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:
Kilberry book of piobaireachd, compiled by Archibald Campbell, numbers 87-104., 1909-1957, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.22107
Dates:
1909-1957, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Kilberry book of piobaireachd: papers concerning piobaireachd, being the results of researches into the history of piobaireachd, the quality of the texts available, and problems of performance, compiled by Archibald Campbell, with the assistance of Colonel John P Grant of Rothiemurchus.
Kilberry book of piobaireachd, compiled by Archibald Campbell, numbers 105-122., 1903-1958, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.22108
Dates:
1903-1958, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Kilberry book of piobaireachd: papers concerning piobaireachd, being the results of researches into the history of piobaireachd, the quality of the texts available, and problems of performance, compiled by Archibald Campbell, with the assistance of Colonel John P Grant of Rothiemurchus.
Kilberry book of piobaireachd, compiled by Archibald Campbell, numbers 123-134., 1911-1958, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.22109
Dates:
1911-1958, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Kilberry book of piobaireachd: papers concerning piobaireachd, being the results of researches into the history of piobaireachd, the quality of the texts available, and problems of performance, compiled by Archibald Campbell, with the assistance of Colonel John P Grant of Rothiemurchus.
Kilberry book of piobaireachd, compiled by Archibald Campbell, numbers 135-147., 1911-1952, 1963, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.22110
Dates:
1911-1952, 1963, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Kilberry book of piobaireachd: papers concerning piobaireachd, being the results of researches into the history of piobaireachd, the quality of the texts available, and problems of performance, compiled by Archibald Campbell, with the assistance of Colonel John P Grant of Rothiemurchus.
Kilberry book of piobaireachd, compiled by Archibald Campbell, numbers 148-161., 1910-1949, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.22111
Dates:
1910-1949, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Kilberry book of piobaireachd: papers concerning piobaireachd, being the results of researches into the history of piobaireachd, the quality of the texts available, and problems of performance, compiled by Archibald Campbell, with the assistance of Colonel John P Grant of Rothiemurchus.
Kilberry book of piobaireachd, compiled by Archibald Campbell, numbers 162-184., 1892, 1911-1958, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.22112
Dates:
1892, 1911-1958, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Kilberry book of piobaireachd: papers concerning piobaireachd, being the results of researches into the history of piobaireachd, the quality of the texts available, and problems of performance, compiled by Archibald Campbell, with the assistance of Colonel John P Grant of Rothiemurchus.
Kilberry book of piobaireachd, compiled by Archibald Campbell, numbers 185-200., 1911-1958, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.22113
Dates:
1911-1958, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Kilberry book of piobaireachd: papers concerning piobaireachd, being the results of researches into the history of piobaireachd, the quality of the texts available, and problems of performance, compiled by Archibald Campbell, with the assistance of Colonel John P Grant of Rothiemurchus.
Kilberry book of piobaireachd, compiled by Archibald Campbell, numbers 201-218., 1910-1958, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.22114
Dates:
1910-1958, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Kilberry book of piobaireachd: papers concerning piobaireachd, being the results of researches into the history of piobaireachd, the quality of the texts available, and problems of performance, compiled by Archibald Campbell, with the assistance of Colonel John P Grant of Rothiemurchus.
Kilberry book of piobaireachd, compiled by Archibald Campbell, numbers 219-241., 1911-1958, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.22115
Dates:
1911-1958, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Kilberry book of piobaireachd: papers concerning piobaireachd, being the results of researches into the history of piobaireachd, the quality of the texts available, and problems of performance, compiled by Archibald Campbell, with the assistance of Colonel John P Grant of Rothiemurchus.
Kilberry book of piobaireachd, compiled by Archibald Campbell, numbers 242-262., 1911-1939, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.22116
Dates:
1911-1939, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Kilberry book of piobaireachd: papers concerning piobaireachd, being the results of researches into the history of piobaireachd, the quality of the texts available, and problems of performance, compiled by Archibald Campbell, with the assistance of Colonel John P Grant of Rothiemurchus.
Kilberry book of piobaireachd, compiled by Archibald Campbell, numbers 263-290., 1910-1940, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.22117
Dates:
1910-1940, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Kilberry book of piobaireachd: papers concerning piobaireachd, being the results of researches into the history of piobaireachd, the quality of the texts available, and problems of performance, compiled by Archibald Campbell, with the assistance of Colonel John P Grant of Rothiemurchus.
Kilberry book of piobaireachd: papers concerning piobaireachd, being the results of researches into the history of piobaireachd, the quality of the texts available, and problems of performance, compiled by Archibald Campbell, with the assistance of Colonel John P Grant of Rothiemurchus.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22098-22117
Scope and Contents
Archibald Campbell, who entered the Indian Civil Service and retired as Judge of the High Court of Lahore, was the youngest son of John Campbell of Kilberry, and Secretary of the Music Committee of the Piobaireachd Society. The material is arranged tune by tune, approximately in the order of appearance in ‘Ceol mor’ by C S Thomason, and consists of copies of the text of each piobaireachd from all authoritative sources, both printed (including some proof sheets) and manuscript....
Dates:
1892-1963, undated.
