers chiefly of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2033-2037
Dates:
1797-[circa 1825].
Miscellaneous 'antique papers'., 1626-1810, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1915
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Modern list of some of the papers and part of a printed sale catalogue (folio 1);(ii) Contemporary copies of the charges brought by John Selden against the Duke of Buckingham, and of the King's explanation delivered by Buckingham, 1626 (folio 5);(iii) Memorandum, circa 1635, arguing the complicity of the Marquess of Huntly, James Gordon of Letterfourie, and Lady Rothiemay (Katherine Gordon) in the harrying of the lands of...
Dates:
1626-1810, undated.
Miscellaneous Dundas estate papers., 16th century-19th century.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.4.1-80.4.16
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers, with some exceptions, have been arranged in the following categories:Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.1.18: Correspondence.80.2.1-80.2.66: Financial papers.80.3.1-80.3.57: Account books.80.4.1-80.4.16: Miscellaneous estate papers.80.5.1-80.5.6: Legal papers.80.6.1-80.6.14: Notes and notebooks of George Dundas of Dundas, Advocate.80.7.1-80.7.14: Miscellaneous papers and books.The main exceptions are...
Dates:
16th century-19th century.
Miscellaneous English financial papers., 1686-1691.
File
Identifier: MS.14630
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Accounts of expenses, 1686, of the Earl and Countess of Roxburghe (folio 1);(ii) Notes to tradesmen, April 1686 (folio 3);(iii) Freight bill, May 1686, for goods from London to Leith (folio 8);(iv) Accounts, October 1689, of furnishings and household goods to be sent to London, or bought or hired in London (folio 9);(v) 'The charge of David Halon book', 1689-1690 (folio 18).(vi) Monthly...
Dates:
1686-1691.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Personal, household and estate accounts of the Hays of Yester.
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Personal and household (Yester, Edinburgh and London) and Yester estates accounts.
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Accounts and related papers of, to or concerning the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, or Jean, Countess of Tweeddale.
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Particular and classified accounts.
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Classified accounts.
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Expenses for travel and residence in England.
Miscellaneous papers of the Elliot family of Minto., 1750-1920.
Series
Identifier: MSS.13415-13420
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1750-1920.
Miscellaneous papers relating to and concerning Council reforms., 1906-1910.
File
Identifier: MS.12621
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Miscellaneous items relating to councils reforms, chiefly official, but including a note of a conversation of Lord Minto with G K Gokhale, 1908, Lord Sinha's speech on entering the Viceroy's Executive Council, 1909, and a plan for the new council chamber in Goverment House, Calcutta, 1910 (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous papers concerning the Council of Native Princes, 1906-1907 (folio 117).
Dates:
1906-1910.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Home Department and related topics.
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Printed summaries of reports, correspondence, and other papers relating to Indian Council reforms.
Notebook containing chiefly sermons and summaries of sermons., 17th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.3160
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains: 'The heads of a sermon called Right Reformation preached by Mr. Dell at a fast befor the Parl of England at Westminster, 1650' (folio 1), and summaries of sermons of Mungo Law (folios 5 verso, 12), Andrew Steuart, perhaps Stewart, Minister of Penninghame (folio 8), and Robert Traill (folio 9). The book also contains a medical recipe and one for making ink (folio 1), and lines of verse beginning, 'Love not the world, the world is vaine' (folio 1 verso).
Dates:
17th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Yule collection, chiefly of Scottish manuscripts of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, but including a Book of Hours and some Persian manuscripts.
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Notebooks in a seventeenth-century hand, apparently compiled by the same person.
Notebook containing (i) `The Religious Houses of the Isle of Wight’ (folio 1), being a copy of chapter vi of ‘The History of the Isle of Wight’, pages 163-183, followed (folio 22) by copies of relevant articles in the Appendix thereto; (ii) a summary of some of the articles in `The Annals of Ireland` which were published as the first part of the Appendix of ‘Britannia’ (folio 53); the edition from which these extracts were made was possibly that of 1789. A leaf is cut out after folio 53., 1781, 1789.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.28
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The notes and extracts appear to have been made between about 1784 and about 1820, but most are undated.
Dates:
1781, 1789.
Notebook labelled on the front cover 'Glengarry accounts' containing summaries., 1861-1879.
Item
Identifier: MS.15160
Scope and Contents
A leaf has been cut out between folios 14 and 15.
Dates:
1861-1879.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Estate books, being a number of partly printed bound volumes relating in various ways to the Ellices’ estates in Glengarry and Glenquoich.
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Estate finance books.
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Summaries of estate accounts.
Notebook of John Burdon-Sanderson labelled 'Programme G & BS Boars Hill Septʳ. 1894' containing a summary of a work provisionally entitled 'The excitatory phenome[na?] of muscle & nerve'., 1894.
Item
Identifier: MS.20507
Scope and Contents
Several of the summaries are written on sheets of paper which have been pasted to the leaves of the notebook.
The volume has been attacked by vermin, but damage to the text is slight.
Dates:
1894.