Translations. Documents.
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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Translated versions of a text.
Found in 360 Collections and/or Records:
Notes and translations by Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes on the Greek New Testament., [Circa 1759.]
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Identifier: MS.25409
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From the Series:
Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet of Hailes, (1726-1792), was the son of Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes, and Lady Christian Dalrymple, daughter of the 6th Earl of Haddington. Sir David was educated at Eton and entered the Inner Temple in 1742. From 1747-1748 he studied Civil Law at Utrecht, and in 1748 was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. He was raised to the Bench as Lord Hailes in 1766 and appointed a Lord of Justiciary in 1776. In addition to his legal activities, Lord...
Dates:
[Circa 1759.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
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Devotional and theological papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Notebooks, notes and translations of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes on the Greek New Testament.
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Notes and translations by Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes on the Greek New Testament.
Notes and translations by Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes on the Greek New Testament., [Circa 1759.]
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Identifier: MS.25410
Scope and Contents
Included are miscellaneous devotional, theological, and biblical notes.
Dates:
[Circa 1759.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
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Devotional and theological papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Notebooks, notes and translations of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes on the Greek New Testament.
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Notes and translations by Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes on the Greek New Testament.
Notes, drafts, proposals and translations of books of Aonghas Macneacail and others., Circa 1983, 1991, 1993, 1995.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11334/46-49
Dates:
Circa 1983, 1991, 1993, 1995.
Original letters of the Amir of Afghanistan to the 4th Earl of Minto, with translations., 1907-1910.
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Identifier: MS.12749
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From the Series:
Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates:
1907-1910.
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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Correspondence of the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India.
Papers associated with Thomas de Quincey., 1800, 1837.
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Identifier: MS.1006, folios 138-141
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of: copies of a translation of Horace, 'Odes', i. 22, made by Thomas de Quincy at the age of fifteen and his headmaster's attestation regarding it, 1800; and a letter complaining of his treatment of William Roscoe in the 'Edinburgh Magazine', 1837.
Dates:
1800, 1837.
Papers, autograph and typescript, of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, chiefly relating to the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37)., Early 20th century.
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Identifier: MS.14870(i)-(iv)
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of Professor W J Watson to Dr Edmund Crosby Quiggin, dated 29 November 1919, (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Professor John Fraser to Mrs Quiggin, dated 25 May 1937, (folio 2);(iii) ‘Truagh mo dal re deichlaithibh’, 9 stanzas, (folio 4 recto);(iv) Lists of poems from various sources, (folio 4 verso);(v) Index to the Book of the Dean of Lismore, with transcripts of many minor and miscellaneous items,...
Dates:
Early 20th century.
Papers, autograph and typescript, of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, chiefly relating to the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37)., Early 20th century.
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Identifier: MS.14870(i)
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of Professor W J Watson to Dr Edmund Crosby Quiggin, dated 29 November 1919, (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Professor John Fraser to Mrs Quiggin, dated 25 May 1937, (folio 2);(iii) ‘Truagh mo dal re deichlaithibh’, 9 stanzas, (folio 4 recto);(iv) Lists of poems from various sources, (folio 4 verso);(v) Index to the Book of the Dean of Lismore, with transcripts of many minor and miscellaneous items,...
Dates:
Early 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edmund Crosby Quiggin (1875-1920), Munro Lecturer in Celtic, Cambridge University, relating to the preparation of editions of Gaelic texts.
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Papers, autograph and typescript, of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, chiefly relating to the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37).
Papers, autograph and typescript, of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, chiefly relating to the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37)., Early 20th century.
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Identifier: MS.14870(ii)
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of Professor W J Watson to Dr Edmund Crosby Quiggin, dated 29 November 1919, (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Professor John Fraser to Mrs Quiggin, dated 25 May 1937, (folio 2);(iii) ‘Truagh mo dal re deichlaithibh’, 9 stanzas, (folio 4 recto);(iv) Lists of poems from various sources, (folio 4 verso);(v) Index to the Book of the Dean of Lismore, with transcripts of many minor and miscellaneous items,...
Dates:
Early 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edmund Crosby Quiggin (1875-1920), Munro Lecturer in Celtic, Cambridge University, relating to the preparation of editions of Gaelic texts.
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Papers, autograph and typescript, of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, chiefly relating to the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37).
Papers, autograph and typescript, of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, chiefly relating to the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37)., Early 20th century.
