Translations. Documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Translated versions of a text.
Found in 546 Collections and/or Records:
Translation, 17th century, of ‘Vita del gloriosissimo Papa Pio Quinto’ by Giovanni Girolamo Catena., 1587.
Item
Identifier: MS.5738
Scope and Contents
The translator is Richard Betts, described on page ix as 'Doct[or] in Devinitie and Rector of Tredington'.
Dates:
1587.
Translation by Archibald Fletcher, Lord Milton's son, of Virgil, ‘Aeneid’, book 1, verses 401-756., 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.17792
Scope and Contents
The translation is headed 'The Continuation of the first book of the Aenieds [sic]'. The translator's signature is on folio 1. The translation is on each recto, with occasional vocabulary notes on the facing verso.
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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Academic and literary papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
Translation by John Purves of book IX of the ‘Iliad’, with other notes on early English literature., 1897.
Item
Identifier: MS.15571
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the notebooks contain notes on a variety of subjects, only the more important of which are mentioned in descriptions.
Dates:
1897.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves containing notes on English language and literature.
Translation by John Purves of ‘Trionfi’ by Petrarch, and notes on Fowler’s translation., [?1940-?1959.]
Item
Identifier: MSS.15733-15735
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The notes dated from the appointment of John Purves as lecturer in Italian at Edinburgh University in 1920.
Dates:
[?1940-?1959.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves concerning Italian literature.
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Notebooks, undated, possibly belonging to the period 1940-1959.
Translation by John Purves of ‘Trionfi’ by Petrarch, and notes on Fowler’s translation., [?1940-?1959.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15733
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The notes dated from the appointment of John Purves as lecturer in Italian at Edinburgh University in 1920.
Dates:
[?1940-?1959.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves concerning Italian literature.
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Notebooks, undated, possibly belonging to the period 1940-1959.
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Translation by John Purves of ‘Trionfi’ by Petrarch, and notes on Fowler’s translation.
Translation by John Purves of ‘Trionfi’ by Petrarch, and notes on Fowler’s translation., [?1940-?1959.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15734
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The notes dated from the appointment of John Purves as lecturer in Italian at Edinburgh University in 1920.
Dates:
[?1940-?1959.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves concerning Italian literature.
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Notebooks, undated, possibly belonging to the period 1940-1959.
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Translation by John Purves of ‘Trionfi’ by Petrarch, and notes on Fowler’s translation.
Translation by Spring Macky of ‘Versuche und Muster...Papier zu machen’ by Jacob Christian Schaeffer, volumes 1-5.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.1.5A-B
Scope and Contents
Parts of the translation are in another hand of the 18th century.
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Translation by Spring Macky of ‘Versuche und Muster...Papier zu machen’ by Jacob Christian Schaeffer, volumes 1 and 3., Late 18th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.1.5A
Scope and Contents
The last leaf of volume 1 is missing, and the end of the preface to volume 3 is in Adv.MS.23.1.5B, folios 105-106.
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Translation by Spring Macky of ‘Versuche und Muster...Papier zu machen’ by Jacob Christian Schaeffer, volumes 2, 4 and 5., Late 18th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.1.5B
Scope and Contents
Inserted at the end (folio 104) is a letter from the translator.
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Translation by Thomas Cochrane of ‘Cotispectus medicinae theoreticae’ by James Gregory.
Item
Identifier: MS.9737
Scope and Contents
The edition used was probably the sixth, published in Edinburgh in 1818, but the translation omits James Gregory's preface. The manuscript also includes translations of short passages from Homer, Xenophon, and Virgil (folios 3-23). Thomas Cochrane appears to have been a pupil at Oakham House School, near Dudley.
Dates:
1832-1833.
Translation, circa 1805, of ‘History of Gujarat’ by Ali Mohammed Khan, made by S A Greenwood and with an introduction by Alexander Walker., [Circa 1805.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13916
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
[Circa 1805.]
Translation from Persian of the ‘Akbarnama’, made by James MacMurdo; and edited fair copies thereof., 1806-1827.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13911-13913
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1806-1827.
Translation from Persian of the ‘Akbarnama’, made by James MacMurdo at Baroda in 1806, with a revision by Greenwood, and subsequently introduced by Alexander Walker in 1827., 1806-1827.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.13911 [1]-[2]
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1806-1827.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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Translation from Persian of the ‘Akbarnama’, made by James MacMurdo; and edited fair copies thereof.
