Translations. Documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Translated versions of a text.
Found in 360 Collections and/or Records:
Notebook containing an apparently unpublished translation of Goethe's ‘Faust’, part I, by William Edmondstoune Aytoun., 1834.
Item
Identifier: MS.4923
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers consist mainly of letters written by authors to Blackwood as their publisher, and by others in search of publication, but they also include some manuscripts and proofs of works considered for publication, together with some papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun and John Wilson ('Christopher North'). Broadly, this is the incoming correspondence of the firm during the nineteenth century. The outgoing correspondence, so far as it is represented by copies in letter-books, etc.,...
Dates:
1834.
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.
Notebook containing copies of letters mainly relating to the Civil War, 1647-1648, with one of 1607, translated by Mr Fogo for Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes., 1647-1648.
Item
Identifier: MS.25377
Scope and Contents
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:
1647-1648.
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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Historical papers: Scotland and Great Britain of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Transcripts of historical documents made for Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
Notebook containing 'Jacomo’ a short story translated from French by William Black., 1857.
Item
Identifier: MS.19644
Notebook containing original poems and verse translations by George Campbell Hay., 1945-1946.
Item
Identifier: MS.14968
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains 39 poems in Gaelic (14), English (14) and Scots (11). These include two further poems on ‘Mochtar is Dubhghall’ (folios 15 recto, 38 verso), and English verse translation of An Ciaran Mabach’s “Nollaig bu ghnàthach air fìon” (folio 25 verso) and English prose translations (published) of two of the poet’s own works (folio 43 verso). Folios 27 verso-37 recto, 38 recto blank.
Dates:
1945-1946.
Notebook containing typescripts of original poems and verse translations by George Campbell Hay., 1943-1945.
Item
Identifier: MS.14967
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains 60 poems in Gaelic (39), French (9), English (9), Italian (2) and Scots (1), together with an unpublished Gaelic verse sequence beginning ‘Mochtar is Dubhghall’ (folio 18 verso); Gaelic translations of Arabic rhymes, sayings and riddles (folio 38 verso; see “O na ceithir Àirdean”, page 65); and lists of poems (folio 41 verso).
Dates:
1943-1945.
Notebook entitled 'A Missellany or Collection of severall things, 1625', containing transcripts, presumably derived from printed editions or, since many were printed after 1625, from manuscript copies., 1625.
File
Identifier: MS.5831
Scope and Contents
The works transcribed are as follows.(i) Anne Boleyn's last letter to Henry VIII. See the 'Harleian Miscellany', volume iii, page 61. (Folio 6.)(ii) The 1st Earl of Salisbury's ‘The state and dignity of a secretary of state's place’. See the 'Harleian Miscellany', volume ii, page 265. (Folio 10.)(iii) Francis Bacon's 'An advertisement, touching the controversies of the Church of England'. See William Rawley, ‘Resuscitatio, or bringing into publick light...
Dates:
1625.
Notebook of Alastair Reid containing drafts of translations of poems in Pablo Neruda's ‘Memorial de Isla Negra'., 1977-1980.
Item
Identifier: MS.27453
Scope and Contents
Two poems, 'Friendly Song' (folio 51) and 'Three in the house writing' (folio 64) do not appear to be by Pablo Neruda.
Dates:
1977-1980.
Notebook of Alexander Fraser Tytler., 4th quarter of 18th century.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11737/3
Scope and Contents
Records an account of a visit to a house of an unidentified lady. Includes sketches of the landscape.
Dates:
4th quarter of 18th century.
Notebook of Alexander Fraser Tytler containing transcriptions of Latin, Greek and English verse., 4th quarter of 18th century.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11737/2
Scope and Contents
Included in the notebook are financial calculations for repairs of buildings. There are several sketches relating to building design.
Dates:
4th quarter of 18th century.
Notebook of Edwin Muir., 1956-1957.
Item
Identifier: MS.19965
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains a draft for the broadcast 'Revisiting Orkney' (folio 1); 'The ballads' published in ‘The New Statesman’, 53 (1957), pages 174-175 (folio 39 verso); reviews of work by Christopher Logue, C A Trypanis and Anna Kavan (folios 55, 96 verso); a translation from Kafka (folio 70 verso); and articles on 'Story and novel' (folio 30), Christopher Logue (folio 53), contemporary poetry (folio 61), ballads (folios 67, 90 verso) and 'The thirties' (folio 87 verso).
Dates:
1956-1957.
Notebook of Evelyn Stewart-Murray containing Gaelic songs and hymns copied from the McLagan collection., 1888.
Item
Identifier: MS.14884
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains an inscription on the first leaf: ‘from the Manuscripts of the late Revd James McLagan Blair Athole; and lent to P.C. [i.e. Paul Cameron?] by his grandson, the Revd L.C. MacLagan Wedderburn F.C. Madderty May 24 1888 P.C. June 26. 1888. E.S.M.’The last two folios are tipped in at the back and probably copied from a different source.The notebook contains the following.(i) James McLagan (?). ‘Failte Adhail’. 12 double quatrains, beginning “'N uair...
Dates:
1888.
Notebook of James Hyman Singer, ‘Burns Singer’, containing chiefly poems., 1958-1961.
Item
Identifier: MS.27433
Scope and Contents
Some of the poems are translations published in ‘Five centuries of Polish poetry’, compiled by J Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer (London, 1960). Others are verses for children translated from German (folio 67). There is also a short reminiscence of Singer's childhood (folio 81).
Dates:
1958-1961.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary manuscripts and correspondence of the poet James Hyman Singer (1928-1964) who wrote under the name 'Burns Singer'.
