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:
Heavily re-worked manuscript of ‘Invitation from Minerva’ by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'., [1954, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.27389
Dates:
[1954, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Margaret M Morrison, the novelist (died 1973), who wrote under the pseudonym 'March Cost'.
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Notes for and manuscripts and typescripts of literary works of Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Invitation from Minerva' by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
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Heavily re-worked manuscript of ‘Invitation from Minerva’ by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
Heavily reworked manuscript of ‘A key to laurels’ by Margaret M Morrison, ‘March Cost’., [1972, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27403-27404
Scope and Contents
Some pages are missing, and there are four versions (one of which is a corrected typescript) of the chapter “Miss Lumsden's Bequest” (MS.27404, folios 22-85).
Dates:
[1972, or before.]
Heavily reworked manuscript of ‘A key to laurels’, part I, by Margaret M Morrison, ‘March Cost’., [1972, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.27403
Dates:
[1972, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Margaret M Morrison, the novelist (died 1973), who wrote under the pseudonym 'March Cost'.
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Notes for and manuscripts and typescripts of literary works of Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
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Heavily reworked manuscript of ‘A key to laurels’ by Margaret M Morrison, ‘March Cost’.
Heavily reworked manuscript of ‘A key to laurels’, part II, by Margaret M Morrison, ‘March Cost’., [1972, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.27404
Dates:
[1972, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Margaret M Morrison, the novelist (died 1973), who wrote under the pseudonym 'March Cost'.
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Notes for and manuscripts and typescripts of literary works of Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
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Heavily reworked manuscript of ‘A key to laurels’ by Margaret M Morrison, ‘March Cost’.
Heavily reworked manuscript of Acts I-III of the play ‘The Wallace’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1958.
Item
Identifier: MS.26169
Heavily reworked manuscript of Acts IV-V of the play ‘The Wallace’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1958.
Item
Identifier: MS.26170
Heavily reworked manuscript of the play ‘The Wallace’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1958.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26169-26170
Scope and Contents
The play was broadcast in 1959; the first stage production was in 1960, and an edition of the text was published in the same year.
Dates:
1958.
Heavily reworked manuscript of 'Two guests for Swedenborg', book 1, by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'., [1971, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.27401
Dates:
[1971, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Margaret M Morrison, the novelist (died 1973), who wrote under the pseudonym 'March Cost'.
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Notes for and manuscripts and typescripts of literary works of Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
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Heavily reworked manuscript of 'Two guests for Swedenborg' by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
Heavily reworked manuscript of 'Two guests for Swedenborg' book 2, by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'., [1971, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.27402
Dates:
[1971, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Margaret M Morrison, the novelist (died 1973), who wrote under the pseudonym 'March Cost'.
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Notes for and manuscripts and typescripts of literary works of Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
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Heavily reworked manuscript of 'Two guests for Swedenborg' by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'.
Heavily reworked manuscript of 'Two guests for Swedenborg' by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'., [1971, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27401-27402
Dates:
[1971, or before.]
Hebrew manuscript of the Old Testament., Undated.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.7.23a
Hebrew manuscript of the Old Testament and the 'Codex Edinburgensis'.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.7.23a-Adv.MS.18.7.23b
Dates:
Undated.
Heraldic collection of John Scrymgeour.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.5.2
Scope and Contents
The material was copied by John Scrymgeour of Myres, presumably for his own use, possibly from Adam Loutfut`s heraldic manuscript (British [Museum] Library, Harleian MS.6149). Some of the items in Loutfut`s manuscript have been omitted, and the rest occur in a different order.Loutfut`s manuscript is described in ‘The Book of the Ordre of Chyvalry’, pages xxvi-xxix. (In the following description, ‘Loutfut MS.1-19` refers to the various sections of the manuscript as listed...
Dates:
1st half of 16th century.
Heraldic collection of Sir David Lindsay.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.3.20
Scope and Contents
Material copied in the late 16th and early 17th centuries apparently for Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, Lord Lyon King of Arms from 1591 to 1620. It is closely related to John Scrymgeour`s manuscript (Adv.MS.31.5.2) in that some of its contents are apparently taken from Adam Loutfut`s manuscript (British [Museum] Library Harleian MS.6149), and the same order of arrangement is followed as by Scrymgeour; but there is also some additional material. Loutfut`s manuscript is described in ‘The...
