Photographs of five pages of MS. Lat. Q.v.1, 112 in the M E Saltuikov-Shchedrin Library in Saint Petersburg: Hours of Mary, Queen of Scots.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.5.8
Scope and Contents
The manuscript, written and illuminated circa 1430, contains verses in French in Mary`s hand, most of which are reproduced here.
Placed with the photographs is a letter concerning them from Ronald Munro Ferguson to Lord Rosebery, 1903.
Dates
- Creation: Circa 1430.
Language of Materials
French, Middle (circa 1300-1600)
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (i + 5 folios. Quarto.)
Custodial History
The photographs were transferred in 1973 from the Department of Printed Books.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
The verses were published by Prince Alexandre Labanoff in ‘Lettres … de Marie Stuart’ (London, 1844), vii, pages 348-352.
For a description of the manuscript, see “Principaux Manuscrits à peintures ... dans ... l`ancienne Bibliothèque Impériale Publique de Saint-Pétersbourg” by Comte A de Laborde (Paris, 1936), i, pages 63-66.
For a description of the manuscript, see “Principaux Manuscrits à peintures ... dans ... l`ancienne Bibliothèque Impériale Publique de Saint-Pétersbourg” by Comte A de Laborde (Paris, 1936), i, pages 63-66.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 02 10 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
Contact:
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk