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:
Memorial, 1830, excerpts from charters under the Great Seal and memoranda, undated, in the claim of John F M Erskine, Earl of Mar (succeeded 1828) to the Earldom of Kellie (folios 1-68), and draft petition with answers, 1836, and various papers, undated, in the claim to titles and dignities of George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly (folios 69-153)., 1830, 1836, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.1.17
Dates:
1830, 1836, and undated.
Memorial by Laurence Oliphant of Gask., 1764.
Item
Identifier: MS.10335, folios 149-150
Memorial, circa 1745, concerning the state of the Highlands.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.5
Scope and Contents
The memorial is preceded by a note, dated 1838, by W F Skene, relating to the manuscript.
An endorsement (folio 12 verso), written by the original donor, Thomas Stewart, ascribes the memorial to Lord President Forbes.
Dates:
Circa 1745.
"Memorial for Clementine Fleming claiming the title of Countess of Wigtown, 1817", apparently a copy or a transcript of the claim made in 1779 by Clementine, Lady Elphinstone, née Fleming., 1779.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.9.21
Memorial for William Alexander (Surveyor-General of the Province of New Jersey, afterwards a major-general in the American Army), claiming the title of Earl of Stirling., 1759.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.9.19
`Memoriall Presented to King James the 7th’, Edinburgh, reporting on events in Scotland since the Revolution (Inv. XCII, Mac. 61)., 1713.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.49.7.6
`Memoriall to the Queen by the Duke of Atholl giveing ane account of the discovery of Captane Simon Frazer and his accomplices`, copied by Robert Mylne., 1704.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.20.6.1(ix), folios 134-138
`Memoriall Written by Philomathes and addressed to his Surviving friends` by James Hog, minister of Carnock. A copy of the preface and first five chapters of Hog`s autobiography.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.7.10
Scope and Contents
The volume originally contained theological notes in shorthand, most of which have been cut out.
Dates:
18th century.
Memorials and associated papers 1754-1755, 1766, 1768, and letters and associated papers of George Boyle, 4th Earl of Glasgow, 1817-1818, 1834, and undated, concerning the title of Ross, extinct or dormant following the death of William Ross, 14th Lord Ross, in 1754., 1754-1768, 1817-1834, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.1.21
Dates:
1754-1768, 1817-1834, and undated.
Memories of Sir James Balfour for the History of King Charles, his life and reign.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.22
Scope and Contents
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: W.4.19.
Dates:
1st half of 17th century.
Memories or notes of Sir James Balfour for the reigns of King James III, James IV, James V, Mary and James VI.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.21
Scope and Contents
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: W.4.18.
Dates:
1st half of 17th century.
'Mernis' [i.e. Mearns]. , [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 45)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
'Meroure of Wyssdome' by John Ireland.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.2.8
Scope and Contents
The work was written in 1490 for the instruction of James IV, but this may not be the copy intended for presentation to the king. Written in one hand throughout. The text (folio 8) is preceded by a list of contents (folio 1). The colophon (folio 358 verso) is dated 1490 but this may be the date of composition rather than of writing. R J Lyall dated the manuscript on the basis of the watermarks as circa 1492x in `Fifteenth-century Scottish manuscripts: a revised checklist`....
Dates:
?1490.
'Merrag and Her Sons', three manuscript drafts and a corrected typescript., August 1962.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4835/4
`Methodus medendi generalis`, a medical treatise with a general survey and three parts, dealing with the head, the chest and the stomach respectively.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.6.16
Scope and Contents
The date 16 September 1610 occurs on folio 137.The treatise is followed (folio 377 verso) by copies of poems of George Sibbald of Rankeillour, some of which are printed in ‘Regulae bene et salubriter vivendi’ (Edinburgh, 1701). Copies of the rest, with two exceptions, are to be found in Adv.MS.15.2.5. The exceptions (folios 377-381) are an Apology, beginning `Clerice qui fasces et opes virtutibus aequas`, and verses in honour of Catherine, Countess of Haddington (died 1635)....
Dates:
1610.
Microfilm, chiefly of correspondence of James Augustus Grant and his family.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.513-515
Dates:
1843-1900.
Microfilm of a copy made by Allan Ramsay the elder from the Bannatyne manuscript of 'Satyre of the thrie estaitis' by Sir David Lindsay (lent in 1774 to Thomas Percy)., 2nd quarter of 16th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.15556 [Mf.MSS.51]
Dates:
2nd quarter of 16th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Microfilms of a copy made by Allan Ramsay the elder from the Bannatyne manuscript of 'Satyre of the thrie estaitis' by Sir David Lindsay; and of a collection of ballads and songs made for ‘Popular ballads and songs’ by Robert Jamieson.
Microfilm of abbreviated version of ‘Scotichronicon’ by Walter Bower.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1522
Dates:
[?1450-?1480.]
Microfilm of Africa Through Western Eyes. Part 4. Papers of and concerning Sir John Kirk (Adam Matthew).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1587-1596
Scope and Contents
The microfilms in this series have been described to a basic standard.
The dates are taken from the original accession record and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.
Dates:
[Circa 1858-circa 1973.]
Microfilm of Africa Through Western Eyes. Part 4. Papers of and concerning Sir John Kirk. Reel 1., [Circa 1858-circa 1973.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1587
Dates:
[Circa 1858-circa 1973.]
Microfilm of Africa Through Western Eyes. Part 4. Papers of and concerning Sir John Kirk. Reel 2., [Circa 1858-circa 1973.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1588
Dates:
[Circa 1858-circa 1973.]
Microfilm of Africa Through Western Eyes. Part 4. Papers of and concerning Sir John Kirk. Reel 3., [Circa 1858-circa 1973.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1589
Dates:
[Circa 1858-circa 1973.]
Microfilm of Africa Through Western Eyes. Part 4. Papers of and concerning Sir John Kirk. Reel 4., [Circa 1858-circa 1973.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1590
Dates:
[Circa 1858-circa 1973.]
Microfilm of Africa Through Western Eyes. Part 4. Papers of and concerning Sir John Kirk. Reel 5., [Circa 1858-circa 1973.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1591
Dates:
[Circa 1858-circa 1973.]