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:
Collection of manuscripts, apparently belonging to William Edmondstoune Aytoun., 1653-1746.
File
Identifier: MS.4932
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Contemporary copy of a 'Report of the committee from the commissioners of Shyres, 20 July 1653', concerning shire valuation and taxation in Scotland. (Folio 1.)(ii) Manuscript of the first part of 'A journall of the siege and the taking of Buda, begun in June in the year 1686' (folio 2). To this is added a transcript in William Edmondstoune Aytoun's hand, apparently of the whole manuscript, in which he inaccurately dates the siege 1684,...
Dates:
1653-1746.
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.
Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
Series
Identifier: MSS.1894-2212
Scope and Contents
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Dates:
Mid 13th century-early 20th century.
Collection of manuscripts: part of a Gaelic grammatical treatise, a chronicle of the Kings of Scotland, and answers of John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol, to certain interrogatories put to him concerning his negotiations with Spain for the marriage of Charles I.
Collection
Identifier: MSS.1745-1747
Dates:
16th century-17th century.
Collection of maps., 1765-?1845.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.10.1
Collection of mediaeval manuscripts and two printed books with manuscript notes, formerly in the possession of the family of Borthwick of Crookston.
Collection
Identifier: MSS.6121-6133
Dates:
12th century-18th century.
Collection of miscellaneous poems, some of which relate to Scottish affairs, written mainly before the Restoration.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.3.4
Scope and Contents
On the flyleaf is written "Incept. March 23 1652/3".
The poems are written in two different hands and at the rear of the volume there are several pages written in cypher or shorthand.
Dates:
3rd quarter of 17th century.
Collection of notarial papers compiled by James Dennistoun for a projected history of Dumbartonshire., 1471-1547.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.23
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of (i) notarial entries 1471-1477 relating to Dumbartonshire (notary and place unidentified) (folio 1). The name John Kyd (?) is at folio 11 verso; folio 1 is stuck to folio 2 and folios 11-12 appear to be wrongly folded; (ii) copies by Walter Watson, notary, keeper of the protocol books, of documents dated Dunbarton 1449, 1507-1511, 1526 and 1547 (not in chronological order) (folio 20); (iii) an unidentified protocol book, possibly a fragment, apparently relating to...
Dates:
1471-1547.
Collection of notebooks containing a copy made by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of a `Monasticon Scoticanum` compiled by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode (died 1793)., Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.30.5.1-30.5.7
Scope and Contents
The work, which was apparently intended for publication but never published, is based upon the `Account of all the Religious Houses that were in Scotland at the time of the Reformation` by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, Keeper of the Advocates` Library, which was first printed as an Appendix to ‘Minor Practicks’, but it contains considerable additional matter and the order is rather different. Hutton appears to have made further additions from his own researches at the end of...
Dates:
Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Collection of notebooks containing a copy made by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of a `Monasticon Scoticanum` compiled by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, volume 1., Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.1
Dates:
Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection of notebooks containing a copy made by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of a `Monasticon Scoticanum` compiled by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode (died 1793).
Collection of notebooks containing a copy made by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of a `Monasticon Scoticanum` compiled by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, volume 2., Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.2
Dates:
Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection of notebooks containing a copy made by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of a `Monasticon Scoticanum` compiled by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode (died 1793).
Collection of notebooks containing a copy made by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of a `Monasticon Scoticanum` compiled by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, volume 3., Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.3
Dates:
Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection of notebooks containing a copy made by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of a `Monasticon Scoticanum` compiled by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode (died 1793).
Collection of notebooks containing a copy made by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of a `Monasticon Scoticanum` compiled by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, volume 4., Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.4
Dates:
Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection of notebooks containing a copy made by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of a `Monasticon Scoticanum` compiled by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode (died 1793).
Collection of notebooks containing a copy made by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of a `Monasticon Scoticanum` compiled by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, volume 5., Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.5
Dates:
Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection of notebooks containing a copy made by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of a `Monasticon Scoticanum` compiled by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode (died 1793).
Collection of notebooks containing a copy made by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of a `Monasticon Scoticanum` compiled by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, volume 6., Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.6
Dates:
Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection of notebooks containing a copy made by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of a `Monasticon Scoticanum` compiled by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode (died 1793).
Collection of notebooks containing a copy made by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of a `Monasticon Scoticanum` compiled by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, volume 7., Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.7
Dates:
Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection of notebooks containing a copy made by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of a `Monasticon Scoticanum` compiled by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode (died 1793).
