Copies. Derivative objects.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 3631 Collections and/or Records:
Copy of portrait photograph of Charles Hunter as Corporal in the Fife and Forfar Light Horse.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10714
Dates:
circa 1902.
Copy of "Precognition anent the Riot committed by soldiers in Aberdeen".
Item
Identifier: Acc.12891
Dates:
1746.
Copy of proclamation of the Duke of Cumberland.
Item
Identifier: Acc.6061
Scope and Contents
Concerning the surrender of arms.
Dates:
1746.
Copy of sermons and religious verse written by James Cuninghame of Barns, a Quietist preacher and Jacobite.
Item
Identifier: MS.5166
Scope and Contents
The poems and sermons have for headings the date and place of composition; among the places mentioned are Edinburgh, Stirling, Kilsyth, Glasgow and Aberdeen.
The manuscript is written in a fair hand, and some gaps have been left where the copyist could not read the original.
The original pagination, lacking pages 100-179, is faulty.
Dates:
1710-1711.
Copy of sermons of Thomas Boston, the Elder, later published in "An Illustration of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion" (1773).
File
Identifier: Acc.10880
Scope and Contents
Concern the Ten Commandments. With unpublished material criticising the English Service Book and Roman Catholicism.
Dates:
circa 1720.
Copy of Sir Andrew Gilmour’s selection of Acts of Parliament.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.7.5
Scope and Contents
Index to the acts of parliament collected by the famous Jurisconsult Sir Andrew Gilmour, Advocate. At the end of the volume the date of death of some of the noted persons of the day are recorded.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (N.7.2.6).
Dates:
2nd half of 17th century.
Copy of 'Sir Gilbert Elliot's Speech in a Committee of the Whole House on the 28 April, and on the 7th and 10th May 1788, in support of the First Article of Charge entitled Nundcomar against Sir Elijah Impey' (London, 1788)., 1788.
Item
Identifier: MS.11201
Dates:
1788.
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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Political correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto's management of the impeachment of Sir Elijah Impey, formerly chief Justice of Bengal, for his conduct of the trial of the Maharaja Nand Kumar.
Copy of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall, 'Major Practicks', Sir Thomas Nicolson’s abridgement of Sir Peter Wedderburn's 'Practiques', and a copy of Sir Thomas Wallace of Craigie, Lord Justice Clerk, ‘Collections’.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.24.1.3(a)-(b)
Dates:
17th century.
Copy of Sir Walter Mildmay`s statutes of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Forty-four statutes, followed by a list of their titles., 1585-1588.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.20.6.2(i), folios 2-30
Dates:
1585-1588.
Copy of Stair's ‘Institutions of the law of Scotland’., [Circa 1671.]
Item
Identifier: MS.7116
Scope and Contents
The general arrangement is that of the first printed edition of 1681, but in several places the text is shorter and rather different. About 20 blank leaves at the end of the volume have been torn out.
Dates:
[Circa 1671.]
Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’ made apparently in 1677 from a text written probably in or about 1666.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.7
Scope and Contents
The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681 (except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order), but the text is rather shorter and illustrated by references to earlier decisions, and most of the Titles are divided into fewer paragraphs.The text is preceded (folio iii) by an introduction, identical with that of the first printed edition, from which it may have been copied. At the end (page 276) is the signature of J Broune, dated 29...
Dates:
Circa 1666.
Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’ made in 1673 for John Smith of Brousterland, apparently from a text written in or about 1662.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.9
Scope and Contents
The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681 (except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order) but the text is rather shorter, many of the decisions quoted are earlier, and the titles are divided into fewer paragraphs. It is followed by an index of subjects discussed (page 409), and a contents list of each Title (page 413), both written apparently in different hands, neither being that of the text. The volume lacks apparently one leaf at the end.
Dates:
Circa 1662.
Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’ made in 1677 from a text written probably in or shortly after 1666.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.3.3
Scope and Contents
Although the general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681 (except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order), the text is considerably shorter, for most of the Titles have fewer chapters (some have only half as many), and fewer references to case-decisions.At folio iv is an inscription (repeated at folio v verso) stating that the copying of the book was completed on 19 October 1677; it is presumably in the hand of James Hay, whose note of...
Dates:
1666 or after.
Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’ written apparently in a number of hands.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.4.17
Scope and Contents
The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681, except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order, but the text of each title is rather shorter and illustrated with fewer references to case-decisions. There are blank leaves between Titles 11 and 12 (folios 69-76), between sections 8 and 9 of Title 16 (folios 115-126) and following Title 31 (folios 229-241). The writing on folio 174 (but not folio 174 verso) is upside down. The chapter-headings in Titles...
