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 of cantos I, II and V of Don Juan by Lord Byron.
Item
Identifier: MS.50000
Content Description
The first canto is dated Venice September 16th 1818, the fifth canto is dated Ravenna, October 16th 1820. Originally intended as a neat copy for the printer the manuscript became a working copy as Byron made subsequent revisions and additions.
Dates:
1818-1820
Manuscript of "Cath Fionntrágha", written by Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.2.11
Scope and Contents
The manuscript contains a Watermark: ‘horn’ and I D M (watermark is of type Heawood 2718-2734, Dutch & English documents 1665-1721). It is written by Alexander MacDonald (Alasdair Mac Mhaighistir Alasdair). It contains no statement of scribal identity, but script and some distinctive orthographical features are as Adv.MS.72.2.13. Some sea-runs here (pages 2-4) are strongly echoed in MacDonald’s ‘Birlinn Chlann Raghnaill’. The language is a unique mixture of Irish and Scottish Gaelic. The...
Dates:
18th century.
Manuscript of 'Challenge' by Edward Albert., 1920.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9127-9128
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is divided for reasons of length into two volumes.
Dates:
1920.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
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Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of, and notebooks containing material collected for, the fictional works of Edward Albert.
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Manuscript and typescripts of 'Challenge' by Edward Albert, an apparently unpublished novel.
Manuscript of 'Challenge' by Edward Albert., 1920.
Item
Identifier: MS.9127
Dates:
1920.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
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Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of, and notebooks containing material collected for, the fictional works of Edward Albert.
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Manuscript and typescripts of 'Challenge' by Edward Albert, an apparently unpublished novel.
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Manuscript of 'Challenge' by Edward Albert.
Manuscript of 'Challenge' by Edward Albert., 1920.
Item
Identifier: MS.9128
Dates:
1920.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
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Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of, and notebooks containing material collected for, the fictional works of Edward Albert.
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Manuscript and typescripts of 'Challenge' by Edward Albert, an apparently unpublished novel.
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Manuscript of 'Challenge' by Edward Albert.
Manuscript of chapter 18 of 'Belonging' by Willa Muir., [1968, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.19695
Dates:
[1968, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and manuscripts of Willa Muir, Edwin Muir's wife.
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Drafts and typescript of 'Belonging', Willa Muir's memoir of her life with Edwin Muir.
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Manuscripts of chapters 18, 19 and 20-21 respectively of 'Belonging' by Willa Muir.
Manuscript of chapter 19 of 'Belonging' by Willa Muir., [1968, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.19696
Dates:
[1968, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and manuscripts of Willa Muir, Edwin Muir's wife.
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Drafts and typescript of 'Belonging', Willa Muir's memoir of her life with Edwin Muir.
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Manuscripts of chapters 18, 19 and 20-21 respectively of 'Belonging' by Willa Muir.
Manuscript of chapter 32 of ‘Scenes and legends of the north of Scotland’, 2nd edition, in Hugh Miller's autograph.
Item
Identifier: MS.7529
Dates:
[1850, or before].
Manuscript of chapters 1-2 and 4-5 of ‘The first ascent of Mont Blanc’ by Professor Thomas Graham Brown., [1957, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.5167
Manuscript of chapters 1-2 and 4-11 of ‘The first ascent of Mont Blanc’, and of the 'List of Ascents, etc.' and 'Bibliography', written by Professor Thomas Graham Brown.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5167-5169
Scope and Contents
Chapter 3 was written by Sir Gavin de Beer, who also prepared and annotated the appendices, but this portion of the book is not represented in the manuscript.
Dates:
[1957, or before].
Manuscript of chapters 1-3 of ‘Thermography’ by John Francis Campbell., 1883.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.6.6
Scope and Contents
The volume begins with notes and correspondence concerning the publication of the work. The letters are mainly to Campbell from the printers, with several from other correspondents including Sir George W Dasent and Sir Henry E Roscoe, 1883.
There are several rough drawings and diagrams accompanying the text.
Dates:
1883.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
Manuscript of chapters 1-5 of ‘The Isle of Arran’ by Robert McLellan, with numerous gaps and insertions., ?1968.
File
Identifier: MS.26420
Dates:
?1968.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the playwright, Robert McLellan, and his family.
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Other prose works written by Robert McLellan.
