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:
‘History of Europe during the French Revolution’, seventh edition, volume XIX (Edinburgh, 1847-1848), by Archibald Alison; with, passim, marginal corrections and additions in Alison's hand for the illustrated edition of 1849., 1847-1848.
File
Identifier: MS.4754
Dates:
1847-1848.
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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Manuscripts and proofs of works offered for publication to William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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‘History of Europe during the French Revolution’, seventh edition (Edinburgh, 1847-1848) by Archibald Alison; with, passim, marginal corrections and additions in Alison's hand for the illustrated edition of 1849.
‘History of Europe during the French Revolution’, seventh edition, volume XV (Edinburgh, 1847-1848), by Archibald Alison; with, passim, marginal corrections and additions in Alison's hand for the illustrated edition of 1849., 1847-1848.
Item
Identifier: MS.4750
Dates:
1847-1848.
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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Manuscripts and proofs of works offered for publication to William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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‘History of Europe during the French Revolution’, seventh edition (Edinburgh, 1847-1848) by Archibald Alison; with, passim, marginal corrections and additions in Alison's hand for the illustrated edition of 1849.
‘History of Europe during the French Revolution’, seventh edition, volume XVI (Edinburgh, 1847-1848), by Archibald Alison; with, passim, marginal corrections and additions in Alison's hand for the illustrated edition of 1849., 1847-1848.
Item
Identifier: MS.4751
Dates:
1847-1848.
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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Manuscripts and proofs of works offered for publication to William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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‘History of Europe during the French Revolution’, seventh edition (Edinburgh, 1847-1848) by Archibald Alison; with, passim, marginal corrections and additions in Alison's hand for the illustrated edition of 1849.
‘History of Europe during the French Revolution’, seventh edition, volume XVII (Edinburgh, 1847-1848), by Archibald Alison; with, passim, marginal corrections and additions in Alison's hand for the illustrated edition of 1849., 1847-1848.
File
Identifier: MS.4752
Dates:
1847-1848.
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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Manuscripts and proofs of works offered for publication to William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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‘History of Europe during the French Revolution’, seventh edition (Edinburgh, 1847-1848) by Archibald Alison; with, passim, marginal corrections and additions in Alison's hand for the illustrated edition of 1849.
‘History of Europe during the French Revolution’, seventh edition, volume XVIII (Edinburgh, 1847-1848), by Archibald Alison; with, passim, marginal corrections and additions in Alison's hand for the illustrated edition of 1849., 1847-1848.
File
Identifier: MS.4753
Dates:
1847-1848.
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.
/
Manuscripts and proofs of works offered for publication to William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
/
‘History of Europe during the French Revolution’, seventh edition (Edinburgh, 1847-1848) by Archibald Alison; with, passim, marginal corrections and additions in Alison's hand for the illustrated edition of 1849.
‘History of Europe during the French Revolution’, seventh edition, volume XX (Edinburgh, 1847-1848), by Archibald Alison; with, passim, marginal corrections and additions in Alison's hand for the illustrated edition of 1849., 1847-1848.
File
Identifier: MS.4755
Dates:
1847-1848.
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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Manuscripts and proofs of works offered for publication to William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
/
‘History of Europe during the French Revolution’, seventh edition (Edinburgh, 1847-1848) by Archibald Alison; with, passim, marginal corrections and additions in Alison's hand for the illustrated edition of 1849.
"History of the Abbey of Deer, of the Priories of Fyvie and Monymusk, and of the Hospitals [of] Turreff and Kincardine O'Neill" by James Mitchell., 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.2098
‘History of the baronetage of Scotland and Nova Scotia’ by Robert Riddell., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.2.1-Adv.MS.23.2.8
Dates:
Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
‘History of the baronetage of Scotland and Nova Scotia’ by Robert Riddell, advocate (born 1797-died 1862).
Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.2.1-Adv.MS.23.2.9
Dates:
Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
‘History of the baronetage of Scotland and Nova Scotia’ by Robert Riddell: volume I., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.2.1
Dates:
Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
‘History of the baronetage of Scotland and Nova Scotia’ by Robert Riddell: volume II., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.2.2
Dates:
Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
‘History of the baronetage of Scotland and Nova Scotia’ by Robert Riddell: volume III., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.2.3
Dates:
Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
‘History of the baronetage of Scotland and Nova Scotia’ by Robert Riddell: volume IV., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.2.4
Dates:
Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
‘History of the baronetage of Scotland and Nova Scotia’ by Robert Riddell: volume V., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.2.5
Dates:
Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
‘History of the baronetage of Scotland and Nova Scotia’ by Robert Riddell: volume VI., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.2.6
Dates:
Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
‘History of the baronetage of Scotland and Nova Scotia’ by Robert Riddell: volume VII., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.2.7
Dates:
Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
‘History of the baronetage of Scotland and Nova Scotia’ by Robert Riddell: volume VIII., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.2.8
Dates:
Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
History of the Corsanes., After 1825.
File
Identifier: Acc.11407/13
Scope and Contents
Handwritten history of the Scottish Corsanes family, along with two typescript copies.
Dates:
After 1825.
‘History of the Kirk of Scotland after the Reformation’, covering the period from the Parliament of August 1560, to that of June 1633, in a seventeenth-century hand.
Item
Identifier: MS.3926
Scope and Contents
A note in an eighteenth-century hand (folio 1) suggests this is a manuscript copy of David Calderwood, ‘The true history of the Church of Scotland’, 1678; but, although there are striking textual similarities at various places, the text is by no means the same, and begins and ends at later dates. As many of the documents quoted in full by Calderwood are omitted, this may be an abridgement and continuation of Calderwood's work.
Dates:
17th century-18th century.
History of the ‘Maison Royale de Stuart’, beginning ‘Bancho eut pour Enfans’., Early 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.316
`History of the most noble and illustrious family of the Frasers, particularly of the illustrious family of Lovat Chief and head of that numerous Clan`.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.6.13
Scope and Contents
The manuscript was intended for publication in London, 1749. No author is given.
At the back of the volume are transcripts of `Original papers relating to the foregoing Memoirs` I-XIII, with a brief account of the family of Fraser of Fruid.
Dates:
1749, or before.
History of the see of Durham and its bishops from Aidan to Cuthbert Tunstall (died 1559), `summarily comprisinge such memorable acts and works of Charitie...with sundrie other things worthy of remembraunce, collected out of the auncient and late records of the Cathedrall Church of Durham, and for the most parte translated forth of Latten into English: the first day of August Anno Domini 1603`.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.7.2
Scope and Contents
The title `Origo Episcopatus Dunelmensis` bears the date 1616, but the text is followed (folio 25 verso) by lists of bishops up to Richard Neile (1617-1628), deans from 1543 to 1620, and mayors from 1603 to 1627.
Dates:
Early 17th century.
`History of the Subscriptions for the Erecting of the Monument to the Memory of Sir Walter Scott at Edinburgh compiled from the Minute Books and Vouchers of the original and Auxiliary Committees by John Castle, secretary to the Joint Committee. 1852`.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.3.15
Scope and Contents
At the beginning of the volume is inserted a letter of James Ballantine, glass painter and song writer to the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, 1865, giving an extract of John Castle`s will 1864, bequeathing the manuscript to the Advocates` Library. At the back of the volume are recorded financial statements concerning the monument. The rest of the volume is comprised of copies of reports, minutes of meetings and correspondence, 1832-1853.
Dates:
1832-1853.
History of the youth of Christ, and other theological material.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.8.9
Dates:
1765.
Holograph manuscript of Ewen Maclachlan or McLachlan, the Celtic scholar, containing Irish literature.
File
Identifier: MS.3281
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) 'Essay on the Antiquity of Irish Literature', followed by an account of the Irish alphabet and contractions, 1814 (folio 1);(ii) Transcripts of the five stories in Gaelic MS.XXXVIII in the National Library (‘A descriptive catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts in the Advocates' Library’, page 146): 'Oigheadh Gcoinchuloind', "Ar-amach Mhic Con'an aghaidh Airt mhic-Cuinn, Righ Eirionn", 'Oigheadh ChloinneLir', 'Ar-amach Mhic Colgain an aghaidh...
Dates:
1813-1814.