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Identifier: MS.14870(iii)
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of Professor W J Watson to Dr Edmund Crosby Quiggin, dated 29 November 1919, (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Professor John Fraser to Mrs Quiggin, dated 25 May 1937, (folio 2);(iii) ‘Truagh mo dal re deichlaithibh’, 9 stanzas, (folio 4 recto);(iv) Lists of poems from various sources, (folio 4 verso);(v) Index to the Book of the Dean of Lismore, with transcripts of many minor and miscellaneous items,...
Dates:
Early 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edmund Crosby Quiggin (1875-1920), Munro Lecturer in Celtic, Cambridge University, relating to the preparation of editions of Gaelic texts.
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Papers, autograph and typescript, of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, chiefly relating to the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37).
Papers, autograph and typescript, of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, chiefly relating to the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37)., Early 20th century.
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Identifier: MS.14870(iv)
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of Professor W J Watson to Dr Edmund Crosby Quiggin, dated 29 November 1919, (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Professor John Fraser to Mrs Quiggin, dated 25 May 1937, (folio 2);(iii) ‘Truagh mo dal re deichlaithibh’, 9 stanzas, (folio 4 recto);(iv) Lists of poems from various sources, (folio 4 verso);(v) Index to the Book of the Dean of Lismore, with transcripts of many minor and miscellaneous items,...
Dates:
Early 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edmund Crosby Quiggin (1875-1920), Munro Lecturer in Celtic, Cambridge University, relating to the preparation of editions of Gaelic texts.
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Papers, autograph and typescript, of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, chiefly relating to the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37).
Papers collected by the Rymour Club, chiefly containing material not printed in the ‘Miscellanea’., ?19th century-?early 20th century.
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Identifier: MS.3768
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Two sets of corrections to T G Stevenson's 'Sempill ballates’, with notes (folio 1);(ii) Popular rhymes (folio 17), with a girls' singing-game (folio 28) and a skipping-rope rhyme (folio 29);(iii) Children's rhymes and a game (folio 30);(iv) Proverbs and sayings (folio 47);(v) Stories (folio 57);(vi) Miscellaneous verse and prose (folio 64), including copies of five poems of Henry Scott...
Dates:
?19th century-?early 20th century.
Papers concerning Magnus Magnusson’s English Translation of Halldór Laxness’s 'World Light'., 1964-1970.
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Identifier: Acc.13542/3
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:
1964-1970.
Papers formerly loosely enclosed in MSS.21072-21095: Diaries of John Chisholm., 1889-1925.
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Identifier: MS.21096
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of diaries of John Chisholm for January-March 1908, December 1908-January 1909, 11 November 1918, and June-September 1925; a translation of Horace, 'Odes' III 30, 1889; a postcard, 1915, of Walwyn Tyson from internment in Germany; a photograph of Jedburgh Abbey; two sketches, one dated 1920; and press cuttings, 1889-1928, chiefly obituaries.
Dates:
1889-1925.
Papers, mostly manuscripts and typescripts, relating to works published by Dionysia Press., 1993-2008.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13010/38-82
Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications., 1592-1594, 1775-1830.
Series
Identifier: MSS.13775-13960
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:
Majority of material found within 1592-1594, 1775-1830.
Papers of and collected by James Dennistoun (including some printed items), together with some correspondence mostly relating to the Scots monasteries at Würzburg and Ratisbon, being materials towards a projected book by Dennistoun on the Scots monasteries in Germany and elsewhere on the Continent (cf. folio 408)., ?1650-1839.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.25
Scope and Contents
The more substantial items include:(i) a copy in the hand of Friar Alan Chisholm of a version brought up to date in 1687 of `Indiculus Monasteriorum Scotorum S. Benedicti Extra Scotiam` by James Brown (see `"Germania Sancta": a seventeenth-century trilogy`, pages 118-140) (folio 1).(ii) two engravings depicting the Scottish Benedictine monastery of St James, Ratisbon, followed by notes by Dennistoun on the library, the funerary monuments, extracts from the necrology,...
Dates:
?1650-1839.
Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, on Greek literature., 1772-?1781, undated.
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Identifier: MS.24511
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Material on the works of Homer, 1779, undated. (Folio 1.) It includes a comparison of the ‘Odyssey’ with Virgil's ‘Aeneid’. (Folio 9.) Monboddo numbers 209, 123-124, 131.
