Translations. Documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Translated versions of a text.
Found in 360 Collections and/or Records:
'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 II (London, 1898)., 1898.
Item
Identifier: MS.12605
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.
Papers relating to 'Doctors of philosophy', by Muriel Spark., [Circa 1964]-1966, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10989/75-79
Dates:
[Circa 1964]-1966, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers of Muriel Spark, containing manuscripts, research material for critical works, and papers concerning her autobiography, 'Curriculum vitae'.
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Literary papers of Muriel Spark, containing works of prose, poetry and drama.
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Playscripts of Muriel Spark.
Papers relating to William Anderson, missionary in Jamaica and Calabar., 1841-1893.
Series
Identifier: MSS.8943-8951
Papers, undated, of Hugh Dalrymple Murray Kynynmound concerning classics and literature., Early 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.12811
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Notes and translations from, and critical essays concerning, the works of Horace (folio 1);
(ii) 'Apology for Numa, Horace & Virgil' (folio 71);
(iii) 'History of Patrician desertations' (folio 91);
(iv) 'The Compendious Orator' (folio 95);
(v) 'Dennis Bond from the banks of Phlegethon to the Club on the banks of the Thames' (folio 105);
(vi) 'The History of Robin Slip-String the Schoolmaster of Goatham' (folio 116);
(vii) 'Rory Dall, a burlesque' (folio...
Dates:
Early 18th century.
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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Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family.
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Literary papers, apparently of Hugh Dalrymple Murray Kynynmound of Melgund and Kynynmound (died 1741), Advocate, second son of Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, of Hailes, and father-in-law of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet of Minto.
Papers, undated, of Hugh Dalrymple Murray Kynynmound concerning religion and ecclesiastical affairs., Early 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.12812
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Dialogue between Eulalius, Callicles and Sosilaus (folio 1);
(ii) Dialogue between Bezites and Alciphron (folio 59);
(iii) Dialogue between Mr Cleanpaper, Father Blindly and others (folio 69);
(iv) Dialogue between Dr Middleway, Father Blindly and others (folio 91);
(v) Dialogue between H and B concerning the trial and resurrection of Jesus (folio 03);
(vi) Dialogue between Philanthrope, Pinnacle, Soliman and others (folio 113);
(vii) "The plain man's...
Dates:
Early 18th century.
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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Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family.
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Literary papers, apparently of Hugh Dalrymple Murray Kynynmound of Melgund and Kynynmound (died 1741), Advocate, second son of Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, of Hailes, and father-in-law of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet of Minto.
Papers, undated, of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, on Greek literature., Mid 18th century-late 18th century.
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Identifier: MS.24512
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) A comparison of Homer and Virgil by Matthew Raper, undated. (Folio 1.) Monboddo number 210.
(ii) Translations from Cicero's works, undated. (Folio 3.) They include an unidentified dialogue on wisdom. Monboddo number 204.
(iii) Papers on the philosophical works of the Earl of Shaftesbury, 1783, undated. (Folio 13.) That on the ‘Rhapsody’ is related to the ‘Origin and progress of language iv, pages 344-367. Monboddo numbers 267, 272.
(iv) 'Aedes...
Dates:
Mid 18th century-late 18th century.
Photocopies and typescripts of 'Les adieux de la Grande-Duchesse', by Bernard Da Costa., Undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11443/65-66
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes prompt scripts, scripts of unperformed plays, production photography and press cuttings.
Dates:
Undated.
Photocopies of a statement, 1890, by Saleh bin Osman, translated by E J Glave; and of two letters, 1890, of Glave to H M Stanley concerning the 'Rear column' of Stanley's Emin Pasha Relief Expedition., 1890.
File
Identifier: MS.20311, folios 282-317
Photograph, ?1930, of a page of the 'Codex Argenteus', 6th century, Bishop Ulphilas’ translation of the Gospels into Mæso-Gothic., 6th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.573, folio 11
Dates:
6th century.
Photograph of a letter of Giuseppe Indelicato to Sir Walter Scott regarding his Italian translation of ‘The lady of the lake’, with a translation of the letter., 1825.
File
Identifier: MS.3109, folios 116-121
Dates:
1825.
Photostat of 'Otho of Wittelsbach, a Tragedy', a translation of Ritter von Steinsberg's adaptation of Joseph Marius Babo's ‘Otto von Wittelsbach’ by Sir Walter Scott., 1796-1797.
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Identifier: MS.2230
Photostat of 'The Wards', a translation of August Wilhelm Iffland's ‘Die Mündel’ by Sir Walter Scott., 1796.
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Identifier: MS.2229
Photostat of 'Wolfred of Stromberg. A Drama of Chivalry', a translation of Jakob Maier's ‘Fust von Stromberg’ by Sir Walter Scott., 1797.
Item
Identifier: MS.2231
Poems and other works, chiefly of William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort to James IV., Late 16th century-mid 17th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2065
Scope and Contents
The volume contains 'Verces writen by sundrie hands' according to a note, 1655, of Sir William Drummond (folio 1). In addition to the poems of William Fowler, which are the majority, and some addressed to him, which are printed with his ‘Works’ (1914), the volume contains “Earle of Ancram's Psalmes”, in the poet William Drummond's hand (folio 50); Fowler's translation of Machiavelli's dedication of the Prince, with a draft of Fowler's dedication to the Laird of Buccleuch (folio 147); and...
Dates:
Late 16th century-mid 17th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Hawthornden Manuscripts: original papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort of James VI.
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Manuscripts of William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort of James VI.
Poems of Boris Pasternak translated into English and Italian by John Purves., [Circa 1957-1959.]