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Notebooks containing drafts of poems, prose pieces and jottings of James Hyman Singer, ‘Burns Singer’.
Notebook of Sir James Matthew Barrie entitled 'Homework', containing undergraduate notes on Greek grammar., 1879.
Item
Identifier: MS.6649
Scope and Contents
Included is a Greek prose composition (folio 1-3), and a translation of part of book IX of the ‘Iliad’ from line 29 (inverted folio 1-5).
Dates:
1879.
Notebook of William Edmondstoune Aytoun containing three prose translations from German and Latin, part of a political dialogue, various notes and fragments, and forty-four poems., [Circa 1836.]
Item
Identifier: MS.4917
Scope and Contents
Of the poems, the following were published in “Blackwood's Magazine”: a translation of 'The twenty-second book of the Iliad', May 1839 (folio 14); four poems published as 'Ballads from the Romaic', May 1840 (folios 29 verso, 30, 122, 122 verso); 'The burial march of Dundee', April 1843 (folio 110); 'Who'll buy my Cupids', July 1844 (folio 56); a poem published as 'Magus Muir', November 1847 (folio 127); two versions of 'The widow of Glencoe', December 1847 (folios 69, 107); 'Edinburgh after...
Dates:
[Circa 1836.]
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.
Notebook of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, originally labelled on the spine, 'My Barbarossa Succedaneum 1833-1834'., 1833-1834.
Item
Identifier: MS.4915
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains various jottings and quotations, fragments of a verse drama on Richard Coeur de Lion (folios 31 verso, 46) (see also MS. 4916), an early draft of parts of a translation of Goethe's 'Faust' (folios 36-44, 60-98, 100-124, 128-135) (see also MS. 4923), and thirty-one poems. Of the poems, 'Blind old Milton', only part of which is in existence here, was published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, December 1841 (folio 27). The following were published in “Tait's...
Dates:
1833-1834.
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.
Notebook of William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian, containing free translations or paraphrases of 'Hamlet', 'the Aeneid', and 'Die Leiden des Jungen Werthers'., Late 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.5837
Scope and Contents
Contains free translations or paraphrases of 'Hamlet', Act I, Scene 1 (folios 1-8), the 'Aeneid', Book I (folios 83-106 inverted), and Goethe's 'Die Leiden des Jungen Werthers' (folios 9-82).
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Notebook, undated, containing a translation by Lady Anna Maria Elliot of a German play, 'The Birdcage'., Early 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.12838
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Dates:
Early 19th century.
Notebook, undated, of Evelyn Stewart-Murray containing Gaelic grammatical notes, exercises and music., Late 19th century-early 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.14889
Scope and Contents
The grammatical notes and exercises are on folios 1-106, and the music is on folios 107-123.The contents are as follows.(i) Small envelope bearing Evelyn Stewart Murray's address (folio i);(ii) Tale headed ‘An t-seana bhantrach’ (folio 1), and an English translation entitled ‘The poor widow’ (folio 2);(iii) Moral tale headed “Tha irioslachd agus bochdainn a' trearachadh gu neamh” (folio 3) and an English translation, “Humility and poverty lead...
Dates:
Late 19th century-early 20th century.
Notebooks containing draft translations by Charles Scott Moncrieff of ‘The letters of Abelard and Heloise’ and of works by Stendhal and Luigi Pirandello; and reviews and letters., 1924-1925.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20448-20452
Dates:
1924-1925.
Notebooks, notes and translations of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes on the Greek New Testament., [Circa 1759.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25396-25410
Scope and Contents
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.]
Notebooks of George Campbell Hay., [Circa 1938-1983.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26734-26740
Scope and Contents
These notebooks chart George Campbell Hay's return to regular poetic activity. They contain drafts of most of the poems he composed from circa 1975 to 1983, as well as some book reviews, translations and linguistic notes.
Dates:
[Circa 1938-1983.]
Notebooks of William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian., Late 18th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5834-5838
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection consists of manuscripts on a wide variety of subjects, many copied from manuscript or printed works, and chiefly dating from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Among them are some account-books, diaries, and other manuscripts of family interest (including a few concerning the 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, father of the 6th Marchioness of Lothian), but very few letters.
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Notes and drafts of articles and other material of Ruthven Todd., 1965-1975, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26859
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Drafts, 1965, of the article 'Miró in New York: a reminiscence', published in the ‘Malahat Review’ number 1 (1967) pages 77-92 (folio 1). They are followed by a photocopy of a reprint of the article in 1972 (folio 29), and translations of it into Spanish (folio 43);
(ii) Page-proofs of 'Background to a portrait', an article about a portrait of Robert Graves by John Ulbricht, published in the ‘London Magazine’, n.s.6
(February 1967), pages 66-73 (folio...
Dates:
1965-1975, undated.
Notes and drafts of articles, and other papers of Edwin Muir., 1934-1956, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.19662
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Notes for lectures on poetry and the corrected typescript of a lecture, 'Poetry and Criticism', undated. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Notes on ballads, undated. (Folio 39.)
(iii) Book reviews, 1934, 1950. (Folio 43.)
(iv) Corrected typescripts of 'Revisiting Orkney', a broadcast given in 1956. (Folio 45.)
(v) Corrected typescript of chapters 1-3 of ‘The mighland Mystery', an unfinished detective novel. It is written on the back of the typescript of part of Willa and Edwin...
Dates:
1934-1956, undated.
Notes and translations by Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes on the Greek New Testament., [Circa 1759.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25409-25410
Scope and Contents
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.