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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Physical or digital representations of a body of information designed with the capacity to communicate. In its broadest sense, ""documents"" include any item amenable to cataloging and indexing, that is, including nonprint media. For the activity of gathering and recording information, see ""documentation (function)""For specfic types of documents, see concepts under ""document genres."".

Found in 1533 Collections and/or Records:

‘Inventory of the writts of the lands and baronies of Gleneagles & Haldane’ containing in a late eighteenth-century hand transcripts and summaries of charters and other formal documents, and notes of others concerning the Haldane claim to the earldom of Lennox., [?1724, or earlier.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.20002
Scope and Contents The title is given on folio i.The manuscript appears to be a copy, presumably incomplete, for the text breaks off at the top of folio 81 verso, of an ‘Inventar of the writes and evidents of the baronies of Gleneagles and Haldane’ compiled by 1724 ('The Haldanes of Gleneagles’ by J Aylmer L Haldane, page 343). The documents copied are arranged chiefly in chronological order, the first being a charter of King William (which has suffered falsification: see ‘Regesta Regum Scottorum’,...
Dates: [?1724, or earlier.]

‘Kirk manuscripts’, copies of papers on ecclesiastical history, originally marked ‘A’., 17th century-18th century.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.5.8
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) ‘Ane account of the names of the ministers & parishes since the Revolution 1689 distinguishing the Episcopalian from the Presbyterian’. (ii) A transcript of ‘Staggering state of Scotch statesmen’ by John Scott of Scotstarvet. (iii) The Earl of Rothes’ “True relations” a transcript, of about 1700, from MS.34.5.7. This is the manuscript used in the printed edition. (iv) ‘The Reformation of Religion in Scotland, &ce written be that faithful servant and...
Dates: 17th century-18th century.

‘Kirk manuscripts’, copies of papers on ecclesiastical history, originally marked ‘C’., 17th century-18th century.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.5.10
Scope and Contents The contents include the following: (i) The history of the Episcopal See of St. Andrews till 1689, written after 1704; (ii) A transcript of Balcarras’ memoirs; (iii) A collection of papers chiefly concerning the troubles of the Church in the middle of the 17th century; (iv) Copies of sew charters & other writs of subjects in Anstruther; (v) Several papers regarding the death and character of Mr James Melville; (vi) Devotional poetry; (vii) Notes for sermons or lectures; (viii) Religious...
Dates: 17th century-18th century.

‘Kirk manuscripts’, copies of very miscellaneous papers on ecclesiastical history.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.34.5.8-11
Scope and Contents

According to the folio catalogue (F.R.186) the volumes were originally marked ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’.

The description of the manuscripts in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: Jac.5.7.7-10.

Dates: 17th century-18th century.