Poems of --Drummond of Balloch, apparently unpublished.
Scope and Contents
The volume is principally made up of the long poem `Phyllis. In four sections`, but only the first two sections appear. Two other poems, `Riddles` (folio 66 verso) and `Aenigmatum Centuria altera` (folio 78) complete the manuscript.
There is an inscription on the flyleaf: `Conditur exigua Lepidus Ballocus in Urna/ Cui natura parens, sorsque noverca fuit.’
Dates
- Creation: 18th century.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (i + 88 folios. Quarto.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Ex-libris of James Murray (folios 1 and 3). The manuscript was acquired by the Advocates’ Library before 1787.
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.725 (manuscript may not have been filmed in full).
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 13 04 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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