‘Diary of a journey to Dreden &c 1654-64’.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Diary of a person who accompanied an embassy from the Crown Prince of Saxony from the Weimar by Jena, Eisenberg, etc. to Dresden and back.
(ii) Diary of a journey to Attenburg to the baptism of a child of the Crown Prince of Saxony
(iii) Diary of a residence at the Court of Vienna; where there occur descriptions of the Government, the arrivals, receptions and audiences of various ambassadors and distinguished persons, accounts of the Imperial Army, etc. with all the transactions of the Court from 1659 to 1660.
The whole diary extends from March 1654 to April 1664.
Dates
- Creation: 1654-1664.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
383 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
German
Arrangement
383 folios.
Other Finding Aids
The description is partly based on the “Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Advocates’ Library. III. History” (F.R.186).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Genre / Form
- 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
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk