Scottish chartularies and other works transcribed for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane by his earlier copyist in 1742 and 1746.
Scope and Contents
The sources are mainly the original manuscripts then in the Advocates` Library. Only those documents not known from other sources are indexed in detail. The contents are as follows:
(i) `Registra Coenobiorum de Melrose et Balmerino Impensis Walteri McFarlan de eodem Transcripta Anno MDCCXLII`, copied from Adv.MSS.34.4.11, late 13th century (folio 1), and 34.5.3, 14th century (folio 67), with extracts from Richard Augustine Hay on Melrose, 1700-1707, or after (folio 54; from Adv.MS.34.1.8, pages 527-550) and Balmerino (folio 96; from Adv.MS.34.1.8, page 204). A list of the charters is given below (folio 192).
(ii) `Vitae Episcoporum Dunkeldensium et Aberdonensium Una cum Rentali Coenobii de Dunfermlin et Libro Kinlossensi Impensis Walteri MacFarlan de Eodem Transcriptae Anno MDCCXLVI.` This section consists of transcripts of Alexander Mylne`s history of the bishops of Dunkeld, 16th century (folio 104; from Adv.MS.34.5.4), R A Hay on Dunkeld, 1700-1707, or after (folio 127 verso; from Adv.MS.34.1.8, pages 355-373), ‘Episcoporum Murrhlacen̄ and Aberdonen̄ ... Vitae’ by Hector Boece (folio 138; from the copy then in the Advocates` Library, H.34.c.6, identi¬fiable by damage to folio Il), a rental of Dunfermline Abbey, 1595 (folio 170; from Adv.MS.34.2.16, folios 1-13), an index to the volume up to this point, including lists of the charters in section (i) (folio 192), `Vitae abbatum monasterii a Kinloss` by Johannes Ferrerius (folio 198; from ‘Veterum scriptorum ... amplissima collectio’ volume 6, columns 319-327), R A Hay on Kinloss, 1700-1707, or after (folio 203 verso; from Adv.MS.34.1.8, page 507), part of the Chronicle of Holyrood (folio 206; from Henry Wharton, ‘Anglia sacra’, volume 1, pages 160-162), `Vitae abbatum monasterii a Ilinloss` by Johannes Ferrerius (two copies, folios 208, 222; from unidentified manuscripts, neither of which is Adv.MS.35.5.5B), charters of Kinloss (folio 240 verso; `ex autographis pergamenis penes [blank]`; printed from here in ‘Registrum Moraviense’, pages 454-459), charters, mostly royal, concerning Scottish religious houses and bishoprics (folio 244 verso; source unidentified), and charters from the collections of Haddington (folio 272; from Adv.MS.34.2.1) and Stewart (folio 285; from Adv.MS.34.3.11).
Dates
- Creation: Late 13th century-1707, or after.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (vi + 298 folios. Folio.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The original pagination of the volume is:
from the beginning to the rental of Dunfermline, pages 1-366;
the index, pages 1-7;
the first copy of Ferrerius, Hay, and the Chronicle are unpaginated;
the remainder, pages1-170.
Custodial History
The manuscript was bought by the Advocates’ Library in 1783.
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 Originals
Adv.MS.34.5.4.
Adv.MS.34.1.8.
Adv.MS.34.2.16.
Adv.MS.34.2.1.
Adv.MS.34.3.11.
Bibliography
Martene, Edmund. ‘Veterum scriptorum ... amplissima collectio’ (Paris, 1724-1733).
Wharton, Henry. ‘Anglia sacra’ (London, 1691).
‘Registrum Moragiease’ (Bannatyne Club, 1837).
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 07 08 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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