Translations. Documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Translated versions of a text.
Found in 546 Collections and/or Records:
Illuminated copy by G P Windsor of Sir Walter Scott’s translation of ‘The fire king’.
Item
Identifier: MS.23055
Dates:
1877.
Imperfect copy in a 17th-century hand of John Bellenden`s translation of the ‘Scotorum Historiae’ of Hector Boece.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.4.15
Scope and Contents
This copy lacks folios 2, 3 and 163 (the last), which are supplied in a hand apparently of the 2nd quarter of the 18th century. It appears to have been copied from an earlier manuscript, rather than from the edition which was printed about 1536 in Edinburgh, from which it diverges in a number of places. It is not known who made this copy nor who owned it: what may be `Rob: Innes` has been written in a 17th-century hand at folios 1 and 14 but has been subsequently deleted. The upper corner of...
Dates:
Early 16th century.
Incomplete 'historical account' of Ragunath Rao translated from the Persian, 1807, by James MacNurdo and given a brief introduction, circa 1825, by Alexander Walker., 1807-[circa 1825].
Item
Identifier: MS.13930
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:
1807-[circa 1825].
Incomplete manuscript, "A Gypsy Ballad", translated by George Borrow., 1841, or before.
Item
Identifier: MS.42043
Scope and Contents
The title of the manuscript is taken from the spine of the portfolio in which it is held. The manuscript has a title page, a 20th century addition included when the manuscript was bound in paper covers : "A Gypsy ballad. Translated by George Borrow. Original manuscript".Borrow included a version of this translation of an original Gitano ballad in his work on the Gypsies of Spain, "The Zincali". The translation, "Rhymes of the Gitanos", was published in parallel with the original,...
Dates:
1841, or before.
Incomplete translation, late sixteenth or early seventeenth century, of Adam Blackwood's ‘Martyre de Marie Stuart’, being the manuscript edited for the Maitland Club as ‘History of Mary, Queen of Scots’, by Alexander Macdonald., Late 16th century-early 17th century.
File
Identifier: MS.3148
Scope and Contents
At the end are copies of an instrument of sasine following on a charter of Queen Mary to William Livingstone of Kilsyth, 1564 (folio 66), and of papers relating to Susanna Bruce and Barbara Livingstone, sister-in-law and daughter of William Livingstone of Easter Greenyards, 1629 (folios 67-67 verso), besides another fragmentary legal note, 1629 (folio 68 verso).
Dates:
Late 16th century-early 17th century.
Intercepted letter- and order-books of French generals., 1808-1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.5.20-46.5.23
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.
Dates:
1808-1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
Interleaved copy of ‘Fabularum aesopicarum delectus, cum Rogeri L'Estrange, equitis, interpretatione Anglica, necnon Latina variorum, Horatii, Phaedri, Faerni, &c. In usum studiosae juventutis Academiae Edinensis’ (Edinburgi, apud Jacobum Watson, MDCCX) with manuscript annotations of the first half of the eighteenth century on the interleaves., 1st half of 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.16484
Scope and Contents
The annotations consist of:
(i) Parsing, translation and etymology (all in Latin) of words from the Greek text of fables 1-34, almost identical with the corresponding part of MS.16485 (folios 1-23);
(ii) A writing exercise (folio 24);
(iii) Latin translations of fables 35-36, 38 (folios 24 verso, 27);
(iv) Lists of the sons of Sir James Grant of Grant, the children of Sir James Colquhoun of Luss, and the daughters of Sir James Grant of Grant (folio 26 recto and verso);
(v) A Latin version...
Dates:
1st half of 18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript annotations of the first half of the eighteenth century on interleaved copies of ‘Fabularum aesopicarum delectus, cum Rogeri L'Estrange, equitis, interpretatione Anglica, necnon Latina variorum, Horatii, Phaedri, Faerni, &c. In usum studiosae juventutis Academiae Edinensis’ (Edinburgi, apud Jacobum Watson, MDCCX).
Italian manuscript of Books 1-5 of 'De consolatione philosophiae' by Boethius.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.5.14
Scope and Contents
The text ends on folio 105 verso; on folios 106-107 recto in the same hand is a note 'Ad sciendum de vita et morte Boetii Notandum ...'; folios 107 verso and 108 are blank.The text is written in a round Italian gothic hand. There are initials in red and blue, infilled and framed with red and green, at the beginning of each book (folios 1, 15 verso, 35, 63 verso, 87 verso). There are plain initials (some shaded) at the beginning of each section, alternately red and blue; within...
Dates:
Late 15th century.
Italian or, more correctly, Tuscan version of the commentary on the 1745 Rebellion entitled ‘Caroli Odoardi Stuardii Walliae Principis Expeditio in Scotiam’ written in four books by Giulio Cesare Cordara, Society of Jesus.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.4.18
Scope and Contents
According to the title page (folio 2) this version was made "by the ex-Jesuit NN", but the dedicatory espistle to Francesco Caetani, Duke of Sermoneta, which is dated 1804, is signed presumably by the translator (folio 7) whose name cannot be read with certainty. It is suggested by Sir Bruce Gordon Seton, 9th Baronet, of Abercorn, who published an English translation from this manuscript by Lacy Colleson-Morley for the Scottish History Society in ‘Miscellany of the Scottish History Society’,...
Dates:
1751.
“Johnston’s history of Scotland”, a translation of Buchanan’s History, volume I., Early 17th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.4.2 (1)
Dates:
Early 17th century.
“Johnston’s history of Scotland”, a translation of Buchanan’s History, volume II., Early 17th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.4.2 (2)
Dates:
Early 17th century.