Collection of notebooks of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton containing numerous brief notes, references and extracts from manuscripts and printed works of reference, together with a few sketch-maps and drawings, relating to the religious houses of Scotland., Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MSS.30.5.11-30.5.16
Scope and Contents
There appears to be no order of subject-matter or reference source.
Dates:
Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Collection of notebooks of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton containing numerous brief notes, references and extracts from manuscripts and printed works of reference, together with a few sketch-maps and drawings, relating to the religious houses of Scotland, volume 1., Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.11
Dates:
Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection of notebooks of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton containing numerous brief notes, references and extracts from manuscripts and printed works of reference, together with a few sketch-maps and drawings, relating to the religious houses of Scotland.
Collection of notebooks of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton containing numerous brief notes, references and extracts from manuscripts and printed works of reference, together with a few sketch-maps and drawings, relating to the religious houses of Scotland, volume 2., Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.12
Dates:
Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection of notebooks of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton containing numerous brief notes, references and extracts from manuscripts and printed works of reference, together with a few sketch-maps and drawings, relating to the religious houses of Scotland.
Collection of notebooks of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton containing numerous brief notes, references and extracts from manuscripts and printed works of reference, together with a few sketch-maps and drawings, relating to the religious houses of Scotland, volume 3., Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.13
Dates:
Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection of notebooks of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton containing numerous brief notes, references and extracts from manuscripts and printed works of reference, together with a few sketch-maps and drawings, relating to the religious houses of Scotland.
Collection of notebooks of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton containing numerous brief notes, references and extracts from manuscripts and printed works of reference, together with a few sketch-maps and drawings, relating to the religious houses of Scotland, volume 4., Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.14
Dates:
Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection of notebooks of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton containing numerous brief notes, references and extracts from manuscripts and printed works of reference, together with a few sketch-maps and drawings, relating to the religious houses of Scotland.
Collection of notebooks of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton containing numerous brief notes, references and extracts from manuscripts and printed works of reference, together with a few sketch-maps and drawings, relating to the religious houses of Scotland, volume 5., Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.15
Dates:
Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection of notebooks of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton containing numerous brief notes, references and extracts from manuscripts and printed works of reference, together with a few sketch-maps and drawings, relating to the religious houses of Scotland.
Collection of notebooks of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton containing numerous brief notes, references and extracts from manuscripts and printed works of reference, together with a few sketch-maps and drawings, relating to the religious houses of Scotland, volume 6., Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.16
Scope and Contents
At the end of this volume, written apparently in another hand, are a copy of the succession of the bishops in Scotland from the Reformation to 1676 taken from ‘An Appendix to the History [of John Spottiswoode, Archibshop of Saint Andrews] of the Church of Scotland’ (folio 1 inverted) and lists of the revenues of the bishoprics and religious houses of Scotland (folio 16 inverted), extracted from another source.
Dates:
Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and sketchbooks compiled by, and architectural plans and drawings made by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton in his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.
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Collection of notebooks of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton containing numerous brief notes, references and extracts from manuscripts and printed works of reference, together with a few sketch-maps and drawings, relating to the religious houses of Scotland.
Collection of notes, copies and extracts, made by and for Dennistoun, of manuscripts of Scottish or British interest contained in several of the major libraries of Italy and Germany., 1836-1851.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.26
Collection of papers, chiefly seventeenth century, which appear to have belonged to Richard Almack, Suffolk.
File
Identifier: MS.3922
Scope and Contents
The papers fall into two main categories: papers relating to John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, including an account of fees paid by him on his installation as a Knight of the Garter, 1672, printed in ‘The Herald and Genealogist’, volume iii (1866), pages 222-224; and papers relating to Catherine Murray, Countess of Dysart, including a number of passes signed by prominent parliamentarians, such as Warwick and Essex. There are also typescript copies of correspondence between Richard Almack...
Dates:
1567-1873, undated.
`Collection of Papers Experiments And Observations Relating to Husbandry, Grass, And other Branches Of Country Affairs,’ by William Baird of Auchmeddan.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.4.12
Scope and Contents
The collection was compiled over the years 1736 to 1756, and was written in the latter year (pages iii, 234). It is made up of extracts from books, copies of letters, and notes of the experiences of the writer.
Dates:
1736-1756.