Dates:
Late 16th century-early 17th century.
‘Heredity and politics’ by J B S Haldane, consisting partly of manuscript, and partly of typescript, both extensively amended, together with proofs of some of the tables and other illustrative items., [1937-1938].
Item
Identifier: MS.20564
Scope and Contents
The book, which was published in 1938, is an expanded version of a series of lectures given at Birmingham in 1937 under the title 'Human biology and politics'. In view of the numerous additional paragraphs written on separate sheets the text is stamped with a series of consecutive numbers (7 to 230) to indicate the correct sequence to the printer.
Dates:
[1937-1938].
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane and correspondence and papers of his second wife Helen, née Spurway.
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Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane.
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Typescripts and manuscripts of J B S Haldane for projected books.
`Histoire de Frere Roger et de sa compagnie, tirée de l`ancienne chronique de l`illustre conquerant Dom Jaques I roi d`Aragon, écrite par Raimond Muntaner, et traduite au pié de la lettre par I.M. A Neufchatel en Suisse. MDCCLV`. A translation of part of the 14th-century Catalan chronicle of Ramon Muntaner.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.10
Scope and Contents
The manuscript consists of chapters 194-243 of the chronicle, which recount the life of the Italian mercenary soldier, Roger de Flor, and his campaign in Asia Minor.The manuscript appears to have been intended for publication, and has numerous marginal notes. In a preface to the reader (folio iii), the translator states that his patron was `Milord Keith`, probably the Earl Marischal who became Governor of Neufchâtel in 1752. Keith`s name has been inserted over another name,...
Dates:
14th century.
`Historia Alexandri Magni` by Quilichinus de Spoleto., 13th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.4.9(iv), folios 35-57 recto
Scope and Contents
Rubrics in red; spaces have been left for initials.
Dates:
13th century.
‘Historia Ecclesiae Scoticanae’, a copy, early 18th century, of the history of the Church of Scotland, covering the years 1558-1625 (the Reformation to the death of James VI and I), written in Latin by Archibald Simson, minister of Dalkeith.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.1.3
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is in the hand of a copyist who frequently worked for Robert Wodrow [Wodrow copyist (1)].
Dates:
Early 17th century.
‘Historia Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ’, a copy, late 17th or early 18th century, of the history of the Church of Scotland, covering the years 1558-1625 (the Reformation to the death of James VI and I), written in Latin by Archibald Simson, minister of Dalkeith.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.5.16
Dates:
Early 17th century.
`Historia natural das propriedades de Polypus, insects, que vive em Ribeyres`: essays written by the Brazilian doctor Matheus Saraiva in reply to those published in the ‘Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London’, volume xlii, pages 281, 422.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.4.6
Dates:
1743.
`Historical Account of Printing in Scotland, During Two Centuries; Being Annals of her Literature, From 1507 to 1707; With an Appendix: comprehending, The History of Paper making, The History of Type founding in Scotland; and an Essay on the Copyright of Authors`, by George Chalmers, the antiquary.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.17.1.16
Scope and Contents
This is the manuscript which George Chalmers submitted for publication in 1817 to Cadell and Davies who, however, rejected it. The printers discussed are:Walter Chepman and Androw Myllar (two drafts, folios 7, 21);Thomas Davidson (folio 29);John Scot (folio 38);Robert Lekprevik (folio 52);Thomas Bassandyne (folio 63);Alexander Arbuthnot (folio 65);John Ross (folio 68);Henry Charteris...
Dates:
1817, or before.
'Historical Account of the Comyns, Earls of Buchan’ by James Mitchell., 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.2099
Historical and biographical notes of George Chalmers., ?1794-1803, or after.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.9.9
Scope and Contents
Among the contents of the volume are: lists of events in the reigns of the Kings of Scotland (written on paper watermarked 1800-1802) (folio 1), notes on the Earls of Caithness (folio 66), Sinclairs (written on paper watermarked 1797-1798) (folio 86), the Earldom of Carrick (folio 127), Boyles of Kelburne (written on paper watermarked 1800) (folio 129), Lords of the Isles and Macdonells of Glengarry (written on paper watermarked 1803) (folio 132), Polydore Vergil (folio 139), Thomas Dempster...
Dates:
?1794-1803, or after.