Dates:
Circa 1662.
Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’ written apparently in or about 1662.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.10
Scope and Contents
The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681 (except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order) but the text is generally shorter and the titles are usually divided into fewer paragraphs.The name W Primerose, possibly the signature of Sir William Primrose of Elphinstoun, is written several times at folios i, ii and iii, together with a variety of Latin tags, pen-flourishes, arithmetical calculations, and (at folio ii) a version of the...
Dates:
Circa 1662.
Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’ written apparently in or about 1662.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.11
Scope and Contents
The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681 (except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order) but the text is generally shorter and is illustrated by references to earlier case-decisions, and the titles are usually divided into fewer paragraphs.An inaccurate pagination (which has been ignored) has been added almost throughout, but no running titles or paragraph numbers. The contents lists of Titles 25 to 31 have not been entered in the...
Dates:
Circa 1662.
Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’ written apparently in or about 1662.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.8
Scope and Contents
The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681, except that the contents list of Title 9 (followed by a blank leaf) has been written into the text of Title 7, doubtless due to a miscalculation by the copyist; the contents list of Title 30 has been written in on the leaf following the end of the work, and Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order; also, the text is rather shorter, and the titles, most of which are divided into fewer paragraphs, are illustrated...
Dates:
Circa 1662.
Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’, written apparently in or about 1666.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.12
Scope and Contents
The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681 (except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order) but the text in general appears to be rather shorter and is illustrated by references to earlier case-decisions, and the titles are divided into fewer paragraphs. The text is preceded (folio ii verso) by an index (more correctly by a list of Titles and their contents), in the same hand, which has also been responsible for the pagination, and is followed...
Dates:
Circa 1666.
Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’, written apparently in or shortly after 1666.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.3.2
Scope and Contents
The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681 (except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order) but the titles are mostly shorter, containing fewer chapters and references to case-decisions. A few textual corrections and marginal additions have been made in a contemporary hand, mostly in Titles 1-6; most of Titles 8-31 are followed by blank leaves presumably intended for additions and corrections. Chapters 7-18 of Title 6 have been written in...
Dates:
1666 or after.
Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’, written in an unidentified hand apparently in or about 1666.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.5
Scope and Contents
The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681 (except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order), but the text of each title is shorter, contains fewer chapters, and is illustrated with fewer references to case decisions. An alphabetical index of subjects has been added in the same hand (folio 509). At page 307 is a signature of J or T Skene dated April 4 1678, and at folio i is an undated signature probably of John Swinton, Lord Swinton. Inside the...
Dates:
Circa 1666.
Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’, written in or about 1662.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.14
Scope and Contents
The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681 (except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order) but the text is generally shorter and illustrated with references to earlier case-decisions, and most of the titles are divided into fewer paragraphs. According to a note inside the front cover, dated Perth, 4th August 1731, this copy was written by Sir Alexander Falconer, Lord Halkerton, in his own hand.The lists of paragraphs have been omitted...
Dates:
Circa 1662.
Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’, written in or about 1666.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.13
Scope and Contents
The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681 (except that titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order) but the text is generally shorter and is illustrated by references to earlier case-decisions and most of the titles are divided into fewer paragraphs.At folio i are a variety of jottings in a contemporary hand, or hands, and at folio i verso the style of an obligation. The name William Hay in an early 18th-century hand appears also at folio i...
Dates:
Circa 1666.
Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Laws of Scotland’, written apparently in a number of hands.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.2.10
Scope and Contents
The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681 (except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order) but the text of each title is shorter, generally divided into fewer chapters, and illustrated with fewer references to case-decisions. The chapter-headings appear to have been written in after the copying of the text, and in Title 7 most of them have been omitted. Blank leaves at folios 17, 25, 31 and 35 verso. At the end (folios 195-204) are accounts of...
Dates:
Circa 1662.
Copy of summons of John Bryson and others against James Wilson and James Bain., 1748.
File
Identifier: Acc.12384/254
Dates:
1748.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of James Thin, bookseller, containing business papers and correspondence, with some personal papers.
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Minutes, membership list, accounts, notes and legal papers of the Associate Congregation of Edinburgh, Seceders Meeting House or New Church, Bristo Street, Edinburgh, Adam Gib, Antiburgher minister.
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Legal papers of the Associate Congregation of Edinburgh, Seceders Meeting House or New Church, Bristo Street, Edinburgh, Adam Gib, Antiburgher minister.
Copy of Sylvie Peyrot, "Travel sketches in "The Wild Swans": a Reading of Kenneth White`s "The Wild Swans"", thesis, University of Bordeaux.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11269
Dates:
1995.