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 chapters ix-xxxvii of 'The quiet heart' by Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant., [1854, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.4859
Dates:
[1854, or before.]
Manuscript of chapters VI-XI of 'The anecdotes and egotisms of Henry Mackenzie'., [Before 1832.]
Item
Identifier: MS.6377
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Chapter VI: ‘Amusements of Edinburgh’ (folio 1);
(ii) Chapter VII: ‘The church and churchmen’ (folio 35).
(iii) Chapter VIII: ‘The law and lawyers’ (folio 56);
(iv) Chapter IX: ‘Eminent families’ (folio 104);
(v) Chapter X: ‘Statesmen, politicians, and peers’ (folio 122);
(vi) Chapter XI: ‘Poets and poetry’ (folio 160).
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 XII-XVII of 'The anecdotes and egotisms of Henry Mackenzie'; with miscellaneous material produced in the preparation of the work., [Before 1832.]
File
Identifier: MS.6378
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Chapter XII: ‘Men of letters’ (folio 1);(ii) Chapter XIII: ‘The stage’ (folio 41);(iii) Chapter XIV: 'Painters and architects’ (folio 66);(iv) Chapter XV: ‘Soldiers, physicians, savants, travellers’ (folio 76);(v) Chapter XVI: ‘Ireland, Sweden, France’ (folio 97);(vi) Chapter XVII: ‘Miscellany’ (folio 119);(vii) Sheets with trial contents lists for chapters (folio 137);...
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 XVI-XXXV of book II and chapters I-XXII of book III of ‘Zaidee: a romance’ by Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant., [1854, or before-1855, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.4858
Dates:
[1854, or before-1855, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Manuscripts and proofs of works offered for publication to William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Manuscript of books I and II, and the first twenty-two chapters of book III, of ‘Zaidee: a romance’ by Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant.
Manuscript of chiefly Gaelic proverbs written by William MacMurchy.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.2.12
Scope and Contents
The manuscript bears a ‘coat of arms’ watermark, and was written circa 1759 (cf. page 11) by William MacMurchy (died circa 1778) of Campbeltown in Kintyre, schoolmaster, tailor, poet, musician and scribe, for whom see Conley, 'A poem in the Stewart Collection', page 26. He may have been a pupil of Hugh MacLean (schoolmaster of Kilchenzie, Kintyre, circa 1699), as his Gaelic hand, typical of its period for Irish manuscripts, bears at times a strong resemblance to that of the latter (note...
Dates:
[Circa 1759.]
Manuscript of 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Canto III', by Lord Byron., 1816.
Item
Identifier: MS.43325
Scope and Contents
Copy of a letter of John Murray to Augusta Leigh, 13 July 1832, regarding manuscript of 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimmage' canto III and 'various interesting scraps' which Leigh has sent to Murray, folios 1-2.Byron's first draft of 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage' canto III made up of seperate leaves placed together in a sequence by Byron, folios 3-49.Includes: stanzas 4-25, 27-30,26, 31-32, 34-40, 42-44, Drachenfels lyric, 41, 45-66, 68-774, 7-77, 110, 78-81, 67, 75, 82-97,...
Dates:
1816.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Manuscripts of poems, plays and prose of or relating to Lord Byron and his circle.
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Manuscripts and fair copies mainly of the narrative poetry of Lord Byron.
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Manuscripts of 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage', a poem by Lord Byron; with a fair copy of the same.
Manuscript of Christopher Murray Grieve, “Hugh MacDiarmid's” translation of Bertolt Brecht's play ‘The threepenny opera’., [1973, or after.]
File
Identifier: MS.27048
Scope and Contents
Act III scenes 1 and 2 are omitted, and there are two manuscripts of Act II scene 2. It is followed (folio 123) by drafts of the songs and of Act III scene 4, and by a few pages of typescript.
Dates:
[1973, or after.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, (1892-1978), the author 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Literary papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Prose works of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Books of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Manuscripts, typescript and proofs of Christopher Murray Grieve, “Hugh MacDiarmid's” translation of Bertolt Brecht's play ‘The threepenny opera’.
Manuscript of complaints against the Duke of Lauderdale entitled 'The additional grivance'.
Item
Identifier: MS.9375
Scope and Contents
An apparently unpublished manuscript in the style of a pamphlet, dated 7 December 1674, and addressed to Charles II. The author discusses various complaints against the Duke of Lauderdale, such as the dismissal of advocates and the irregular dissolution of Parliament, and writes in favour of the Duke of Hamilton and others among Lauderdale's opponents.