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Identifier: MS.15621
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The exercise books contain notes from published critical works on, and extracts from, contemporary literature, chiefly English poetry.
Dates:
[Circa 1957-1959.]
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 chiefly of John Purves containing notes on English language and literature.
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Exercise books of John Purves, chiefly undated but belonging to the period circa 1957-1959.
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Poems of Boris Pasternak translated into English and Italian by John Purves, with notes on the author.
Poems of Boris Pasternak translated into English and Italian by John Purves, with notes on the author., [Circa 1957-1959.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15620-15621
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The exercise books contain notes from published critical works on, and extracts from, contemporary literature, chiefly English poetry.
Dates:
[Circa 1957-1959.]
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 chiefly of John Purves containing notes on English language and literature.
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Exercise books of John Purves, chiefly undated but belonging to the period circa 1957-1959.
Poems of Boris Pasternak translated into English and Italian by John Purves; with notes on the author., [Circa 1957-1959.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15620
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The exercise books contain notes from published critical works on, and extracts from, contemporary literature, chiefly English poetry.
Dates:
[Circa 1957-1959.]
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 chiefly of John Purves containing notes on English language and literature.
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Exercise books of John Purves, chiefly undated but belonging to the period circa 1957-1959.
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Poems of Boris Pasternak translated into English and Italian by John Purves, with notes on the author.
Poems of George Sutherland Fraser, with other poems translated by Fraser., Undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.4681/1-7
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Comprising typescript versions of poems and typescripts of lectures and broadcast talks, with selection of literary correspondence.
Dates:
Undated.
Poetry of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., [1925, or before]-[1978, or before], undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27001-27033
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poetry and prose works, including books, articles, lectures and notes. Much of the material is fragmentary, and some was reworked or copied by Hugh MacDiarmid at a later date.
Dates:
[1925, or before]-[1978, or before], undated.
Poetry worksheets of Tom Pow, and translations from Washington Delgado, a Peruvian poet., 1969-1996, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12233/52-60
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Literary papers, 1969-2003, of Tom Pow (b. 1950), poet and lecturer in Creative and Cultural Studies at Glasgow University's Chrichton Campus. This collection includes papers relating to the following published works: 'Rough seas' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1987); 'The moth trap' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1990); 'In the palace of serpents' (Edinburgh, Canongate, 1992); 'Shouting it out' (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1995), edited by Tom Pow; and 'Red letter day' (Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe,...
Dates:
1969-1996, undated.
Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic, with a literal translation into Latin’, largely in the hand of Robert Macfarlan, schoolmaster at Walthamstow., [1796, or after], 1798.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.73.4.4-73.4.6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Gaelic text is in the hand of the Reverend Dr Thomas Ross of Lochbroom (1768-1843), then a tutor in Edinburgh. It is his adaptation (into the orthography of the Gaelic Bible) of the manuscripts left by James Macpherson in 1796 as the ‘originals’ of his ‘translations’ of Ossian’s poems. These were written partly by Macpherson, partly by another hand (Adv.MSS.72.3.11, folio 50 verso; 72.3.13, folio 80 recto). They are now lost. Sinclair describes the circumstances of the work in ‘Poems of...
Dates:
[1796, or after], 1798.
Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic, with a literal translation into Latin’, largely in the hand of Robert Macfarlan: volume 1., [1796 or after.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.4.4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Gaelic text is in the hand of the Reverend Dr Thomas Ross of Lochbroom (1768-1843), then a tutor in Edinburgh. It is his adaptation (into the orthography of the Gaelic Bible) of the manuscripts left by James Macpherson in 1796 as the ‘originals’ of his ‘translations’ of Ossian’s poems. These were written partly by Macpherson, partly by another hand (Adv.MSS.72.3.11, folio 50 verso; 72.3.13, folio 80 recto). They are now lost. Sinclair describes the circumstances of the work in ‘Poems of...
Dates:
[1796 or after.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’, the Gaelic and Latin each divided into three volumes as printed.
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Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic, with a literal translation into Latin’, largely in the hand of Robert Macfarlan, schoolmaster at Walthamstow.
Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic, with a literal translation into Latin’, largely in the hand of Robert Macfarlan: volume 2., 1798.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.73.4.5
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is watermarked 1795-1799. It is dated (folio 24 verso) 1798.
Dates:
1798.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’, the Gaelic and Latin each divided into three volumes as printed.
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Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic, with a literal translation into Latin’, largely in the hand of Robert Macfarlan, schoolmaster at Walthamstow.
Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic, with a literal translation into Latin’, largely in the hand of Robert Macfarlan: volume 3., ?1798.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.4.6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Gaelic text is in the hand of the Reverend Dr Thomas Ross of Lochbroom (1768-1843), then a tutor in Edinburgh. It is his adaptation (into the orthography of the Gaelic Bible) of the manuscripts left by James Macpherson in 1796 as the ‘originals’ of his ‘translations’ of Ossian’s poems. These were written partly by Macpherson, partly by another hand (Adv.MSS.72.3.11, folio 50 verso; 72.3.13, folio 80 recto). They are now lost. Sinclair describes the circumstances of the work in ‘Poems of...
Dates:
?1798.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’, the Gaelic and Latin each divided into three volumes as printed.
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Printer’s copy of the text of Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic, with a literal translation into Latin’, largely in the hand of Robert Macfarlan, schoolmaster at Walthamstow.
Proses for translation for intermediate honours, with additional notes on Scottish periodical journals of the 18th century., [1932-1933.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15675
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:
[1932-1933.]
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.