‘Two songs in imitation of the Welch poetry’ by Sir Walter Scott and in his autograph, namely, ‘The Norman Horse-Shoe’ and ‘The Dying Bard’.
File
Identifier: MS.643
Dates
- Creation: [1806.]
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
4 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
ii + 2 folios.
Custodial History
The manuscripts were bought by the National Library of Scotland with the aid of the Reid Fund.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Sotheby’s Sale, 11 November 1930, lot 350.
Bibliography
According to John Gibson Lockhart’s edition of "Scott’s Poetical Works" (Edinburgh, 1857), page 630, the poems were written in 1806 for George Thomson’s Welsh Airs, and are contained in his ‘Select Melodies’, volume i.
- 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
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk