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 ‘Decisions of the Court of Session MDCCLXXXI-MDCCCXXII, in the Form of a Dictionary’ by David Hume; cases 313-338, ‘Oath of Party’-‘Pledge’, pages 412-450., 1781-1822.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.7.10
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 339-385, ‘Poinding’-‘Procurator Fiscal’, pages 451-504., 1781-1822.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.7.11
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 386-415, ‘Property’-‘Recompense’, pages 504-550., 1781-1822.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.7.12
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 416-447, ‘Redemption’-‘Removing’, pages 551-590., 1781-1822.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.7.13
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 448-501, ‘Reparation’-‘Res Judicata’, pages 591-655., 1781-1822.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.7.14
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 502-541, ‘Right in Security’-‘Sale’, pages 655-715., 1781-1822.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.7.15
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 542-580, ‘Salmon Fishing’-‘Succession’, pages 715-769., 1781-1822.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.7.16
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 581-614, ‘Summary Application’-‘Tack’ (number 30), pages 769-819., 1781-1822.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.7.17
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 615-650, ‘Tack’ (numbers 31-65), pages 819-869., 1781-1822.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.7.18
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 651-699, ‘Tailzie’-‘Writ’, pages 869-926., 1781-1822.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.7.19
Scope and Contents
The volume also contains a fragment of an index (folio 207), and notes on Baxter versus Balleny, 22 January 1805 etc., and Pearson Thomson`s trustees versus Balfour etc., 21 December 1805 (not in the published work) (folio 210).
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’, 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.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.7.1-81.7.19
Scope and Contents
The only difference from the published work is that the cases are not numbered continuously, but internally within each heading, and that there are no indexes (except for a fragment, Adv.MS.81.7.19, folio 207).
In the individual descriptions, the numbers of the cases (as in the published work), the headings, and the pages of the published work are given in that order.
Dates:
1781-1822.
Manuscript of 'Dialogues concerning natural religion' by David Hume., [1750-circa 1760], 1776.
Item
Identifier: MS.23162
Scope and Contents
The work was composed in the early 1750s and revised circa 1760 and again just before David Hume's death in 1776; the first two and last two folios of the manuscript date from this last revision, while the remainder is the original text with later interlinear and marginal corrections. Hume paginated the manuscript in its final form, from 1 to 88, but 15-16 and 39-40 are not present, though there is no loss of text. Hume was persuaded not to publish it during his lifetime, but was concerned...
Dates:
[1750-circa 1760], 1776.
Manuscript of Dȋwân-i Hâfiz by Ḵhwâjah Shams al-Dȋn Muḥammad.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.3.2
Dates:
1765.
Manuscript of 'Earth' by William Soutar., [Before 1944.]
Item
Identifier: MS.8601
Dates:
[Before 1944.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Scots poet William Soutar.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of poems of William Soutar.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of selected sets of poems of William Soutar, apparently intended for publication.
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Manuscript and incomplete typescript of ‘Earth’, and manuscript of ‘Quest’, by William Soutar.
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Manuscript and incomplete typescript of ‘Earth’ by William Soutar.
Manuscript of 'Eiger Direct' by Peter Gillman., 1966.
File
Identifier: Acc.14376/14
Scope and Contents
The manuscript here for the work 'Eiger Direct', which was published in 1966. This manuscript contains the sections of the book written by Peter Gillman. The manuscript contains many additions and deletions throughout.There are manuscript drafts for chapters 1-12, although some chapters appear to be incomplete.There are also some typescript drafts of the Authors' Foreword and the the Glossary of Climbing Terms. With the manuscript, there are also a number...
Dates:
1966.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers relating to the climb featured in and the publication of 'Eiger Direct', by Dougal Haston, Peter Gillman and Chris Bonington.
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Records relating to the publication of ‘Eiger Direct’ by Dougal Haston, Peter Gillman and Chris Bonington.
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Manuscripts and drafts of 'Eiger Direct'.
Manuscript of 'Elements of agriculture' by James Hutton.
Series
Identifier: MSS.23165-23166
Scope and Contents
This, James Hutton's last work, was unfinished at his death in 1797. The text is written by an amanuensis on the rectos only, with occasional notes on the versos. Not infrequently pieces have been torn from the sheets before they were written on. There are some corrections by Hutton himself, especially at the beginning, and an early draft of part of the preface, bound in after folio 2, is also in his hand. On folios ii-viii are comments on the work in an unidentified hand.
Dates:
1794-1797.
Manuscript of 'Elements of agriculture' by James Hutton., 1794-1797
Item
Identifier: MS.23165
Scope and Contents
The manuscript contains the preface, giving the purpose of the work and biographical information (folio 1); part 1, 'General view of husbandry & agriculture', in two chapters (folio 12); part 2, 'Of soil as a principle in the science of agriculture', in five chapters (folio 47); part 3, 'Of climate and vegetation', in seven chapters (folio 148); part 4, 'Of Seed, or the science of propagating useful plants', in four chapters (folio 315); and part 5, 'Of Labour and oeconomy', chapter 1...
Dates:
1794-1797
Manuscript of 'Elements of agriculture' by James Hutton., 1794-1797.
Item
Identifier: MS.23166
Scope and Contents
The manuscript contains unintegrated sections, 'Of the general Principles by which the reproduction of Animals is conducted' (folio i) and 'Of Sheep as a subject of the Breeding art' (folio xxi); part 5, chapter 2 end, 3-5, 6 corrected to 7, and 8 (folio 537); part 6, [succession of crops], in four chapters (folio 718); part 7, 'Of Systems in husbandry', in introduction and six chapters (folio 764); and part 8, 'A general view of the crops in common culture, with the nature and the habits of...
Dates:
1794-1797.
Manuscript of Elizabeth Grant, "Memoirs of a Highland Lady"
Collection
Identifier: Acc.9214
Dates:
1845.
Manuscript of English-Gaelic vocabulary compiled by a blinded veteran of the 92nd (Gordon) Regiment, Malcolm MacPherson, at Bridge of Teith, Doune, Perthshire, and written for him by another.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.2.6
Dates:
1812.
Manuscript of ‘Epigrams’ by William Soutar., [Before 1944.]
Item
Identifier: MS.8599
Dates:
[Before 1944.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Scots poet William Soutar.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of poems of William Soutar.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of selected sets of poems of William Soutar, apparently intended for publication.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of ‘Over the goompa gu’ and ‘Epigrams’ by William Soutar.
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Manuscript and typescript of 'Epigrams' by William Soutar.
Manuscript of 'Etymologiae' by Isidore of Seville.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.1.1
Scope and Contents
The manuscript contains: a list of chapters (folio 1); the six letters between Isidore, Braulio and Sisebutus (folio 5); and the complete text (folio 7 verso).
Subscription (folio 268): `Liber [ ] qui uocat(ur) Ysidorus ethimologiarum. Studio fr(atr)is arnulfi. Si quis illi abstulerit anathema sit`.
Headings and some initials are in red. Notes for the rubricator occasionally survive in the margin at right angles to the text.
Dates:
12th century.
Manuscript of Ewan McLachlan, "Emendatory Critique on the Gaelic Text of Ossian".
Item
Identifier: Acc.10434
Dates:
1808.
Manuscript of Ewen MacLachlan’s ‘Celtic Analysis’.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.3.4
Scope and Contents
A description by Ewen MacLachlan of fourteen manuscripts sent to him by the Highland Society of Scotland for examination. It was remitted to him by the Society in eight instalments between 26 May 1812 and 3 July 1813, and was intended for use in the compilation of the Society’s Dictionary. Pages 1-152 were therefore forwarded by the society to the Reverend Dr John MacLeod (MacLachlan’s co-adjutor on the Dictionary) on 3 June 1813. On this occasion the five instalments making up pages 1-120...
Dates:
1st quarter of 19th century.
Manuscript of Foras Feasa Ar Éirinn (continued), a history of Ireland, by Geoffrey Keating, (Seathrún Céitinn).
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.2.1
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is a continuation of Adv.MS.72.1.43, folio 18. The original codex appears to have disintegrated at an early stage, being recorded as coverless from its first appearance in 1803. Its later history can be traced as 4 sections:A. Adv.MS.72.1.43.B. Adv.MS.72.2.1, folios 1-8 (in origin a single sheet, cf. Donald Mackinnon).C. Adv.MS.72.2.1, folios 9-18 (distinguished from B notably by hole in middle of pages 9 and what follows).D....
Dates:
1647, or after.