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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:
Notebook of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, containing miscellaneous notes and excerpts from published works, possibly compiled when Monboddo was in France., [Circa 1765.]
Item
Identifier: MS.24546
Scope and Contents
The volume is referred to by Lord Monboddo as ‘Folio MS. 13’.
Dates:
[Circa 1765.]
Notebook of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, containing papers on philosophy and law., 1747, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.24540
Scope and Contents
The first ten pages of the manuscript are missing.
The contents are as follows.
(i) Excerpts from classical authors on topics such as pleasure, punishment, eloquence etc. (Folio 1.) There are also a few items on law, including an address to a jury in a case concerning gypsies (folio 8) and a speech against the Heritable Jurisdiction Bill, 1747. (Folio 18 verso.)
(ii) 'The general plan of Aristotle's philosophy'. (Folio 32 verso.)
(iii) ‘τα προτα τυς φιλοσοφια'. (Folio 36 verso.)
(iv)...
Dates:
1747, undated.
Notebook of John Pinkerton, marked ‘ɑ’, containing notes on early literature with excerpts., Late 18th century-early 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.1716
Dates:
Late 18th century-early 19th century.
Notebook of John Riddell, containing extracts and some notes, written for the most part in connexion with peerage cases on which Riddell was engaged., Circa 1826.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.7.2
Dates:
Circa 1826.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer.
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Notebooks from the Riddell Collection.
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Small notebooks from the Riddell Collection, containing extracts and some notes, written for the most part in connexion with peerage cases on which John Riddell was engaged.
Notebook of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton containing notes and drawings of, and many extracts concerning various churches and religious houses, begun in 1793 as a record of places that Hutton had visited., 1793, and after.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.17
Scope and Contents
The volume originally consisted of folios 1-46, to which two sets of additional leaves (folios 47-58, 59-65) have been stitched in at the back. A leaf has been cut out after folio 63.
Dates:
1793, and after.
Notebook of Richard Augustine Hay apparently originally intended for notes (folio 1), meditations and extracts (folios 1-10 inverted) of a religious character, but used almost entirely for transcripts of documents relating to the family of Sinclair of Rosslyn (folios 3-83).
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.6.2
Scope and Contents
Following the transcripts are a list of books ‘of help for Composing our history’ (folio 84) and transcripts of two charters apparently unrelated to Rosslyn or the Sinclairs. The notes and transcripts are all undated but were doubtless made before the writing of Adv.MSS.34.1.8-34.1.9 was begun in 1700. Most perhaps were made by Hay when he was in Scotland between 1686 and 1690; Slezer`s ‘Theatrum Scotiæ’ (first published 1693) is mentioned at folio 86. The watermark of the leaves...
Dates:
4th quarter of 17th century.
Notebook of Robert Garioch Sutherland containing copies and excerpts of work by other writers., 1933-[1955, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.26575
Dates:
1933-[1955, or after.]
Notebook of Robert Garioch Sutherland containing copies and excerpts of work by other writers., 1933-[1955, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.26576
Dates:
1933-[1955, or after.]
Notebook of Sir Archibald Steuart Denham of Westfield, containing verses, religious meditations and passages from journals for 1712 and 1741-1742., 1706-1742.
Item
Identifier: MS.15949
Dates:
1706-1742.
Notebook of the Countess of Minto containing excerpts written by her from her correspondence with her sister., 1794-1796.
Item
Identifier: MS.11120
Dates:
1794-1796.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Family and general correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence of James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury, his wife Harriet, sister of the Countess of Minto, and their family with the 1st Earl and Countess of Minto.
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Excerpts from the Countess of Minto's correspondence with her sister, written by her in two notebooks.
Notebook of the Countess of Minto containing excerpts written by her from her correspondence with her sister., 1800-1801.
Item
Identifier: MS.11121
Dates:
1800-1801.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Family and general correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence of James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury, his wife Harriet, sister of the Countess of Minto, and their family with the 1st Earl and Countess of Minto.
