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:
Negative microfilm of parts of the manuscript of ‘The life of Napoleon Buonaparte’ by Sir Walter Scott., [1827, or before.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.593
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript, [1827, or before], of ‘The life of Napoleon Buonaparte’, volume I, by Sir Walter Scott (MS.23058 (part)).
Manuscript, [1827, or before], of ‘The life of Napoleon Buonaparte’, volume II, by Sir Walter Scott (MS.23059 (part)).
Dates:
[1827, or before.]
Negative microfilm of various papers of, or concerning, Sir Walter Scott., 1793-1832.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.580
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Autograph corrections, 1827, by Sir Walter Scott to his 'Life of Napoleon Buonaparte', 2nd edition, volume iii (MS.1630);Printed proof, 1822, of “Carle, now the King’s come!”, with corrections in Sir Walter Scott’s autograph (MS.1665 [F.5.f.17(2)]);Manuscript copy of a Latin translation of the song "Carle, now the King's come!", [?1822] (MS.1666 [F.5.f.17(3)]);“Verses written by the Countess of Wollenlief's request”, by Sir...
Dates:
1793-1832.
Negative photographic plates of the pages in the second part of the Vatican manuscript, Collectoriae 213 ("Bagimond's Roll"), in which are listed amounts collected in Scotland for the Papal Tenth imposed by the General Council of Lyons.
File
Identifier: MS.3705
Dates:
1274.
Negative photostats of the manuscript, circa 1598, of the ‘Basilikon Doron’ of James VI in the British Museum (MS.Royal 18 B. xv).
File
Identifier: MS.3544
Dates:
Circa 1598.
Nether Lorn, or Campbell, Canntaireachd., 1797, [1814, or after].
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.3714-3715
Dates:
1797, [1814, or after].
'Newe Testament', a Middle English manuscript of the New Testament, in the earlier version of the Wycliffite Bible, written in England in the late 14th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.6.7
Scope and Contents
The text is mostly the earlier version of the Wycliffite Bible; see the edition by Josiah Forshall and Sir Frederic Madden, where this is manuscript Q of the earlier version and manuscript Z of the later version. It is described in volume 1, page lix, number 145; see also ‘The manuscripts and versions of the Wycliffite Bible’, pages 333-347, and ‘The earlier version of the Wycliffite Bible’, volume 7.The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Table of Gospels...
Dates:
Late 14th century.
Newspaper cuttings, 1813-1814, on political affairs., 1807, 1813-1814.
File
Identifier: MS.195
Scope and Contents
Included are some manuscript extracts from documents, probably published in the press, relating to the Princess of Wales and the Prince Regent, 1807, 1813 (folios 50-54).
The outside leather cover is lettered ‘Lauderdale. II. 1813’.
Dates:
1807, 1813-1814.
Newspaper cuttings, of 'Place Names in Some Northern Parishes of Inverness-shire', Gaelic Verses, etc, and correspondence compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson., 1794, 1899-1925, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.392
Dates:
1794, 1899-1925, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers concerning Gaelic philology and Highland topography, folk-lore, etc., compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson (died 1927), Minister of the United Free Church, Kilchoman, Islay.
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Papers concerning Gaelic place names and personal names compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson.
'Niel Gow', a radio biography by Robert McLellan, broadcast in the series 'This is my country'., 1960.
File
Identifier: MS.26397
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of notes (folio l), the orginal manuscript (folio l9), corrected typescript (folio 50), and broadcast script (folio 63).
Dates:
1960.
'Nithsdail descryved according to Mr. Timothe Pont his papers / be R. Gordon.', 1644.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 62)
Scope and Contents
Imprint: 1644, Mense Mai.
Dates:
1644.
Note of annual charges (folio i); list of donations and subscriptions, 1864-1865 (folio 1); note of payments, 1864-1866, and other notes (folio 1 inverted) of the 1st Company of the Edinburgh Volunteer Rifle Battalion., 1864-1866.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.2.23
`Notebook 3` of George Crabbe., 1779.
Item
Identifier: MS.42068
Scope and Contents
Title taken from the `Index of English Literary Manuscripts`, volume 3, part 1, page 296 (London : Mansell, 1986), which has a full description of the contents of the notebook.
Dates:
1779.
Notebook, '1989, Vess, Gavin Maxwell, An Lanntair'. , 1989.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 22(2)
`Notebook C` of George Crabbe., 1813-1824.
Item
Identifier: MS.42071
Scope and Contents
Title taken from the `Index of English Literary Manuscripts`, volume 3, part 1, page 295 (London : Mansell, 1986), which has a full description of the contents of the notebook.
Dates:
1813-1824.
Notebook containing an apparently unpublished translation of Goethe's ‘Faust’, part I, by William Edmondstoune Aytoun., 1834.
Item
Identifier: MS.4923
Dates:
1834.
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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Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.
Notebook containing biographical details of British poets. Volume 1 : Geoffrey Chaucer to Sir John Beaumont., Mid 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.42592
Dates:
Mid 19th century.
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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Manuscripts by unidentified authors.
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A series of notebooks containing biographical information on British poets used, or intended to be used, in the publication of a dictionary of British poets.
Notebook containing biographical details of British poets. Volume 2 : Richard Corbet to Edmund Smith., Mid 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.42593
Dates:
Mid 19th century.
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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Manuscripts by unidentified authors.
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A series of notebooks containing biographical information on British poets used, or intended to be used, in the publication of a dictionary of British poets.
Notebook containing biographical details of British poets. Volume 3 : Arthur Maynwaring to John Langhorne., Mid 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.42594
Dates:
Mid 19th century.
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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Manuscripts by unidentified authors.
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A series of notebooks containing biographical information on British poets used, or intended to be used, in the publication of a dictionary of British poets.
Notebook containing biographical details of British poets. Volume 4 : James Macpherson to Hartley Coleridge., Mid 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.42595
Dates:
Mid 19th century.
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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Manuscripts by unidentified authors.
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A series of notebooks containing biographical information on British poets used, or intended to be used, in the publication of a dictionary of British poets.
Notebook containing first manuscript draft of 'Wilderness dreams'., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.12233/77
Notebook containing garrison orders at Scone in January 1716 by Laurence Oliphant of Gask (died 1767), and ‘Journal of the War in Scotland in 1745’ by Laurence Oliphant of Gask (died 1792)., 1716, 1745.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.82.9.3
Notebook containing 'Journal commencing from the surrender of Quebec, 1759' by James Murray., 1759-1760.
Item
Identifier: MS.4853
Scope and Contents
The journal covers the period 18 September 1759, to 9 September 1760.
At the end of the notebook are 'Copies of some papers which passed between General Wolfe and the brigadiers' (namely, Robert Monckton, George Townsend, and James Murray), dated August and September 1759.
Dates:
1759-1760.