Translations. Documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Translated versions of a text.
Found in 546 Collections and/or Records:
Short stories on Icelandic themes., 1959-1960.
File
Identifier: Acc.13542/2
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:
1959-1960.
Single letters, and small collections of letters, from various correspondents.
File
Identifier: MS.5319
Scope and Contents
The contents include:A letter about the Darien Company from the Earl of Cromartie, 1705; A letter from the Earl Marischal to James Francis Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender, 1738; A letter from David Hume about Adam Ferguson, 1772, and translations of two Hume letters, in the hand of the philosopher, Jean le Rond D'Alembert, about the quarrel with Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1766 (see also MS.5722); Letters of Dugald Stewart, many of them to Baron De...
Dates:
18th century-early 19th century.
Sir John Sinclair’s general correspondence on Ossianic and other Gaelic matters during the year 1806.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.2.11
Dates:
1806.
Sketchbook with portraits and scenes from India.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.8289
Scope and Contents
With translation of Indian religious work, including a vocabulary
Dates:
19th century.
Song possibly by Dugald MacNicol, and a Gaelic translation of 'Auld Robin Gray'., 1779, 1816
Item
Identifier: MS.14853
Scope and Contents
A folder containing loose sheets of various sizes as follows:[? MacNicol, Dugald]. Song headed "Oran air fonn 'Moch 'sa mhaddin dé dònah' &c". 4 stanzas of 8 lines and one stanza of 6 lines, in praise of Inveraray and surroundings, beginning 'Coirm na taca sheo 'n uridh / Bha mi mullach Stron Shira'. At head of title: 'O. Island St. Lucia 15 Nov. 1816.' Probabossibly in the hand of Dugald MacNicol, and composed by him. Formerly Acc.2152/5. Folio 1.Letter, 1779,...
Dates:
1779, 1816
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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The MacNicol collection, comprising Gaelic songs and other papers collected by the Reverend Donald MacNicol, minister of Lismore, and his son Dugald MacNicol, with some added papers and listings of later owners and users of the collection.
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Gaelic songs and verse.
Songs collected and arranged by Duncan M Morison, Stornoway.
File
Identifier: MS.14977
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) “Gur fhada ris na dh’fhuirich mi”, 7 stanzas. ‘Lewis Spinning Song’. Also at middle of folio 3 verso (folio 1 recto);(ii) “Dh’fhalbhainn leat do Mhiabhaig an Uig”, 5 stanzas. With English translation in Hector MacIver’s hand (bottom of folio 3 verso) (folio 2 verso);(iii) “Mairi bheag bhan na suidhe air an làr”, 2 stanzas. “Child Bridesmaid’s Plaint” (folio 3 verso);(iv) ‘When Alexander oor King was deid’, 1...
Dates:
1932-1938.
Songs for voice and piano, 1905 and earlier, by Sir John B McEwen (autograph)., 1905, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.6298, folios 15-31
Scope and Contents
The contents include: three settings of Verlaine (translated by Ashmore Wingate), published as ‘Three songs’ (1906); "Love's but a dance" (1906) to words by Austin Dobson; and unpublished settings of poems by Justin McCarthy and Arthur Symons.
Dates:
1905, undated.
'Speculum Sophicum Rhodo-Stauroticum. Hoc est Ampla Declaratio Collegii et Axiomatum illius singulariter illuminatae fraternitatis Roseae Crucis'; a Latin translation of a German work by Theophilus Schweighardt., [1618, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.5774
Scope and Contents
There are diagrams on folios 38-39.
Dates:
[1618, or after.]
“Tam O’ Shanter” by Robert Burns translated into Latin, Edinburgh., 1823.
Item
Identifier: MS.898
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Much of the material was collected by Sir Walter Scott, partly for use in his works; some must have been accumulated by John Gibson Lockhart.
Dates:
1823.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
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Material concerning literary matters, chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
Texts of documents not inserted into the manuscript (Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.14) of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson., 1701-1788.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.3.15-81.3.23
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1701-1788.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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).
The Icelandic Sagas (1999) and (2002)., 1998-2002.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13542/35-82
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:
1998-2002.
`The old and ancient Gothish Sea Lawes made at Wisbuy`.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.6.2.2(iii), folios 27v-33
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The manuscript is in the hand of Robert Mylne, and his initials are recorded on the inside front cover. The latest document is dated 1706, and the manuscript was probably written soon after that date. On the flyleaf a contemporary hand has written `This Book Considering the Valuable Miscellanies therein cannot be sold under ten dollars at least [[ … ]] I.V.G.`
Dates:
16th century-1706.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Volume containing inter alia translations or copies, 1706 or after, of treatises on maritime law, chancery styles, and Crown patrimony, an index to Stair’s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’, and copies of Scottish patents, 16th and 17th century.
The publications of Magnus Magnusson., 1948-2006.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13542/1-185
Scope and Contents
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:
1948-2006.
`The Roman sea lawes Translated from the Corpus Iuris`, extracts on Roman and Rhodian maritime law.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.6.2.2(i), folios 1-20
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The manuscript is in the hand of Robert Mylne, and his initials are recorded on the inside front cover. The latest document is dated 1706, and the manuscript was probably written soon after that date. On the flyleaf a contemporary hand has written `This Book Considering the Valuable Miscellanies therein cannot be sold under ten dollars at least [[ … ]] I.V.G.`
Dates:
16th century-1706.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Volume containing inter alia translations or copies, 1706 or after, of treatises on maritime law, chancery styles, and Crown patrimony, an index to Stair’s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’, and copies of Scottish patents, 16th and 17th century.