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Excerpts from the Countess of Minto's correspondence with her sister, written by her in two notebooks.
Notebook of William McCallum, minister of Makerstoun, containing excerpts from printed works on natural history., 1910-1930.
Item
Identifier: MS.10304
Notebook, presumably of the late nineteenth century, containing an epic poem in Gaelic, and related material.
Item
Identifier: MS.3280
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains:(i) 'Craobh sgaoilidh nan Gaedheal' (The expansions of the Gaels), being five parts and the argument of a sixth part of an epic, which begins with the migration of the Celts from Asia to Europe (folio 1);(ii) Material, mainly biographical and genealogical, copied from printed sources, especially from Alexander Cameron's ‘The history and traditions of the Isle of Skye’ (folio 50).On folio 1 verso is a note, 'The following are original...
Dates:
Late 19th century.
Notebook, undated, apparently in the handwriting of George Mackenzie, Advocate, or of Professor Kenneth Mackenzie, containing notes on law, excerpts from a work on Germany, and other notes., Early 18th century-mid 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.1126
Dates:
Early 18th century-mid 18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
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Letters and papers of, to and concerning George Mackenzie, Advocate, son of John Mackenzie, Advocate.
Notebook, undated, of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, containing copies and excerpts, of charters and other historical documents, 13th-16th centuries., [1747]-[circa 1760.]
Item
Identifier: MS.24543
Scope and Contents
The documents include a rental of lands in Scotland, 1628-1629 (page 11). The volume is referred to by Lord Monboddo as ‘Folio MS. 9’.
Dates:
[1747]-[circa 1760.]
Notebook, undated, of John Pinkerton, labelled 'C', containing notes on various subjects., [1777-1788.]
Item
Identifier: MS.1720
Dates:
[1777-1788.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence of the antiquary, John Pinkerton, with papers and notes accumulated by him in connection with works which he published or projected.
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Notebooks of John Pinkerton.
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Notebooks of John Pinkerton containing notes on various subjects.
Notebook, undated, of Robert Garioch Sutherland containing notes and excerpts form literary works., Mid 20th century-late 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.26579
Dates:
Mid 20th century-late 20th century.
Notebook, undated, of Robert Garioch Sutherland containing notes and excerpts form literary works., Mid 20th century-late 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.26580
Dates:
Mid 20th century-late 20th century.
Notebook, undated, written by the Very Reverend John Lee, containing extracts from books relating to St Andrews., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.3461
Dates:
Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Notebooks compiled by James Stuart, probably from the archives of the East India Company, prior to sailing for India in November 1775 to take up his military appointment at Madras., 1765-1775.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5381-5386
Scope and Contents
The notebooks contain extracts from correspondence on a number of topics, and copies of many miscellaneous letters.
Dates:
1765-1775.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Major-General James Stuart, a younger brother of Andrew Stuart, who, as an officer in the service of the East India Company, became involved in the disturbed politics of Madras.
Notebooks containing excerpts, written by the Very Reverend John Lee, from ecclesiastical records, chiefly of Kirk Sessions., 1559-1820.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3477-3518
Notebooks of John Hill Burton entitled 'Adversaria', volumes II-IV and VI. , 1839, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9431-9434
Scope and Contents
The notes consist of comments and excerpts from books on historical and legal subjects. Volume III is dated 1839, the rest are undated, but are presumably of the same period.
Dates:
1839, undated.
Notebooks of John Purves containing material on French literature., Early 20th century-[before 1962.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15806-15818
Notebooks of Robert Garioch Sutherland containing copies and excerpts of work by other writers., 1933-[1955, or after.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26575-26577
Scope and Contents
MSS.26575-26576 were begun in 1933 and include work by Ezra Pound, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Julien Benda and others. In 1955, Robert Garioch Sutherland used the blank versos to transcribe Alexander Gibb's translation, ‘The Jephthah and Baptist by George Buchanan’ (Edinburgh, 1870). This transcription is continued in MS.26577, and followed by notes from Sutherland's reading.
Dates:
1933-[1955, or after.]