Yule collection, chiefly of Scottish manuscripts of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, but including a Book of Hours and some Persian manuscripts.
Collection
Identifier: MSS.3134-3185
Scope and Contents
Many of the papers are accompanied by transcripts or summaries by Alexander Macdonald.
Dates
- Creation: 1552-19th century
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
52 Volumes
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Custodial History
A large part of the collection was at one time in the possession of Alexander Macdonald, Keeper of the Register of Deeds and Probate Writs, Edinburgh, or of Thomas Thomson, Deputy Clerk Register.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bequeathed, 1941, by Thomas Yule, Writer to the Signet.
Separated Materials
For formal documents belonging to this collection, see Ch. 2416-2476.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk