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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Translated versions of a text.

Found in 360 Collections and/or Records:

Manuscript of the printed text of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson; Volume I, Division III, introductory narrative (folio 1), sections 1 (folio 15), 2 (folio 50), 3 (folio 153), 4 (folio 198), 5 (folio 231)., 1899, or before.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.3.5

Manuscript of the printed text of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson; Volume I, Division IV, introductory narrative (folio 1), sections 1 (folio 30), 2 (folio 84), 3 (folio 91), 4 (folio 140), 5 (folio 161) and 6 (folio 244)., 1899, or before.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.3.7

Manuscript of the printed text of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson; Volume I, General Introduction (folio 1); Division I, introductory narrative (folio 28), sections 1 (folio 72), 2 (folio 89), 3 (folio 148) and 4 (folio 215)., 1899, or before.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.3.1

Manuscript of the printed text of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson; Volume II, Division II, introductory narrative (folio 1), sections 1 (folio 12), 2 (folio 46), 3 (folio 88) and 4 (folio 194)., 1899, or before.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.3.9

Manuscript of the printed text of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson; Volume II, Division III, introductory narrative (folio 1), sections 1 (folio 15) and 2 (folio 32)., 1899, or before.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.3.10

Manuscript of the printed text of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson; Volume II, Division IV, introductory narrative (folio 1), sections 1 (folio 29) and 2 (folio 121) ., 1899, or before.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.3.12

Manuscript of the printed text of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson; Volume II, Division IV, sections 3 (folio 1), 4 (folio 21), 5 (folio 54) and 6 (folio 88); Appendix I (folio 113) and II (folio 147)., 1899, or before.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.3.13

Manuscript of the printed text of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson; Volume II, General Introduction (folio 1), List showing the Colonels... (folio 35), Note of Appointment of Adjutants... (folio 38); Division I, introductory narrative (folio 45), sections 1 (folio 65), 2 (folio 148) and 3 (folio 202)., 1899, or before.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.3.8

Manuscripts and typescripts of Alastair Reid's translations of poems by Jorge Luis Borges., 1976, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.27457
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscript drafts and typescripts, 1976, undated, of some of the poems in 'The Gold of the Tigers', published as part of ‘The book of sand’ (New York, 1977) (folio 1); (ii) Manuscripts and typescripts of five poems printed in ‘Borges, a reader’, edited by E Rodriguez Monegal and Alastair Reid (New York, 1981) (folio 32); (iii) Drafts of other poems, undated (folio 38).

Dates: 1976, undated.

Manuscripts and typescripts of poems of George Campbell Hay., ?1925-1982.

 File
Identifier: MS.26744
Scope and Contents

The papers include both original work and translations by George Campbell Hay. The earliest poems were transcribed by his mother, who also typed and annotated some of the later ones. As in Hay's notebooks, the dates given are the dates of transcription, which are not always coincidental with the date of composition.

Dates: ?1925-1982.

Manuscripts and typescripts of poems published in Edith Anne Robertson's ‘Translations into the Scots tongue of poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins’., [1968, or before.]

 File
Identifier: MS.26977
Scope and Contents

The papers are arranged in the order of the printed version, but not all the published poems are included. In addition there are versions of Gerard Manley Hopkins' 'In the valley of the Elwy' and 'My own heart let me more have pity on' (folio 152). Most of the typescripts have manuscripts corrections, and some of the poems occur in numerous different versions.

Dates: [1968, or before.]

Manuscripts of Agnes Ethel Mackay., 1940-1946.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26893-26894
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Agnes Mackay was born and educated in Scotland, but spent much of her life in France. During the German Occupation, she lived in St Tropez with her cousin, Marion Melville, and they moved to Paris after the war. Her publications included poetry, biographies of Paul Valery and Arthur Melville, and critical works on art and literature.

Dates: 1940-1946.

Manuscripts of miscellaneous poems and verses by William Edmondstoune Aytoun., 1825-1863.

 File
Identifier: MS.4919
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Originals and copies of verses, 1825-1829, written by William Edmondstoune Aytoun while a schoolboy at Edinburgh Academy, all apparently unpublished. (Folio 1.)(ii) Verse translations from the German of Goethe, presumably compiled by Aytoun for his ‘Poems and ballads of Goethe’ (Edinburgh, 1859) but all, with one exception, apparently unpublished. The titles are: “The shepherd's lament” (or 'Schafers Klagelied', there are two versions...
Dates: 1825-1863.

Manuscripts of various articles and poems by George Carless Swayne., 1884, 1887, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.4879
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Manuscripts, undated, of six apparently unpublished articles, 'War and civilization' (folio 1), 'King Kohl' (folio 28), 'Free trade' (folio 33), "Notes on the Paris 'Salon'" (folio 44), 'Picturesque Switzerland' (folio 53), and 'Gardening as a profession for ladies' (folio 83);(ii) Manuscripts of six apparently unpublished poems: two versions of 'In Leopoldi memoriam', 1884 (folio 90), 'A Tuscan afterglow', 1884 (folio 92), 'A fable for...
Dates: 1884, 1887, undated.

Manuscripts of works and translations by Lord Byron; with some copy in the hands of Lady Byron, Charles Hanson, John Cam Hobhouse, Augusta Leigh, John Murray [II], and Mary Shelley., 1807-1823, undated.

 Item
Identifier: MS.43348
Scope and Contents The manuscripts here have been broadly arranged in chronological order. First lines are given in brackets after the title of the poem. ‘Lord Byron: Complete poetical works’, edited by Jermone McGann, has been used in some of the following descriptions.Corrected manuscript draft of an untitled poem (“As relics left of saints above …”) in the hand of Byron, undated [?1806]: folio 1;Corrected manuscript of ‘Parody on Sir W. Jones’s Translation from Hafiz – “Sweet...
Dates: 1807-1823, undated.

Manuscripts, typescript and proofs of Christopher Murray Grieve, “Hugh MacDiarmid's” translation of Bertolt Brecht's play ‘The threepenny opera’., [1973, or after.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27048-27050
Scope and Contents From the Series: As well as writing books, Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’ was a prolific author of essays and articles and was frequently asked to speak on literary or other topics. He was in the habit of re-using parts of his writings on different occasions, so it is not unusual to find substantial identical passages occurring in different works. Due to the fragmentary nature of some of the material, it is not always evident whether a manuscript was intended for publication or for a talk;...
Dates: [1973, or after.]

Manuscripts, typescripts and a few printed copies of poems of Alastair Reid., 1953-1977, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.27447
Scope and Contents

Some of the poems are preceded by notes about the date, circumstances of writing and publication. There are a few translations from Spanish (folio 90).

Dates: 1953-1977, undated.

Manuscripts, typescripts, letters and other papers of Edith Anne Robertson., 1915-1973, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26984
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscripts and typescripts of poems in English, undated (folio 1). Some were published in ‘Forest voices’. (ii) Manuscripts and typescripts of poems in Scots, 1969-1970, undated (folio l5). They include translations from Blake, T S Eliot and C Day Lewis. (iii) Corrected typescripts of short stories, undated (folio 87); (iv) Letters to Edith Anne Robertson about her work, 1915-1973, undated (folio 93); (v) Printed articles and newspaper cuttings, ?1916-1973...
Dates: 1915-1973, undated.