“Johnston’s history of Scotland”, a translation of Buchanan’s History with additions to 1633.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.4.2 (1)-(2)
Dates:
Early 17th century.
Latin translation by Robert Macfarlane, partly in his autograph, of James Macpherson`s Gaelic manuscripts of the Ossian poems., 1804, or before.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.73.4.4-73.4.6
Scope and Contents
There are `Arguments` only to `Cath Loduinn` Book III, `Caomh-mhala` and `Tighmora` Books I-II, IV-VIII.
Dates:
1804, or before.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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.
Latin translation by Robert Macfarlane, partly in his autograph, of James Macpherson`s Gaelic manuscripts of the Ossian poems, volume I., 1804, or before.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.4.4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
There are `Arguments` only to `Cath Loduinn` Book III, `Caomh-mhala` and `Tighmora` Books I-II, IV-VIII.
Dates:
1804, or before.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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.
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Latin translation by Robert Macfarlane, partly in his autograph, of James Macpherson`s Gaelic manuscripts of the Ossian poems.
Latin translation by Robert Macfarlane, partly in his autograph, of James Macpherson`s Gaelic manuscripts of the Ossian poems, volume II., 1804, or before.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.4.5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
There are `Arguments` only to `Cath Loduinn` Book III, `Caomh-mhala` and `Tighmora` Books I-II, IV-VIII.
Dates:
1804, or before.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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.
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Latin translation by Robert Macfarlane, partly in his autograph, of James Macpherson`s Gaelic manuscripts of the Ossian poems.
Latin translation by Robert Macfarlane, partly in his autograph, of James Macpherson`s Gaelic manuscripts of the Ossian poems, volume III., 1804, or before.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.4.6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
There are `Arguments` only to `Cath Loduinn` Book III, `Caomh-mhala` and `Tighmora` Books I-II, IV-VIII.
Dates:
1804, or before.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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.
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Latin translation by Robert Macfarlane, partly in his autograph, of James Macpherson`s Gaelic manuscripts of the Ossian poems.
Latin translation of Hero Mechanicus, ‘Γεωδαισία’, with the commentary of Franciscus Barocius.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.5.9
Scope and Contents
A neat modern copy of ‘Heronis Mechanici liber de geodcesia’.
Dates:
18th century.
Lecture notes and papers of John Stuart Blackie., Mid 19th century-late 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2648
Scope and Contents
The papers concern:
(i) German literature, with translations of German poems and student-songs (folio 1);
(ii) Education (folio 152);
(iii) Language (folio 218).
Dates:
Mid 19th century-late 19th century.
Lectures and papers of John Stuart Blackie on Greek and Latin literature and philosophy., Mid 19th century-late 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2646
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) University lectures and other papers on ancient Greek literature and philosophy (a selection preserved as specimens of John Stuart Blackie's thought and method) (folio 1); with verse translations of Greek and Latin poets (folio 190);
(ii) Papers relating to modern Latin poetry (folio 230);
(iii) Papers relating to modern Greek literature (folio 249) and modern Greece (folio 272).
Dates:
Mid 19th century-late 19th century.
Lectures of William Edmondstoune Aytoun on literature: Greek., [1845-1865.]
File
Identifier: MS.4898
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Two lectures on the 'Age of Homer' (folios 1, 24);
(ii) Two lectures on the 'Age of Greek drama' (folios 47, 76); with a translation from the "'Agamemnon' of Aeschylus" (folio 100).
Dates:
[1845-1865.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.
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Lectures delivered by William Edmondstoune Aytoun.
Letter, 23 November 1590, signed by Sophia, Queen of Denmark, to the 1st Lord Thirlestane, Lord High Chancellor of Scotland, concerning Thirlestane' services to her daughter, Anne, Queen Consort of James VI of Scotland, with a twentieth-century typed translation of, and commentary concerning, the document., 1590, 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.13500, folios 7-12
Dates:
1590, 20th century.
Letter- and order-book of Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Duke of Dalmatia, as general commanding the second corps of the army in Spain, 13 March-11 May 1809., 1809.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.5.22
Scope and Contents
The volume contains copies of Soult’s letters (folios 1-44) and orders (folios 73-117), and a translation of a letter of Admiral Sir George Berkeley (folio 45); folios 46-71 and 118-121 are blank. Loosely enclosed at the back of the volume are a blank printed form designed for listing returns of troops (folio 122) and an unused sheet of Soult`s notepaper (folio 134); a lodging note is pasted inside the back cover (folio 136).
Dates:
1809.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
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Intercepted letter- and order-books of French generals.
Letter-book containing English translations of letters to the Governor-General., 1807.
Item
Identifier: MS.11571
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1807.
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 Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Letter-books containing English translations of the Persian correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General, chiefly with Indian and other Eastern princes, notables and various petitioners.
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Letter-books containing English translations of Persian correspondence of the Governor-General, with abstracts of incoming letters.
Letter-book containing English translations of letters to the Governor-General., January-June 1808.
Item
Identifier: MS.11574
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
January-June 1808.
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 Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Letter-books containing English translations of the Persian correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General, chiefly with Indian and other Eastern princes, notables and various petitioners.
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Letter-books containing English translations of Persian correspondence of the Governor-General.
Letter-book containing English translations of letters to the Governor-General., July-December 1808.
Item
Identifier: MS.11575
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
July-December 1808.
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 Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Letter-books containing English translations of the Persian correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General, chiefly with Indian and other Eastern princes, notables and various petitioners.
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Letter-books containing English translations of Persian correspondence of the Governor-General.