Translation from Persian of the ‘Akbarnama’, made by James MacMurdo at Baroda in 1806, with a revision by Greenwood, and subsequently introduced by Alexander Walker in 1827., 1806-1827.
Item
Identifier: MS.13911 [1]
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1806-1827.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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Translation from Persian of the ‘Akbarnama’, made by James MacMurdo; and edited fair copies thereof.
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Translation from Persian of the ‘Akbarnama’, made by James MacMurdo at Baroda in 1806, with a revision by Greenwood, and subsequently introduced by Alexander Walker in 1827.
Translation from Persian of the ‘Akharnama’, made by James MacMurdo at Baroda in 1806, with a revision by Greenwood, and subsequently introduced by Alexander Walker in 1827., 1806-1827.
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Identifier: MS.13911 [2]
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1806-1827.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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Translation from Persian of the ‘Akbarnama’, made by James MacMurdo; and edited fair copies thereof.
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Translation from Persian of the ‘Akbarnama’, made by James MacMurdo at Baroda in 1806, with a revision by Greenwood, and subsequently introduced by Alexander Walker in 1827.
Translation from the first book of Caesar’s Civil War., Mid 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/368
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
Mid 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Forbes Family Notebooks.
Translation into Efik of 'It is I' by Christopher Newman Hall., [1849, or after.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8950-8951
Translation into Efik of 'It is I' by Christopher Newman Hall, volume I., [1849, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.8950
Dates:
[1849, or after.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches.
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Foreign Mission records of the United Presbyterian Church.
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Papers relating to William Anderson, missionary in Jamaica and Calabar.
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Translation into Efik of 'It is I' by Christopher Newman Hall.
Translation into Efik of 'It is I' by Christopher Newman Hall, volume II., [1849, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.8951
Dates:
[1849, or after.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches.
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Foreign Mission records of the United Presbyterian Church.
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Papers relating to William Anderson, missionary in Jamaica and Calabar.
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Translation into Efik of 'It is I' by Christopher Newman Hall.
Translation into English by Thomas Ross (later the Reverend Dr Thomas Ross of Lochbroom) of parts of James Macpherson’s concocted originals as published in Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.4
Scope and Contents
Copious notes face part of the text, beginning at verso of folio xiii and ending at folio 33 verso. Thomas Ross submitted at least part of the manuscript to the Highland Society of London (see his letter to their secretary, folio iii). His hand was similar to Ewen MacLachlan’s, and in notes at folio 24 verso Sir John Sinclair attributes his work on ‘Temora’ to the latter.
The manuscript is watermarked 1804.The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of the Reverend W...
Dates:
1807-1809, 1894, undated.
Translation into English of Ailein Friseal`s book `Eachunn nan Cath` (Glasgow: Gairm, 1979) by Andrew Purves.
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Identifier: Acc.13597
Scope and Contents
Contains:
Acc.13597/1: an A4 notepad in which the translation covers 143 + [2] pages;
Acc.13597/2: a copy of `Eachunn nan Cath` (Glasgow: Gairm, 1979) by Ailean Friseal / Allan Henry Hector Fraser.
Dates:
1988
Translation into English of 'The Mattins and Laudes for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in Holy Week' (those for Saturday are missing) with a 'Dedicatory Epistle to y[e] Queen of France' signed 'J.N.C.', Late 17th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.2765
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Many of the manuscripts contain notes, indexes, etc., by George Neilson.
Dates:
Late 17th century.
Translation into English of the Welsh preface in ‘Archaeologia Britannica’, volume 1, Glossography, by Edward Lhuyd.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.6.9
Dates:
18th century.
Translation into Gaelic, in an early seventeenth-century hand, of 'Lilium medicinæ' of Bernard de Gordon of Montpellier., [1574, or before]-1784.
Item
Identifier: MS.2076
Scope and Contents
The 'Lilium' is followed by Rémacle Fuchs's ten tables of common prescriptions (folio 342) and a portion of Gordon's ‘De decem ingeniis curandorum morborum’ (folio 352).The margins bear relevant notes in Gaelic and Latin in various hands; on folio 338 verso are pious sentences in English; the date 1702 appears on folio 94. There are notes of the Earl of Buchan on folios i, iii verso.The manuscript is incomplete at the end and the last leaves are much broken; otherwise...
Dates:
[1574, or before]-1784.
Translation into Latin by Alexander Ross of ‘The genealogie and pedigree of the most ancient and noble family of the Earles of Sutherland’ by Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.1.6
Dates:
1631.