`The Roole or Sea Lawes of Oleron.`, 1st half of 17th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.6.2.2(ii), folios 21-27r
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The manuscript is in the hand of Robert Mylne, and his initials are recorded on the inside front cover. The latest document is dated 1706, and the manuscript was probably written soon after that date. On the flyleaf a contemporary hand has written `This Book Considering the Valuable Miscellanies therein cannot be sold under ten dollars at least [[ … ]] I.V.G.`
Dates:
1st half of 17th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Volume containing inter alia translations or copies, 1706 or after, of treatises on maritime law, chancery styles, and Crown patrimony, an index to Stair’s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’, and copies of Scottish patents, 16th and 17th century.
‘The secret history of the revolution in a missive from the Earl of Balcarras to King James the Seventh… att Paris’, 1688-1690.
Item
Identifier: MS.14792
Scope and Contents
On page 117 there is an ‘Elogie upon the Viscount of Dundee by Doctor Pitcairn’ in Latin with an English translation.
Dates:
1688-1690.
Thomas Chaloner, "An Answer to the Scottish Papers", an unpublished Swedish translation.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8153
Dates:
1646.
Three volumes of poems of Alexander Ross, Schoolmaster at Lochlee in Angus, and author of ‘Helinore: the Fortunate Shepherdess’ (Aberdeen, 1768).
Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.3.18A-C
Scope and Contents
The poems are mainly of a religious nature and written in English, with the exception of ‘The Fortunate Shepherd or the Orphan’, which is in Scots.
Dates:
?1753-1782.
Three works of Sir Thomas Craig of Riccarton in a late seventeenth-century hand., [Before 1609.]
File
Identifier: MS.2706
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) 'De Hominio Disputatio Adversus eos Qui Scotiam Feudum Ligium Angliae, Regemque Scotorum eo nomine Hominium Anglo debere asserunt' (folio 1), dated 1697 (folio 121). The first and only publication of the work was the English translation by George Ridpath (London, 1695).(ii) 'De Jure Successionis Regni Angliae', dated 1697 (folio 127). The first and only publication of the work was the English translation by James Gatherer (London,...
Dates:
[Before 1609.]
Transcript by Pier Asdentz of an Italian translation of the philosophical work by the Reverend Father Pier Maria Ferrari: ‘"Introduzione d`Alcinoo Filosofo agli Insegnamenti di Platone". Tradotta dalla Greca favella nella nostra Italiana dal R.P. Pier Maria Ferrari, Genovese delle Scuole Pie, trascritta dall`originale da me. Pier Maria Asdentz, Genova: 1737’.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.2
Scope and Contents
Bound with the transcript is the Greek text ‘Alkinoou Philosophou Eis Ta Ton Platonos Dogmata Eisagoge/Alcinoi Philosophi ad Platonis Dogmata Introductio’, printed in Venice by Aldus, 1521 (folios 56-83 verso). Alcinous, 2nd century AD Middle Platonist philosopher (long misidentified with another Middle Platonist philosopher, Albinus), wrote a handbook of Platonism entitled ‘Didaskalikos ton Platonos dogmaton’ (cf. ‘Alcinoos, Enseignement des Doctrines de Platon’ and ‘Alcinous,...
Dates:
1737.
Transcripts and notes, I, early 20th century, partly typewritten, concerning the ‘Forty-five., 1685-1700, 1745-1747, 1802.
File
Identifier: MS.298
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Memorandum in the handwriting of Murray of Dollerie regarding the fate of his son Anthony, present at the battle of Culloden, 1746. (Folio 1.)(ii) ‘Memorial for the Lord Braco to the Lord Advocate’, 1747. (Folio 4.)(iii) Correspondence of Lord Lewis Gordon and others with Mr Harry Milne, factor to Duff, the Laird of Drummuir, and other documents relating to the payment of levy-money to Prince Charles Edward, 1745-1746....
Dates:
1685-1700, 1745-1747, 1802.
Transcripts and translations, 1776-?1781, of ecclesiastical records of Perth, 1241-1732.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.186-194
Dates:
1241-1732.
Transcripts and translations, 1776-?1781, of ecclesiastical records of Perth, 1241-1732, and an essay entitled `The Superstitions of Perth`, 1788, by the Reverend James Scott, minister of the East Church, Perth.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.13.1.1-13.1.7
Scope and Contents
This is part i of Scott`s transcripts and translations.
Scott`s transcribing work is interspersed with historical notices by him.
Dates:
1241-1732, 1788.
Transcripts, circa 1778, of charters, 1241-1405, relating to the Order Of Preachers (Blackfriars) at Perth, including translations and historical notes, made by the Reverend James Scott., 1241-1405.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.13.1.1
Scope and Contents
The charters, most of which were copied from a still extant 1548 cartulary, were later transliterated more accurately by Scott in a second volume, Adv.MS.13.1.2, hence the dating in the second volume has been preferred.
Dates:
1241-1405.
Transcripts made by the Reverend Dr Thomas Ross (later Minister of Lochbroom) of James Macpherson`s Gaelic manuscripts of the Ossian poems, together with the Latin translation by Robert Macfarlane, made for the edition published by the Highland Society of London in 1807.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.73.4.1-73.4.6
Dates:
3rd quarter of 18th century, 1804, or before.