Dates:
7 December 1674.
Manuscript of 'Count Tisza, a haughty hero', a study of the Hungarian statesman by James Brown Johnston., 1939.
File
Identifier: MS.5281
Manuscript of "Cours de I'Histoire Général" by Claude François Henry.
Item
Identifier: MS.17999
Scope and Contents
A work intended as a universal history from the earliest times to the French Revolution, but which, from the 11th century onwards, is confined to the history of France. The text begins (folio 28) with a description of the work and material on the planetary system and world geography. It is preceded by geographical and chronological tables (folio 2). The work was compiled while Henry (1773-1820), a French army officer, was a prisoner of war near Jedburgh.
Dates:
[Circa 1815.]
Manuscript of critical observations by John Cam Hobhouse on 'Life of Lord Byron' by John Galt; in particular, on the use by Galt of recollections of Byron by Marie Henri Beyle., , ? 1830-1837.
Item
Identifier: MS.42297
Scope and Contents
This manuscript details errors and misconceptions that John Cam Hobhouse has found in 'Life of Lord Byron' by John Galt. The criticisms here are largely focused on the use of the inclusion of the memories of Marie Henri Beyle (also known as Stendhal). Hobhouse refutes the claims with his own version of events.Folio 1 of the manuscript differs in layout from the remainder of the manuscript and the last line of folio 1 does not correspond exactly with the first line of folio 2....
Dates:
? 1830-1837.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning John Cam Hobhouse.
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Manuscripts by John Cam Hobhouse, with related proofs.
Manuscript of 'Culloden', a play by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1962.
Item
Identifier: MS.26137
Dates:
1962.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary manuscripts and personal papers of the poet and art critic, Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915-1975).
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Plays of Sydney Goodsir Smith.
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Synopsis, manuscript and corrected typescript of 'Culloden', a play by Sydney Goodsir Smith.
Manuscript of ‘Cunninghame Graham: a centenary study’ by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’., [1952, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.27043
Dates:
[1952, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, (1892-1978), the author 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Literary papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Prose works of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Books of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
Manuscript of David A Bannerman, "The Birds of the British Isles", (Edinburgh, 1953-1963), volumes 1-3, 7-12.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4892
Dates:
1953-1963.
Manuscript of 'De consolatione Philosphiae' by Boethuis.
Item
Identifier: MS.9247
Scope and Contents
The beginning and end of the manuscript are missing: it begins in book i, prosa 4, breaking off in book iv, prosa 3 (see the edition by George D Smith (London, 1925), pages 15-111). One folio containing the beginning of book iii, metrum 9 is also missing.Folios 24-31 have been bound upside down. Folio 39 is written in a different hand. There are corrections and marginalia in an early-thirteenth-century hand, but most of the latter have been trimmed away.Initials are...
Dates:
12th century.
Manuscript of 'De remediis utriusque fortunae' of Petrarch, written in 1442.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.4.6
Scope and Contents
The exact origin of this manuscript is unclear. Mann has suggested that it is written in a Germanic or Flemish gothic bookhand, and Kristeller has suggested a 'northern hand' for the work. The text is in a minuscule bookhand and is the work of one scribe. It has been written in double columns with 39 lines to a page.This manuscript contains a complete copy of Petrarch's 'De remediis utriusque fortune'. There are two indices before the work itself; one numerical and one...
Dates:
1442.
Manuscript of ‘Decisions of the Court of Session MDCCLXXXI-MDCCCXXII, in the Form of a Dictionary’ by David Hume; cases 1-31, ‘Aliment’-‘Bastard’, pages 1-34; case number 10 is missing., 1781-1822.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.7.1
Dates:
1781-1822.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript of ‘Decisions of the Court of Session MDCCLXXXI-MDCCCXXII, in the Form of a Dictionary’, collected by David Hume when he was Professor of Scots Law at Edinburgh, arranged and prepared for publication when he was Baron of the Exchequer, and finally published posthumously in 1839.