(ii) 'Of the poetry of Plato', 1772. (Folio 26.) Monboddo number 158.
(iii) Papers on the orations of Demosthenes, ?1781, undated. (Folio 37.) They include observations on the Karl of Mansfield’s Latin oration on Demosthenes, which are closely related to a passage in the ‘Origin and progress...
Dates:
1772-?1781, undated.
Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo on theology., 1766-1781, undated.
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Identifier: MS.24527
Scope and Contents
The papers on religion are as follows.
(i) ‘Of the necessity of religion in a nation’, undated. (Folio 1.) Monboddo number 253.
(ii) Two papers on the history of religion from the earliest times to the ancient Greeks, 1766, undated. (Folio 11.) Monboddo numbers 4, 3.
(iii) 'Of natural religion and its progress', undated. (Folio 57.) Monboddo number 9.
(iv) 'An account of the Chaldaeans', 1769. (Folio 73.) A translation from Diodorus Siculus, ‘Bibliotheca historica’, book 2. Monboddo number...
Dates:
1766-1781, undated.
Papers of John Stuart Blackie concerning the Highlands., Mid 19th century-late 19th century.
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Identifier: MS.2647
Scope and Contents
Papers and notes on Gaelic language and literature (a few of the philological notes, preserved as specimens), with examples of poetry. In addition there are translations of Gaelic verse, dramatic dialogues (partly translated from "Caraid nan Gáidheal") antiquarian matter and items relating to the land question.The contents are as follows.(i) List of Gaelic words and their cognates (folio 1);(ii) Paper on Gaelic literature (folio 22);(iii)...
Dates:
Mid 19th century-late 19th century.
Papers of John Stuart Blackie on classical mythology and literature., 1844-1857, undated.
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Identifier: MS.2654
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Summary of classical mythology, 1844, by John Stuart Blackie for his Aberdeen students (folio 1);(ii) Verse translation of Horace (Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Saeculare), preceded by an introduction on his life and writings; with specimen printed pages, apparently corrected by friends (folio 42);(iii) Latin speech and verse addresses, 1844-1856, to students at Aberdeen and Edinburgh (folio 161);(iv) Other verse,...
Dates:
1844-1857, undated.
Papers of Olive Wyon, of writings and translations., 1929, 1967, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.5261/42-45
Dates:
1929, 1967, undated.
Papers of the family of Fleming on public affairs., 1530-1747, undated.
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Identifier: MS.20774
Scope and Contents
From the 16th century these include papers on the sheriffship of Peebles, the West Marches, and the office of royal usher; from the 17th century, papers on the Civil War and the diplomatic activity of Sir William Fleming; and from the 18th century, translations of letters concerning the Old and Young Pretenders.
Dates:
1530-1747, undated.
Papers of the family of Fleming on public affairs., 1524-1770, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20774-20775
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The family estates of Cumbernauld and Lenzie in East Dunbartonshire extended into the neighbouring parishes of Monkland in Lanarkshire and Dunipace in Stirlingshire. That of Biggar in Lanarkshire included also some lands in Peeblesshire, where the Flemings were in conflict with the Tweedies of Drumelzier. Members of the family were prominent in public affairs in the 16th and 17th centuries, but the later Earls took little part in them. The male line failed in 1747, and the estates passed to...
Dates:
1524-1770, undated.
Papers received by the 1st Earl of Minto during his absence from India on the Java Expedition., 1811.
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Identifier: MS.11620
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Papers relating to claims of the military on Amboina (folio 1);
(ii) Letter of Neil Benjamin Edmondstone, Chief Secretary to Government, to Hugh Hope in Java (folio 116);
(iii) Copy of a dispatch from the Bengal Government to the Court of Directors concerning John Richardson, Political Agent in Bundelkhand, with an excerpt of a private letter from Richardson to the Chief Secretary (folio 121);
(iv) Copy of a dispatch from the Bengal Government to the Court of...
Dates:
1811.
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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Miscellaneous papers of the Bengal Government.
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Papers received by the 1st Earl of Minto during his absence from India on the Java Expedition.
'Papers regarding relations with the neighbouring tribes on the North-West Frontier of India, and the military operations undertaken against them during the year 1897-1898', volume I (London, 1898)., 1898.
Item
Identifier: MS.12604
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates:
1898.
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 Lord Curzon's administration.
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Printed papers relating to relations with North-West Frontier tribes and to military operations there.