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:
Letters to the agents of the Commissioners of Laurence Blair Oliphant of Gask., 1817-1821, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.82.5.7
Dates:
1817-1821, and undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family and estate papers of the Oliphant family of Gask.
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Financial and legal papers of the Oliphants of Gask.
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Letters to the agents (Robert Dundas until November 1817, John Archibald Campbell thereafter) of the Commissioners of Laurence Blair Oliphant of Gask, who dealt with all financial and estate matters after the family moved from Gask in 1807.
Letters to the agents (Robert Dundas until November 1817, John Archibald Campbell thereafter) of the Commissioners of Laurence Blair Oliphant of Gask, who dealt with all financial and estate matters after the family moved from Gask in 1807., 1807-1821, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MSS.82.5.2-82.5.7
Scope and Contents
The letters are mainly from the factors on the estate (Robert Reid until 1814, John Douglas thereafter), members of the Oliphant family, and other lawyers.
Dates:
1807-1821, and undated.
Letters written to Alan Reid by musicians, local poets, and others, in connection with ‘The National Choir' and ‘Bards of Angus and the Mearns’, both edited by him, and his other musical and literary activities, with printed and other scraps., 1870-1895, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3660
Dates:
1870-1895, undated.
'Lettre écrite au duc de Perth', ([Paris], 1712), by Father Richard Hay, with extensive manuscript notes and corrections in the hand of the author.
Item
Identifier: MS.6316
Scope and Contents
The manuscript notes in this copy differ considerably from those, also in Father Richard Hay's hand, on another copy of this pamphlet, in MS.2936, folio 155.
Dates:
1712.
"Lettres et instructions curieuses de I'Empereur Charles Quint à ses Ministres et à ses Ambassadeurs, pour servir d'introduction à l'histoire de son siècle", undated., Early 16th century-mid 16th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.3957
Dates:
Early 16th century-mid 16th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of the Robertsons (a branch of the Robertsons of Strowan), the Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart, and, on the marriage in 1799 of Margaretta Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart with Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson, son of Principal Robertson, the Robertson-Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart.
`Libellus in quo attributa regia explicantur ... De jure regni et regum apud Scotos.` Manuscript, with a dedication to Charles I and Henrietta Maria.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.6.10
Scope and Contents
There are many references to manuscript and printed sources for Scottish history and examples of royal charters.
Dates:
17th century.
'Liber taxarum' of the Papal Chancery, written in 1484.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.2.1
Scope and Contents
The manuscript was completed in 1484, and written and illuminated in Italy. The volume is a tax book for the Apostolic Chancery containing details of benefices and their respective taxation of the late 15th-century Church. The benefice headings are given in a gothic bookhand, while the remaining text is in a humanistic hand. The names of the benefices are to the left and centre of the page, and the taxable value is given in florins in a column to the right. The list...
Dates:
1484
Lindsay Armorial: the armorial register of Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, Lyon King of Arms from 1542 to 1555.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.4.3
Scope and Contents
In 1630 the armorial was formally recognised by the Privy Council as an official register and a note to that effect, signed by Sir James Balfour, Lord Lyon, and Thomas Drysdale, Islay Herald, is on folio 110 verso.The manuscript was shown in the Heraldic Exhibition in Edinburgh in 1891 (see ‘Memorial Catalogue’, number 663).The contents are as follows:(i) Latin verses on and a painting of the royal arms (folio 1 verso).(ii) Arms of mythical...
Dates:
16th century-17th century.
List, arranged geographically, of the ministers, exhorters, and readers in Scotland, with their stipends, in 1568-1572, written by Robert Keith, Bishop of Fife.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.6.4
Scope and Contents
Prefixed is a copy of Adv.MS.17.1.4, folio 2 (which belonged to Keith).
Originally part (Inv. XIV) of the Rose Collection, Adv.MSS.49.7.1-49.7.20.
Dates:
Late 16th century.
List, early 19th century, of the kings of Norway and Denmark who ruled Iceland; and list, 19th century, of royal edicts relating to Iceland, 1450-1801.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.3.1
Dates:
19th century.
List of keys of the family of Dundas of Dundas., ?18th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.7.12
List of maps, undated, apparently by Sir Thomas L Mitchell., [First half of 19th century].
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.9.21
Dates:
[First half of 19th century].
List of plants and seeds to be had at London., 17th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.7.8
List of Scottish Baronetcies, compiled by John Philp Wood., 1818-1829.
File
Identifier: MS.1877
Scope and Contents
The list begins on folio 1. The volume also contains copies of correspondence on the Pretyman Baronetage, 1818 (folio 103), the Nicolson Baronetage, 1828-1829 (folio 116), and the succession to the attainted Viscount Galway, 1828 (folio 118).
