Excerpts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Portions of a larger work, such as a literary work or motion picture, reproduced or excised without further change from their original context.
Found in 683 Collections and/or Records:
Extracts transcribed, 1774-1775, from Perth Kirk Session records, 1577-1624, 1631-1637, and from the Presbytery of Perth, 1624-1631, by the Reverend James Scott, with historical notes and explanations by him., 1577-1637.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.31.1.1-31.1.1A
Dates:
1577-1637.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Transcripts, 1774-?1788, of ecclesiastical records of Perth, 1560-1668, made by the Reverend James Scott, minister of the East Church, Perth, and a copy in his possession, 1784, of the ‘History of the united Parishes of Monivaird and Strowan’ compiled, circa 1774, by James Porteous of Dalvich, Minister of Monzievaird and Strowan.
Extracts transcribed, 1775, from Perth Kirk Session records, 1620-1624, 1631-1637, and from the Presbytery of Perth, 1624-1631, by the Reverend James Scott, with historical notes and explanations by him., 1620-1637.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.1.1A
Scope and Contents
The volume includes detailed notes upon both witchcraft (folio 99 verso) and floods in Perth (folio 24).
Dates:
1620-1637.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Transcripts, 1774-?1788, of ecclesiastical records of Perth, 1560-1668, made by the Reverend James Scott, minister of the East Church, Perth, and a copy in his possession, 1784, of the ‘History of the united Parishes of Monivaird and Strowan’ compiled, circa 1774, by James Porteous of Dalvich, Minister of Monzievaird and Strowan.
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Extracts transcribed, 1774-1775, from Perth Kirk Session records, 1577-1624, 1631-1637, and from the Presbytery of Perth, 1624-1631, by the Reverend James Scott, with historical notes and explanations by him.
Extracts, undated, from the ‘Cape monthly magazine’, 1857-1862., 1857-1862.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15798-15799
Dates:
1857-1862.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves containing material on South African literature.
Extracts, undated, from works by Charles Nodier., 1822, 1829.
Item
Identifier: MS.15809
Dates:
1822, 1829.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves containing material on French literature.
Fair copy of `Diplomatum veterum collectio`, being Richard Augustine Hay`s transcripts of charters and other formal documents contained in cartularies of mediaeval Scottish religious houses and the archives of the city of Edinburgh, volume 1., 1686-1689.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.1.10(i)
Scope and Contents
The volume contains transcripts of documents from various sources, including: the cartulary of St Mary`s Abbey, Newbattle (Adv.MS.34.4.13), in a different arrangement (folio 15); charters of Holyroodhouse, apparently from an unknown source (folio 152); these transcripts were used in ‘Liber Cartarum Sancte Crucis’, those at folios 154 verso-162 verso being printed (in a different order) at pages xvi-xli (passim) of the preface. Some (folios 158-159) are also printed in...
Dates:
1686-1689.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Fair copy of `Diplomatum veterum collectio`, being Richard Augustine Hay`s transcripts of charters and other formal documents contained in cartularies of mediaeval Scottish religious houses and the archives of the city of Edinburgh.
Farming memoranda, rentals and accounts of the Scotts of Raeburn, with religious notes of the earlier lairds., 1664-1854.
File
Identifier: MS.3842
Scope and Contents
To the papers William, the 6th Laird, has added extensive annotations, and historical accounts of the family and their lands, copies of letters and various excerpts relating to these subjects and local affairs, and accounts of his own career, the latest dated entry being of 1854.
Dates:
1664-1854.
Fragments of printed works, with extracts and notes of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton., 1717, 1734, 1784.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.27
Scope and Contents
The volume consists of pages i-xxiv, 1-38 of ‘A Summary of all the Religious Houses in England and Wales’ (folio 1) bearing Lieutenant-General G H Hutton`s signature on the title page, but no other marks, together with page 411, and what follows, of ‘Minor Practicks’ containing, as Appendix I, the `Account of all the Religious Houses that were in Scotland at the time of the Reformation` by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, Keeper of the Advocates` Library (folio 32). Interspersed with these...
Dates:
1717, 1734, 1784.
'Genealogical account of the Mac Ras, as written originally by Mr. John Mac Ra, Minister of Dingwall ... who died ... 1704. Transcribed by Farquhar Mac Ra of Inverinate in ... 1786. Copied by Captain John Mac Ra of the Royal Scots from the transcript in the possession of his son Doctor John Mac Ra of Chittagong in ... 1816. Copied by Alfred Oughton ... from a copy entitled as above sent to Mr. Chisholm Batten by Mr. J.D. McDonell, Plockton ... 1864'., [Before 1705], 1869.
File
Identifier: MS.3569
Scope and Contents
Excerpts, made in 1869 from Dingwall Presbytery Records, are given on folios 40 verso-45.
Dates:
[Before 1705], 1869.
Genealogical notes of Sidney Cramer.
File
Identifier: Acc.9063
Scope and Contents
Includes copies and extracts from birth, marriage and death certificates, with notes and temple ordinance data.
Dates:
1904-1970.
Genealogical papers of, and concerning, the Keith family., 1623-1927, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21187-21188
Genealogical papers of Andrew Stuart., 1767-1804, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8290-8324
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, notes, drafts and memoranda concerning the genealogical researches of Andrew Stuart for his ‘Genealogical history of the Stewarts’, and other works.
Dates:
1767-1804, undated.