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Material for 'The Isle of Arran' by Robert McLellan.
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Manuscript of ‘The Isle of Arran’ by Robert McLellan, with numerous gaps and insertions.
Manuscript of chapters 1-7 of 'Space Cat and the Deep Sea' by Ruthven Todd., 1965.
Item
Identifier: MS.26852
Manuscript of chapters 1-11 of 'History of England from the conquest of Julius Caesar to the accession of Henry VII' by David Hume., 1760-1761.
File
Identifier: MS.23160
Manuscript of chapters 5 and 6 of ‘The story and the fable’ by Edwin Muir., [1940, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.19655
Scope and Contents
Edwin Muir later revised the work and republished it as the first part of 'An autobiography'.
Dates:
[1940, or before.]
Manuscript of chapters 6-8 of ‘The first ascent of Mont Blanc’ by Professor Thomas Graham Brown., [1957, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.5168
Manuscript of chapters 6-9 of ‘The Isle of Arran’ by Robert McLellan, with numerous gaps and insertions., ?1968.
File
Identifier: MS.26421
Dates:
?1968.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the playwright, Robert McLellan, and his family.
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Other prose works written by Robert McLellan.
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Material for 'The Isle of Arran' by Robert McLellan.
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Manuscript of ‘The Isle of Arran’ by Robert McLellan, with numerous gaps and insertions.
Manuscript of chapters 9-11, and of the ‘List of Ascents’ and ‘Bibliography’ of ‘The first ascent of Mont Blanc’ by Professor Thomas Graham Brown., [1957, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.5169
Manuscript of chapters 12-20 of 'History of England from the conquest of Julius Caesar to the accession of Henry VII' by David Hume., 1760-1761.
File
Identifier: MS.23161
Manuscript of chapters 20-21 of 'Belonging' by Willa Muir., [1968, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.19697
Dates:
[1968, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and manuscripts of Willa Muir, Edwin Muir's wife.
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Drafts and typescript of 'Belonging', Willa Muir's memoir of her life with Edwin Muir.
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Manuscripts of chapters 18, 19 and 20-21 respectively of 'Belonging' by Willa Muir.
Manuscript of chapters I-II of "Herrin' Jennie" by Edward Albert., [1931, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.9068 (1)
Dates:
[1931, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
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Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of, and notebooks containing material collected for, the fictional works of Edward Albert.
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Manuscript, typescript and proofs, undated, of ‘Herrin' Jennie’ by Edward Albert.
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Manuscript of "Herrin' Jennie" by Edward Albert.
Manuscript of chapters i-iii of ‘Passages in the Life of Mrs Margaret Maitland’ by Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant., [1849, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.4856
Scope and Contents
The manuscript differs slightly from the printed text.
Dates:
[1849, or before.]
Manuscript of chapters I-V of 'The anecdotes and egotisms of Henry Mackenzie'., [Before 1832.]
Item
Identifier: MS.6376
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Chapter I: ‘National manners and customs’ (folio 1);
(ii) Chapter ll: ‘The forty-five’ (folio 52);
(iii) Chapter III: ‘Institutions and clubs of Edinburgh’ (folio 66).
(iv) Chapter IV: ‘Streets and houses in Edinburgh’ (folio 79);
(v) Chapter V: ‘Manners and customs of Edinburgh’ (folio 113).
Dates:
[Before 1832.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and manuscripts of Henry Mackenzie, author of ‘The man of feeling’, and of his family.
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Literary manuscripts of Henry Mackenzie, and of members of his family.
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Manuscript of 'The anecdotes and egotisms of Henry Mackenzie'.
Manuscript of chapters i-viii of 'Fragments of young life' by Hannah Lynch., [1898, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.4823
Scope and Contents
The chapters were published in "Blackwood's Magazine", October and November 1898, as the beginning of 'Autobiography of a child'.
Dates:
[1898, or before.]
Manuscript of chapters III-VI of "Herrin' Jennie" by Edward Albert., [1931, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.9068 (2)
Dates:
[1931, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
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Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of, and notebooks containing material collected for, the fictional works of Edward Albert.
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Manuscript, typescript and proofs, undated, of ‘Herrin' Jennie’ by Edward Albert.
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Manuscript of "Herrin' Jennie" by Edward Albert.