The paper is watermarked 1826.
Dates:
1818-1829.
`List of the haill Knight Baronets of Scotland preceiding the union with the daites of their Diplomas`, an alphabetical list in the hand of the antiquary Robert Mylne, of the Knights Baronet of Nova Scotia, 1625-1707.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.6.6
Dates:
1st half of 18th century.
‘List of the Nos. in Collington Parish in 1780’.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.20.3.11
Scope and Contents
The manuscript contains lists of the names of the inhabitants of the various villages and other small places comprising the parish (folio 1), and of Colinton itself (folio 6), followed by a list of ‘Seceders’, most of whom appear to be members of the Burgher and Antiburgher Synods of the Secession Church. It is not known for what purpose nor by whom the list was compiled: possibly the minister of Colinton may have been responsible. The list which is in its original covers (folios ii, iii) is...
Dates:
?1780.
List of words and other papers concerning the Kintyre dialect., [Before 1928.]
File
Identifier: MS.418
Dates:
[Before 1928.]
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 dialects and phonetics compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson.
Lists compiled by David Roberts of subjects for drawings for inclusion in a work on Palestine, Idumea and Sinai. With the lists is a sketch by Roberts of the temple of Kalábshe, Nubia., ? 1839.
File
Identifier: MS.42531
Scope and Contents
Folios 1-2 : "List of subjects for a work on Palestine", ?1839;folios 3-4 : list of subjects, ?1839, "Idumea";folios 5-6 : list of subjects, 1839 : Suez and the Red Sea; Sinai; Petra; and,folio 7 : pen and ink sketch, "General View of the Temple of Kalábshe, Nubia", with notes concerning the temple.The lists of subjects would appear to relate to the publication, "The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia" : a series of lithographs...
Dates:
? 1839.
Lists of books from Monboddo sold at auction, 1836, 1838, and religious meditations and readings of James B Burnett, 1839., 1836, 1838-1839.
File
Identifier: MS.24605
Scope and Contents
The list of books sold at auction begin on folio 1, and the religious meditations and readings begin on folio 29 verso.
Dates:
1836, 1838-1839.
Lists of manuscripts belonging to Sir Robert Sibbald and others.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.3.16
Scope and Contents
The two parts of the volume were probably bound together in the 1830s.The contents are as follows:(i) Lists, covering history, geography and natural history, of Sibbald`s own works together with manuscripts in Scotland, England and France. Some of the descriptions are very detailed. (Folio 1.)(ii) Two copies of a report by Sibbald on the manuscripts (except those on medicine) of Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, 1698. This was commissioned from him by Lord...
Dates:
Late 17th century-early 18th century.
Lists of Presbyterian and Episcopalian ministers, the names arranged under the presbyteries in each synod.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.7.9
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Roll of the names of the Ministers of the Kirk in Scotland who refused to submit to Prelacy and continued stedfast in owning Presbyterian Government after the Re-establishment of Episcopacy 1661. 1662.` The presbyteries of Auchterarder and Lerwick are omitted. In some cases, mention is made of a minister`s death, execution, or banishment, but this information is not always correct. The list must have been compiled after 1694, as...
Dates:
After 1694-circa 1712.
Lists of Scottish Presbyterian and Episcopalian ministers.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.32.3.6
Scope and Contents
The names are arranged under the presbyteries in each synod. The contents are as follows:(i) ‘Roll of the names of the Ministers of the kirks of Scotland, who refused to submitt to prelacie, and continued stedfast in owning presbiterian Government after the re-establishment of Episcopacy, An: 1661: 1662`. The presbyteries of Auchterarder and Lerwick are omitted. (Folio 1.)(ii) `List of Episcopall Ministers in parishes at ye Revolution...` In many cases, the dates of...
Dates:
1701.
Lists of the collection of military maps and plans of the Board of Ordnance (MSS.1645-1651)., Early 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.1652
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
List corresponding to present arrangement (folio 1);
War Office inventory (folio 18), with corrections (folio 30) and additions (folio 31);
Table of drawings in the possession of the War Office and the British Museum and H.M. Office of Works (folio 32).
Dates:
Early 20th century.
Lists of the Lords of Session, and of remissions, exchequer grants, and patents of peerages and baronetcies; inventories of registers in the Laigh Parliament House and in the Chancellory Chamber (Inv. XVIII, Mac. 63)., 1st half of 18th century, or before.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.49.7.9
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is in the autograph of Robert Mylne, the antiquary.
Dates:
1st half of 18th century, or before.