Genealogies and other matter relating to the Richardson family, bound up with 'The Late John Richardson', by Lord Moncrieff, extracted from the 'North British Review', December 1864., 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.3992
Heraldic collection of Sir David Lindsay.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.3.20
Scope and Contents
Material copied in the late 16th and early 17th centuries apparently for Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, Lord Lyon King of Arms from 1591 to 1620. It is closely related to John Scrymgeour`s manuscript (Adv.MS.31.5.2) in that some of its contents are apparently taken from Adam Loutfut`s manuscript (British [Museum] Library Harleian MS.6149), and the same order of arrangement is followed as by Scrymgeour; but there is also some additional material. Loutfut`s manuscript is described in ‘The...
Dates:
Late 16th century-early 17th century.
Historical and genealogical notebook.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11639
Scope and Contents
Includes extracts from works of George Crawford, Sir James Dalrymple and Sir J Scott of Scotstorvet.
Dates:
circa 1709.
'Historical notices of Guzerat and a life of Jaswant Rao Holkar'., [Circa 1821.]
File
Identifier: MS.13833
Scope and Contents
The manuscript includes (pages 73 and 337) extracts from a history of Gujarat by Ali Mahommed Khan, Diwan of Ahmedabad, in a translation by S A Greenwood (see MS.13916 and the ‘Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum’, volume 1, pages 288-289).
The volume also contains (page 173) extracts from the life of Sultan Ghiass ul dein Khilchee, Emperor of Malwa, in the Tubruckat Ackberi, see MS.13915, and (page 193) a memoir of the life of Jaswant Rao Holkar.
Dates:
[Circa 1821.]
Humorous stories and anecdotes, largely Scottish, with occasional extracts from contemporary books, reviews, and newspapers, all 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.9317
Scope and Contents
Internal dates in the manuscript are from 1740-1762. Newspaper-cuttings, pasted on the boards and binding pages, are dated 1779-1780.
Dates:
1740-1780.
Incomplete copy of a case, 1768, brought against John Lumsden, disputing his right of superiority over the lands of Barr and Bridgend, Renfrewshire; and an excerpt, made in in 1838, from the account-book, 1738, of Hew Crawfurd, Writer to the Signet, containing an account of George Lindsay Crawford, Viscount Garnock, and of his tutor., 1738, 1768.
File
Identifier: MS.6295, folios 36-79
Dates:
1738, 1768.
Indexes and transcripts by Robert Mylne, the antiquary.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.6.9
Scope and Contents
Mylne`s pagination and the size of paper show that the volume is composed of seven separate parts: section (i), section (ii), section (iii), sections (iv) and (v), section (vi), sections (vii)-(xiii), section (xiv). None are exactly dated, but (v) must be later than 1705, (xiv) later than 1700; and probably all were compiled in the early 18th century.The contents are as follows:(i) `Ane Alphabeticall Index [A-C only] To the Book of Collections of Notes of Charters...
Dates:
Early 18th century.
“Instruction concernant le service de I'Infanterie légère en campagne” (Londres, 1801); copy owned by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Macleod and signed by him on the title page., 1801-[before 1813.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15382
Scope and Contents
The book contains on blank leaves bound in at the back a memorandum (folio 3) and sketches (folios 8 verso, 11 verso, 12 verso) in pencil apparently in Charles Macleod’s hand, and, in another hand in ink, written also on the flyleaves, biographical notes and extracts from printed sources referring to him.
Dates:
1801-[before 1813.]
Jacobite papers collected by Sir Henry Steuart, titled, 'M.S.S. Jacobite II'., 1700-1869, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1696
Dates:
1700-1869, undated.
‘Kirk manuscripts’, copies of papers on ecclesiastical history, originally marked ‘D’., 17th century-18th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.5.11
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: (i) An abridgement of the General Council; (ii) A brief account of the Holy Land with a short description of the government of the Jews etc.; (iii) Notes on Scotch Bishops after the Reformation, down to about 1700; (iv) ‘Excerpta quædam de magus registro prioratus St. Andreæ’, referring to the register by its folios, a copy from Sir R Sibbald’s excerpts by “Iain Semple”; (v) A brief account of the heresies in the primitive church, etc.
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.
Late 12th-century manuscript containing the 'Panormia' of Ivo, Bishop of Chartres; with two diagrams of consanguinity, and short excerpts of Pope Alexander III.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.6
Scope and Contents
Manuscript containing the 'Panormia' of St Ivo of Chartres, divided into eight books.Dolezalek suggests that the manuscript was produced in England, while Szuromi suggests that it was written in France. Both base their conclusions on the script and style of decoration.The work has been dated to the 12th century by Borland and Szuromi; to the late 12th century by Brett; and to the early 13th century by Michael Gullick. The manuscript is written in a...
Dates:
Late 12th century.
Legal and financial papers of various Fife estates and the regality of Dunfermline., 1587-1759, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14772
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Papers, 1651-1687, concerning the Parish of Burntisland (folio 1);(ii) Notes and extracts of charters, 1694-1697 (folio 9);(iii) Household inventory, 1707, of Dalgety House (folio 47);(iv) Measurements, 1711, of enclosures at Dalgety (folio 55);(v) Process, 1731-1736, undated, between the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale and the town of Kirkcaldy (folio 57);(vi) Process, 1732-1737, between the...
Dates:
1587-1759, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning estate and local affairs.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning legal and miscellaneous estate and local affairs.
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Legal and financial papers of the regality of Dunfermline, and various Fife estate papers.