Manuscript of ‘Decisions of the Court of Session MDCCLXXXI-MDCCCXXII, in the Form of a Dictionary’ by David Hume; cases 32-70, ‘Bill’, pages 34-82., 1781-1822.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.7.2
Dates:
1781-1822.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript of ‘Decisions of the Court of Session MDCCLXXXI-MDCCCXXII, in the Form of a Dictionary’, collected by David Hume when he was Professor of Scots Law at Edinburgh, arranged and prepared for publication when he was Baron of the Exchequer, and finally published posthumously in 1839.
Manuscript of ‘Decisions of the Court of Session MDCCLXXXI-MDCCCXXII, in the Form of a Dictionary’ by David Hume; cases 71-113, ‘Cautionry’-‘Conveyance’, pages 83-134., 1781-1822.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.7.3
Dates:
1781-1822.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript of ‘Decisions of the Court of Session MDCCLXXXI-MDCCCXXII, in the Form of a Dictionary’, collected by David Hume when he was Professor of Scots Law at Edinburgh, arranged and prepared for publication when he was Baron of the Exchequer, and finally published posthumously in 1839.
Manuscript of ‘Decisions of the Court of Session MDCCLXXXI-MDCCCXXII, in the Form of a Dictionary’ by David Hume; cases 114-135, ‘Death-bed’-‘Executor Creditor’, pages 135-173., 1781-1822.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.7.4
Dates:
1781-1822.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript of ‘Decisions of the Court of Session MDCCLXXXI-MDCCCXXII, in the Form of a Dictionary’, collected by David Hume when he was Professor of Scots Law at Edinburgh, arranged and prepared for publication when he was Baron of the Exchequer, and finally published posthumously in 1839.
Manuscript of ‘Decisions of the Court of Session MDCCLXXXI-MDCCCXXII, in the Form of a Dictionary’ by David Hume; cases 136-175, ‘Fiar or Liferenter’-‘Husband and Wife’, pages 173-225., 1781-1822.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.7.5
Dates:
1781-1822.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript of ‘Decisions of the Court of Session MDCCLXXXI-MDCCCXXII, in the Form of a Dictionary’, collected by David Hume when he was Professor of Scots Law at Edinburgh, arranged and prepared for publication when he was Baron of the Exchequer, and finally published posthumously in 1839.
Manuscript of ‘Decisions of the Court of Session MDCCLXXXI-MDCCCXXII, in the Form of a Dictionary’ by David Hume; cases 176-210, ‘Hypothec’-‘Jurisdiction’, pages 225-265., 1781-1822.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.7.6
Dates:
1781-1822.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript of ‘Decisions of the Court of Session MDCCLXXXI-MDCCCXXII, in the Form of a Dictionary’, collected by David Hume when he was Professor of Scots Law at Edinburgh, arranged and prepared for publication when he was Baron of the Exchequer, and finally published posthumously in 1839.
Manuscript of ‘Decisions of the Court of Session MDCCLXXXI-MDCCCXXII, in the Form of a Dictionary’ by David Hume; cases 211-247, ‘Legacy’-‘Location’, pages 265-317., 1781-1822.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.7.7
Dates:
1781-1822.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript of ‘Decisions of the Court of Session MDCCLXXXI-MDCCCXXII, in the Form of a Dictionary’, collected by David Hume when he was Professor of Scots Law at Edinburgh, arranged and prepared for publication when he was Baron of the Exchequer, and finally published posthumously in 1839.
Manuscript of ‘Decisions of the Court of Session MDCCLXXXI-MDCCCXXII, in the Form of a Dictionary’ by David Hume; cases 248-278, ‘Mandate’, pages 317-358., 1781-1822.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.7.8
Dates:
1781-1822.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript of ‘Decisions of the Court of Session MDCCLXXXI-MDCCCXXII, in the Form of a Dictionary’, collected by David Hume when he was Professor of Scots Law at Edinburgh, arranged and prepared for publication when he was Baron of the Exchequer, and finally published posthumously in 1839.
Manuscript of ‘Decisions of the Court of Session MDCCLXXXI-MDCCCXXII, in the Form of a Dictionary’ by David Hume; cases 279-312, ‘Marriage’-‘Moveables’, pages 358-412., 1781-1822.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.7.9
Dates:
1781-1822.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript of ‘Decisions of the Court of Session MDCCLXXXI-MDCCCXXII, in the Form of a Dictionary’, collected by David Hume when he was Professor of Scots Law at Edinburgh, arranged and prepared for publication when he was Baron of the Exchequer, and finally published posthumously in 1839.