Microfilms.
Found in 2421 Collections and/or Records:
Microfilm of the manuscript of chapters 4 and 1-2 of 'Il bizarro, a Calabrian tale', an unpublished novel by Sir Walter Scott.
There is a summary of the novel in ‘The journal of Sir Walter Scott’, page 709.
Microfilm of the manuscript of David Livingstone's 'Last journal'., 1865-1872.
At the end of the manuscript are notes to the printer.
Microfilm of the manuscript of David Livingstone's 'Last journal', with photocopies of the first twelve pages., 1865-1872.
The original manuscript was brought back to England by Sir Henry Stanley and edited by Horace Waller.
Microfilm of the manuscript of ‘The talisman’ by Sir Walter Scott.
See Gillian Dyson, 'The manuscripts and proof sheets of Scott's Waverley novels', ‘Edinburgh Bibliographical Society Transactions’, volume iv, part 1 (1960), page 35.
Microfilm of the notebook of the storekeeper on David Livingston’s Zambesi Expedition.
The notebook was chiefly kept by Thomas Baines and contains accounts of stores taken, notes on their issue, and records of provisions. Baines, better known as an artist, was dismissed by David Livingstone for alleged irregularities in the use of the stores, and an account of the enquiry is included.
Microfilm of the observation book of David Livingstone.
Microfilm of the original manuscript, from the Scots College in Paris, of the memoirs of the Chevalier de Johnstone.
Microfilm of the Panmure music book containing 'Arie diverse per il violino Preludij Alemande Sarabande Correnti Gighe Fantasie Sminuite ed altre Toccate a due corde composizione Di Nicola Matteis napolitano', being 110 pieces of music for violin and figured bass.
Microfilm of ‘The Papers of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies (Darien Company) from the National Library of Scotland (1694-1709)’ (Wakefield: Microform Academic Publishers, 2007).
Microfilm of 'The pedegree of the house of Ferniherst, the cheife family of the name of Carre; with a tree therof and some other its branches. Writine by P. Hume de Polwart baronnet' (later 1st Earl of Marchmont).
Microfilm of the Regiam Maiestatem, [circa 1500], mid 16th century; and, Book of Hours, fifteenth- to sixteenth-century, according to the use of Sarum.
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript, [circa 1500], mid 16th century, of the Regiam Maiestatem, Quoniam attachimenta, burgh and guild laws, forest laws, De judicibus, statutes, and other legal texts, one in Scots, written by David Baldovy, vicar of Guthrie (MS.16497);
Book of Hours, fifteenth-sixteenth century, according to the use of Sarum, in Latin; written and illuminated in the Netherlands (MS.16499).
Microfilm of the scrap books of the National Library of Scotland.
Microfilm of the Seaforth Manuscript of Piobaireachd; and, ‘Ceol Mor’ by Major-General C S Thomason., 1826-[1900, or before].
The contents are as follows:
Seaforth Manuscript of Piobaireachd, 1826-1854, written for K W S Mackenzie of Seaforth in 1854 by Angus Mackay (MS.3744), 28 frames;
Manuscript of Major-General C S Thomason's ‘Ceol Mor’: volume I, [1900, or before] (MS.3747), 203 frames;
Manuscript of Major-General C S Thomason's ‘Ceol Mor’: volume II, [1900, or before] (MS.3748), 204 frames.
Microfilm of "The Ship o' the Fiend" and a setting of James Hyslop’s poem “The Cameronian's dream”, by Hamish MacCunn.
Microfilm of 'The Tragic Greek Campaign of 1941', a typescript account, compiled by Arthur Murray apparently in 1955, of the expedition under Wavell organised in 1941 by Winston Churchill to relieve Greece.
Microfilm of theological works of Saints Jerome, Augustine, and others, written in the 12th century.
Microfilm of thirty two letters of Thomas Carlyle to Robert Mitchell, 1814-1822, and one each to his mother and father, 1821-1822.
Microfilm of three fragmentary manuscripts bound together.
Microfilm of three Gaelic manuscripts., [1574, or before]-1709.
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript, 1692-1698, of “Táin Bó Cuailnge” and other tales, written by Eoghan Mac Gilleoin (MS.14873);
Genealogical manuscript, 1709, titled ‘An Leabhar Muimhneach’ written by Diarmuid Ó Conchubhair (MS.14874);
Translation into Gaelic, in an early seventeenth-century hand, of 'Lilium medicinæ' of Bernard de Gordon of Montpellier, [1574, or before] (MS.2076).
Microfilm of three Gaelic manuscripts.
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript, 17th-18th century, of bardic fragments, containing a strong element of MacMhuirich poetry (Adv.MS.72.2.2);
Donald Smith’s Irish miscellany, [circa 1798] (Adv.MS.72.3.2);
Part of a Gaelic grammatical treatise, 17th century, (written in the traditional character) giving the paradigms of a number of nouns and verbs.(MS.1745).
Microfilm of three Gaelic manuscripts of religious and medical texts.
The contents are as follows:
‘1467 MS.’ written by Dubhghall Albanach mac mhic Cathail and the Reverend John Beaton’s ‘Broad Book’, written by Ádhamh Ó Cuirnín, [circa 1425, circa 1467], (Adv.MS.72.1.1);
Manuscript, 16th century-17th century, containing a medical compendium, in Gaelic, asembled by the Mull Beatons (Adv.MS.72.1.2);
‘Materia medica’, 15th century, formerly belonging to the Beaton family of physicians (Adv.MS.72.1.3).
Microfilm of three manuscripts of piobaireachd.
The contents are as follows:
'Select collection of the ancient music of Caledonia, called Piobaireachd, set to music as performed on the Great Highland Bagpipe, by Donald MacDonald, Pipemaker to the Highland Society of London, etc., Edinburgh : 1826.' (MS.1680), 152 frames;
Manuscript, [?1826-?1840], of Angus Mackay containing piobaireachd (MS.3753), 135 frames;
Manuscript, [?1826-?1840], of Angus Mackay containing piobaireachd (MS.3754), 70 frames.