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Manuscripts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to handwritten documents, and may also be used to distinguish certain documents from published or otherwise printed documents, as in the cases of typed personal letters or a typescript from which printed versions are made.

Found in 6567 Collections and/or Records:

Manuscript copy of 'British Butterflies' by James Duncan, vol. 10 of the 'Naturalist's Library' series, with illustrations.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14485
Scope and Contents

Manuscript copy dated 1840 with coloured illustrations and enclosures. The manuscript shows signs of water damage.



Dates: 1840.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Manuscript copy of ‘Collection of original Scotch tunes for the violin’, published by John Young., [Circa 1720.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.3299 [Glen.76]
Scope and Contents

The manuscript was copied in the late nineteenth century (see note on folio i verso).

Dates: [Circa 1720.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts in the Glen Collection of Scottish music.

Manuscript copy of ‘Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session’ by Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie., [1690, or after.]

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Identifier: MS.5344
Dates: [1690, or after.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Muniments of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Manuscript copy of ‘Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session’ by Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie.

Manuscript copy of ‘Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session’ by Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie., [1690, or after.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.5345
Scope and Contents

The volume contains some marginal notes.

Dates: [1690, or after.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Muniments of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Manuscript copy of ‘Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session’ by Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie.

Manuscript copy of ‘Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session’ by Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie., [1690, or after.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5344-5345
Scope and Contents

The second volume is in a different hand from the first.

Dates: [1690, or after.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Muniments of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.

Manuscript copy of Jacobus Voorda,‘Tractatus de statutis’, in a neat foreign hand.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.28.5.8
Dates: 2nd half of the 18th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Manuscript copy of 'Penny wheep' by Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid', possibly made in the 1960's., [?1960-1969.]

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Identifier: MS.27002
Dates: [?1960-1969.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, (1892-1978), the author 'Hugh MacDiarmid'. / Literary papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'. / Poetry of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.

Manuscript copy of R C Roffe, "A Catechism of Short-Hand" (London 1834).

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Identifier: Acc.8891
Dates: circa 1843.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Manuscript copy of Sir Anthony Weldon's printed tract, 'A Catt may Look upon a King, 1652', probably of the early eighteenth century but not containing the continuation published in 1714.

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Identifier: MS.3811
Dates: 1652.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Manuscript copy of "The Anatomy and Philosophy of Expression" (London, 1845) by Sir Charles Bell.

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Identifier: Acc.11336
Dates: circa 1842.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Manuscript copy of “The Dean of Lismore’s book: a selection of ancient Gaelic poetry from a manuscript collection made by Sir James M’Gregor, Dean of Lismore, in the beginning of the sixteenth century, edited with a translation and notes by the Rev Thomas M’Lauchlan, and an introduction and additional notes by W F Skene, Esq”, written by Donald C MacPherson.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.73.2.7
Dates: [1862, or after.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Manuscript copy of the English ‘History of the Macdonalds’, ascribed by Donald Gregory to a Hugh Macdonald.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.12
Scope and Contents The copy (watermarked 1829) is ascribed by Donald Gregory in 1836 (‘History of the western Highlands and Isles of Scotland’, page 10) to a Hugh Macdonald. Hand anonymous, probably that of a clerk. Gregory’s ascription to Hugh Macdonald may result from a misreading of Sir William MacLeod Bannatyne’s preface, in which ‘Austin’ (Hugh) in fact occurs twice although the words ‘Austin being himself’ resemble ‘written by himself’. Gregory had the history copied (watermarked 1827); the only...
Dates: [1829, or after.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Manuscript copy of 'The Moofussul Magazine', number 1., June 1811.

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Identifier: MS.11734
Dates: June 1811.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India. / Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General of India. / Duplicated manuscript copies of 'The Moofussul Magazine', numbers 1-6.

Manuscript copy of 'The Moofussul Magazine', number 2., July 1811.

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Identifier: MS.11735
Dates: July 1811.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India. / Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General of India. / Duplicated manuscript copies of 'The Moofussul Magazine', numbers 1-6.

Manuscript copy of 'The Moofussul Magazine', number 3., August 1811.

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Identifier: MS.11736
Dates: August 1811.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India. / Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General of India. / Duplicated manuscript copies of 'The Moofussul Magazine', numbers 1-6.

Manuscript copy of 'The Moofussul Magazine', number 4., September 1811.

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Identifier: MS.11737
Dates: September 1811.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India. / Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General of India. / Duplicated manuscript copies of 'The Moofussul Magazine', numbers 1-6.

Manuscript copy of 'The Moofussul Magazine', number 5., October 1811.

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Identifier: MS.11738
Dates: October 1811.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India. / Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General of India. / Duplicated manuscript copies of 'The Moofussul Magazine', numbers 1-6.

Manuscript copy of 'The Moofussul Magazine', number 6., November 1811.

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Identifier: MS.11739
Dates: November 1811.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India. / Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General of India. / Duplicated manuscript copies of 'The Moofussul Magazine', numbers 1-6.

Manuscript copy of the pamphlet ‘Account of the expedition to Carthagena’, attributed to Admiral Sir Charles Knowles., 1743.

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Identifier: MS.14507
Dates: 1743.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House. / Papers of individual members of the family of Hay of Yester. / Papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale. / Political and miscellaneous papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale, including material concerning Lord James Hay and Lord Charles Hay of Linplum. / Manuscript copies of pamphlets attributed to Admiral Sir Charles Knowles.

Manuscript copy of the pamphlet ‘Conduct of Admiral Knowles on the late expedition set in a true light’., 1758.

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Identifier: MS.14508
Dates: 1758.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House. / Papers of individual members of the family of Hay of Yester. / Papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale. / Political and miscellaneous papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale, including material concerning Lord James Hay and Lord Charles Hay of Linplum. / Manuscript copies of pamphlets attributed to Admiral Sir Charles Knowles.

Manuscript copy of the will, with codicils, of William Gifford, "extracted from the Register of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury"., ? 1827.

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Identifier: MS.42257
Scope and Contents

Watermark of the paper of the copy, "1826".

Dates: ? 1827.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts. / Papers of and concerning William Gifford.

Manuscript copy of 'To All True-Hearted Scotsmen, whether soldiers.or others’, a manifesto printed by Robert Freebairn at Perth., 1715.

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Identifier: MS.1011
Dates: 1715.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers connected with the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745.

Manuscript copy of 'Vitis Aquilonia ... Antonii Hierati, anno MDCXXIII' by Joannis Vastovius., 1080-1372, [1623, or after.]

 File
Identifier: MS.2149
Scope and Contents

The manuscript is followed by copies of letters of Popes, 1080-1372 (folio 157), and a list of monasteries in Sweden and Gottland (folio 210 verso).

Dates: 1080-1372, [1623, or after.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

Manuscript copy, probably late 17th century, of the well-known pamphlet 'The papers which passed at Newcastle betwixt his Sacred Majesty and Mr Al. Henderson concerning the change of church government, A.D. 1646', describing the conference between Charles I and Henderson.

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Identifier: MS.8484
Dates: 1649.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Manuscript copy, seventeenth century, of "Sir Thomas Hope's Major Practicks of the Law of Scotland"., 17th century.

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Identifier: MS.2689
Dates: 17th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts collected by George Neilson, Glasgow, author of ‘Trial by combat’ (Glasgow, 1890) and joint-editor of the ‘Acta Dominorum Concilii, 1496-1501’ (Edinburgh, 1918).

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