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 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

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‘Diplomatum collectio’: copies of Scottish charters, made for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.2.4(i)-(ii)
Scope and Contents

Although lettered as volumes i and ii of the same collection, they are different in layout and character, and are written by different hands. Only those charters the present location of whose originals is unknown are indexed in detail.

Dates: ?12th century-?15th century.

‘Diplomatum collectio’: copies of Scottish charters, made for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane, volume I., ?12th century-?15th century.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.2.4(i)
Scope and Contents

There is no title page, but Macfarlane’s signature appears on the inside front cover. The charters are numbered throughout, and the source of each is indicated accurately. The numbering, dates, and some notes on seals are by Macfarlane him¬self; the text is by his earlier copyist.

Dates: ?12th century-?15th century.

‘Diplomatum collectio’: copies of Scottish charters, made for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane, volume II., ?12th century-?15th century.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.2.4(ii)
Scope and Contents The volume is entitled `Veterum Diplomatum Collectio Partim ex ipsis Autographis Partim ex probatis Apographis Transcripta Vol: II. Impensis Walteri Macfarlane De Eodem MDCCLVIII`, and written by Macfarlane`s later copyist.The transcripts from which Macfarlane had copies made were amongst the papers of Richard Augustine Hay (Adv.MSS.35.4.16-35.4.17) which passed to him after Hay`s death. The contents are: The cartulary of Soutra (folio 1), transcribed from the...
Dates: ?12th century-?15th century.