‘The coates armoriall of severall knights and gentlemen as they are matriculat in the New Register of Armes in the Lyon Office` by Robert Mylne. Followed (folio 204) by `The blazons of the Royall Burghs in Scotland`, also taken from the Lyon Register.
Scope and Contents
A number of the entries include the date (1692 or later) on which they were extracted from the Register, and some have additional information probably supplied by Mylne. There are some notes (folio ii) in 19th-century hands, including a list of officials of the Lyon Court.
Dates
- Creation: 1711.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (iii + 207 folios. Octavo.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The volume has been misbound; folios 200-202 should follow folio 204.
Custodial History
Bookplate of Sir James William Mitchell, Rothesay Herald, who in 1881 sold the manuscript to Stephen Tucker, Somerset Herald. In 1817 it may have been in the hands of David Laing.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilm available: Mf.Sec.MSS.29.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 27 01 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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