'Kilellan', a series of short plays written by Robert McLellan for television., 1960.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26407-26409
‘Kirk manuscripts’, copies of papers on ecclesiastical history, originally marked ‘B’., 17th century-18th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.5.9
Scope and Contents
The volume consists of “The second pairt of the Historie of the kirk and Nation of Scotland and of England & Ireland, (as their case becums lyk ours) fra the death of King James till the death of his sonne King Charles” in sixteen books interspersed with many printed papers.
Dates:
17th century-18th century.
‘Kirk manuscripts’, copies of very miscellaneous papers on ecclesiastical history.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.34.5.8-11
Scope and Contents
According to the folio catalogue (F.R.186) the volumes were originally marked ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’.
The description of the manuscripts in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: Jac.5.7.7-10.
Dates:
17th century-18th century.
'Kirstan and the Vikar: a parable in Scots' by Robert McLellan., 1959.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26352-26355
Kitâb-i-Mihr o Mushtarī, “The Book of Mihr and Mushtarī”.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.5.22
Dates:
16th century.
Last letter written by Mary Queen of Scots, on 8 February, 1587 (the night before her execution), to her brother-in-law, Henri III of France.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.54.1.1
Scope and Contents
Mary has been unable to obtain her papers in order to make her will. She is to be executed the following morning at 8 o`clock. She has been deprived of her chaplain. She recommends her servants to her brother-in-law, and begs that money may be provided to found an obit and to make the requisite distribution of alms.
Dates:
1587.
Late 10th-century manuscript, produced in England, which contains a selection of the poetry of Coelius Sedulius, with glosses in Latin and Old English.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.7.7
Scope and Contents
The manuscript contains prefatory matter (‘Hoc opus Sedulii` etc., J Huemer in ‘Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum’, x, page vii note; ‘Sedulius epistola ... utilitati`, Huemer, page xi; `istud sequens` etc., Huemer, page xxii; poem of Turcius Rufus Asterius, Huemer, page 307, and ‘Anthologia Latina’ 491; `Sedulius versificus` etc., Huemer, page viii note; `mos est poetarum` etc., Huemer, page xxii); the letter to Macedonicus; the preface of the `Carmen paschale`, called...
Dates:
Late 10th century.
Late 12th-century manuscript containing the 'Panormia' of Ivo, Bishop of Chartres; with two diagrams of consanguinity, and short excerpts of Pope Alexander III.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.6
Scope and Contents
Manuscript containing the 'Panormia' of St Ivo of Chartres, divided into eight books.Dolezalek suggests that the manuscript was produced in England, while Szuromi suggests that it was written in France. Both base their conclusions on the script and style of decoration.The work has been dated to the 12th century by Borland and Szuromi; to the late 12th century by Brett; and to the early 13th century by Michael Gullick. The manuscript is written in a...
Dates:
Late 12th century.
Late 13th-century manuscript in Greek, written in Constantinople in the circle of Maximus Planudes, probably by Planudes himself, containing 'Meteora' by Cleomedes, and 'Phaenomena' by Aratus.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.7.15
Scope and Contents
The manuscript was written in Constantinople in the circle of Maximus Planudes, probably by Planudes himself (cf. ‘Dated Greek manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries in the libraries of Italy’, volume 1, page xvii).(i) ‘Meteora’ by Cleomedes. (Folio 1).(ii) `Phaenomena’ by Aratus, with preliminary material and scholia. The preliminary material comprises: προοίμιον (folio 55; Anon II 1), γένος ’Αράτου (folio 58; Anon II 5, Vita III), and ἀστροθεσίαι ξωδίων (folio...
Dates:
Circa 1290.
Late 13th-century manuscript known as the 'Sprouston Breviary'.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.2.13B
Scope and Contents
This manuscript was produced in Scotland in the late 13th century, probably sometime between 1285 and 1300 according to Hair and Knott. Borland, Frere and McRoberts have suggested that it may be of the early 14th century, but most scholars agree that it was written sometime around 1300. The manuscript contains musical services as well as the text of Church services according to the Use of Sarum. The work is written in littera textualis in double columns of unequal length....
Dates:
Late 13th century.
Late 13th-century manuscript of the 'Compendium theologicae veritatis', attributed to Robert Grosseteste but probably by Hugh Ripelin of Strasbourg.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.1
Scope and Contents
Late 13th-century manuscript containing the seven books of the 'Compendium theologicae veritatis' of Hugh Ripelin of Strasbourg. The manuscript is written in littera textualis with 26 to 29 lines to a page.The 'Compendium' is believed to have been compiled by Hugh towards the end of his life, from circa 1260 onwards. The work is divided in to seven books: I The Nature of God; II The Creation; III On Sin; IV The Incarnation; V On Grace, the Virtues, the Beatitudes and the Ten...
Dates:
Late 13th century.
Late 13th-century manuscript produced in France, possibly in the Lorraine region, containing the prose romance of Tristan.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.3
Scope and Contents
Late 13th-century manuscript produced France, possibly the Lorraine region, containing the prose romance of Tristan. Borland has attributed the manuscript to the early 14th century. Meyer and Vinaver both assigned it to the 13th century. Johnson suggests that the manuscript was possibly written from dictation by a scribe accustomed to the forms of Old French prevalent in Lorraine. The work is written in triple columns of 60 lines each, except where lais or chansons are introduced. ...
Dates:
Late 13th century.