Copies. Derivative objects.
Found in 3631 Collections and/or Records:
Copy, circa 1842, of 'Days of auld lang syne': reminiscences of life and manners in Ayrshire, chiefly in Beith and the surrounding country, 1780, by the Reverend Dr John Mitchell, Minister of Wellington Street Secession Church, Glasgow.
Copy, circa 2005, of a photograph of the Lily of Leith Lodge, British Order of Ancient Free Gardeners, 1909.
Copy, dated 1741, by Roderick Chalmers, Ross Herald, of `The descent and pedegree of the most noble and auntient house of the Lords of Sincleer` drawn up by Henry, Lord Sinclair in 1590.
Copy, dated 1800, of ‘The Historie and Life of King James the Sext’, attributed to John Colville.
An inscription by Malcolm Laing appears on folio 181, dated 15 July, 1800.
Copy, dated June 16 1727 (page 178), of the autobiography of William Veitch, minister of Dumfries, which was written (in the third person) apparently in 1714 (page 171).
The text ends at page 171: the following pages contain passages intended for previous insertion.
Copy, early 17th century, of ‘Historie and Chronicles of Scotland’ by Robert Lindesay of Pitscottie, written circa 1565., Circa 1565-1603.
Copy, early 17th century, of ‘Historie and Chronicles of Scotland’ by Robert Lindesay of Pitscottie, written circa 1565., Circa 1565-1598.
The manuscript contains the author`s preface in full but excludes the verses dedicated to the Bishop of Caithness and the introduction is slightly abbreviated.
The addition to Pitscottie`s text (folio 107) only continues to 25 February 1598.
The narrative is divided into Books, beginning with Book xviii which is sub-divided into chapters, but there are no sub-divisions in the remaining Books.
This copy also lacks marginal notes and a table of contents.
Copy, early 18th century, of `A Discourse concerning the three Unions betwixt Scotland and England’, an apparently unpublished work, written circa 1670.
The affairs which are discussed include James VI’s succession to the English throne, the proposals for a more entire union of Scotland and England made early in James`s reign and the proposals for a legislative union made in 1669-1670 by Charles II.
Copy, early 18th century, of George Buchanan's 'Chamaelion', written in 1570 against Maitland of Lethington., 1570.
Copy, early 18th century, of records, 1585-1723, of the High Court of Justiciary, including many printed Informations, etc., 1585-1723.
Copy, early 19th century, of a manuscript tilted ‘Tractatus Theologicus de directione, usu, & necessitate sciae mediae inter vocandum providendum et praedestinandum’., ?17th century.
The manuscript is early 19th century in date and is probably a copy of a 17th century manuscript.
Copy, early 19th century, of contract, 1684, between the 2nd Lord Forbes of Pitsligo and the Master of Pitsligo and the feuars and burgesses of Rosehearty, concerning lands in Rosehearty., 1684.
Copy, early 19th century, of decisions of the Court of Session (practicks), 1673-1677, refuted by Sir Patrick Home of Renton.
Copy, early 19th century, of the Standing Orders of the House of Lords.
The volume contains numbers 1-170 of the Orders, followed by an index (folio 113). There are a number of deletions, and the text does not include the emendations of 1813 (cf. ‘Standing Orders of the House of Lords except as to local and personal bills’). The latest Orders are dated 1803.
Copy, eighteenth century, of a notarial instrument, 1707, recording the lodgement of the Regalia of Scotland in Edinburgh Castle, inserted in ‘Return of the Lords of Session in Scotland... in Parliament assembled’ (London, 1740)., 1707.
Copy, eighteenth century, of ‘Arcanum hermeticae philosophiae opus’.
‘Arcanum hermeticae philosophiae opus in quo occulta Naturae et Artis circa Lapidis philosophorum materiam et operandi modum canonicé et ordinatè fiunt manifesta. muarto editio emendata et aucta 1647’.
Copy, eighteenth century, of "My Lord Balcarras’s memoirs anent the Revolution in the year 1688, by way of a letter to His Majesty King James the VIIth", 1690., 1690.
Copy, eighteenth century, of the first part of the 'Memoirs of the life and actions of Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiele', 1733-1737, by John Drummond., 1733-1737.
Copy, eighteenth century, of 'The Genealogie off the Mackenzies preceeding the year 1661. Written in the year 1669. By a Person of Quality’.
This copy of the well-known genealogy in 1732 belonged to a John Matheson (folio i) and had probably been written by him about the same time. Although many leaves have been cut out at the end, the copy is almost complete. It includes a poem entitled ‘Arbuthnet on Sr. George Mackenzie off Rosehaugh’, beginning:
“Well then since the Relentless doom is spoke
And there is no mortall power can ward the Stroak
Scotland must ruin, it’s the Almighties will” (folios 73-74).
Copy, eighteenth century, of the 'Memoirs of the life and actions of Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiele', 1733-1737, by John Drummond., 1733-1737.
Copy, eighteenth century, of the second part of the 'Memoirs of the life and actions of Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiele', 1733-1737, by John Drummond., 1733-1737.
Copy, eighteenth century, of 'The secret commonwealth' by Robert Kirk.
This copy of ‘The secret Commonwealth’ was at one time part of a larger volume (as was shown by remains of the binding).