Poetry.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Literary and oral genre rooted in the compressed and cogent imaginative awareness or associations of experiences, ideas, or emotional responses and arranged under an organized criterion of meaning, conscious and unconscious expression, symbolism, formal or informal pattern, sound, and rhythm. The genre encompasses narrative, dramatic, satiric, didactic, erotic, and personal forms. (AAT) All poetry, except ballads, was indexed under this heading in the published catalogues. (NLS) .
Found in 2772 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript, written in Italy, containing the six plays of Terence.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.2.10
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:`Andria` (folio 1);`Eunuchus` (folio 22);`Heauton Timoroumenos` (folio 44 verso);`Adelphoe` (folio 65 verso);`Hecyra` (folio 86);`Phormio` (folio 105);with didascalia for `Eunuchus`, `Adelphoe`, and `Hecyra`; before the prologue to the `Andria` stands the short poem on Terence, ‘Anthologia Latina’ 487 c. The text belongs to the Calliopian...
Dates:
1438.
Manuscript, written in Italy in the 15th century, of works by or attributed to Lactantius.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.3.4
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `De ira Dei` (folio 1). The text is similar to that printed in, ‘Patrologiae Cursus Completus ... Latina’, volume vii, 79-148, but contains 24 chapters (cf. ‘Patrologiae Cursus Completus ... Latina’, volume vii, 146, note). There are several lacunae which suggest that the scribe may have copied a damaged exemplar: part of chapters 16 and 17 is missing (folio 16 recto) and blank spaces have been left for two passages in chapter 18...
Dates:
15th century.
Manuscript, written in Italy, of the 'Satires' of Juvenal.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.3.14
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is written by two 15th-century hands (changing after folio 30, vi. 487). Folio 70 (an inserted leaf) repeats xiv. 93-142, already written on folio 69. The first part is of the Ξ group (cf. `Handschriftliche Grundlagen des Juvenaltextes`); the second part, although it has the Ξ feature of xv being placed after xvi, appears to have a Ψ text.The first part is written in a neo-Caroline hand, closely imitating the script of the 11th and 12th centuries (indeed it has...
Dates:
15th century.
Manuscript,1589, of a poem by Jacob Jacobsen Wolf in honour of the marriage of James VI and Anne of Denmark; with a printed work, 'Cenotaphium illustrissimo principi ac Domino Friderico II' (Rostochij, S. Myliander, 1588).
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.3.29
Scope and Contents
Manuscript, probably written in Denmark, containing a complete copy of Jacob Jacobsen Wolf's wedding poem to King James VI and Princess Anne of Denmark. Harsting suggests that this manuscript is Wolf's original version of the Latin text and is written in his hand, in a humanistic script.The verses are written across the spread of two pages, from the verso of one leaf to the recto of the next. The manuscript was written in 1589, and Harsting suggests late November to...
Dates:
1589.
Manuscripts, 1957-1958 and undated, of comic and bawdy verse written by William Sydney Graham during visits to the Gurnard`s Head Hotel, Zennor, Cornwall.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13064
Dates:
1957-1958.
Manuscripts and a few typescripts of poems not included in the 'Complete poems' by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’., [Circa 1926]-1969, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.27031
Dates:
[Circa 1926]-1969, undated.
Manuscripts and a typescript of poems, articles and broadcasts of Alexander Scott., 1953-1969, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26477
Scope and Contents
Most of the poems (folio 1) were published in Alexander Scott's ‘Double Agent: poems in English and Scots’ (Preston, 1972). The articles and broadcasts (folio 25) are on literary subjects, and include part of the introduction to ‘Contemporary Scottish verse’ (London, 1970).
Dates:
1953-1969, undated.
Manuscripts and corrected typescripts of 90 poems of Gavin Ewart.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8983
Scope and Contents
Including correspondence.
Dates:
1981-1984 and undated.
Manuscripts and corrected typescripts of poems from ‘The rock and the bird’, ‘The swans of Berwick’, and ‘The turning sky’, together with a letter of Sydney Durward Tremayne, 1968, describing his method of writing., [1955, or before], [1962, or before.], 1968.
File
Identifier: MS.26704, folios 25-42
Dates:
[1955, or before], [1962, or before.], 1968.
Manuscripts and incomplete typescripts of sections of ‘Collected poems’ by William Soutar., [Before 1944.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8591-8596
Manuscripts and one typescript of the introduction and four poems in 'More collected poems' by Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., 1969-1970.
File
Identifier: MS.27016
Scope and Contents
The introduction, dated 1969, is considerably longer than the published version.
Dates:
1969-1970.
Manuscripts and papers of William Sharp (‘Fiona Macleod’)., 1893-1937, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.15941, folios 153-199
Scope and Contents
The papers include the dedication to Walter Pater of a work on Rossetti, 1893, parts of which were published by Elizabeth Sharp in ‘William Sharp’, pages 70-72; part of the prologue to ‘The laughter of Peterkin’; 'The immortal hour' from ‘The fortnightly review, volume lxviii (New Series), 1900, pages 867-896, with later corrections; and poems, some of which were published in ‘Poems and dramas’ by ‘Fiona Macleod’.
Dates:
1893-1937, undated.
Manuscripts and photocopies concerning Duncan Glen, "Echoes: Frae Classical and Italian Poetry".
File
Identifier: Acc.10597
Dates:
1992.
Manuscripts and proofs of stories, articles and poems of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDairmid'., 1927-1968, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26035
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Corrected galley proof of the short story, 'The Dead Harlot'. (Folio l.) This was published in ‘New tales of horror by eminent authors’ (London, 1935), pages l44-148, but had already appeared in ‘Scottish Nation’, volume 2, number 7 (1923), page 8, under the title 'In the fulness of time’.(ii) Newspaper cuttings and galley proof of the story 'A' body's lassie'. (Folio 3.) The cuttings from the ‘Scots Observer’, 14 May 1927, have...
Dates:
1927-1968, undated.
Manuscripts and proofs of various works of John Wilson ('Christopher North')., [Circa 1814-1852, or after.]
File
Identifier: MS.4887
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Manuscript of part of a review of ‘The man of Ton: a satire’ by Sir John Dean Paul, published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, June 1828. (Folio 1.)(ii) Manuscript of the conclusion of an article, "On Hogg's memoirs", published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, August 1821. Also included are the manuscripts of an apparently unpublished article, circa 1814, and fragments of an article, circa 1821, both concerning James Hogg. (Folio 5.)...
Dates:
[Circa 1814-1852, or after.]
Manuscripts and proofs probably at one time in the possession of Andrew Shortrede, printer., 1819-1842, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.8997
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Manuscript, 1824-1825, entitled 'Notes and anecdotes, Border worthies' (folio 1);
(ii) Manuscript, circa 1827, of a poem by James Hogg, 'The wyffe of Ezdelmore' (folio 11);
(iii) Manuscript, circa 1829, by John Wilson ('Christopher North'), of a part of ‘Noctes ambrosianae’ (folio 23);
(iv) Manuscript, undated of a poem by Sir William Hamilton, 'La vase antique' (folio 28);
(v) Manuscript, 1829, of a poem 'Oh maid unloving but beloved' (folio 29);
(vi)...
Dates:
1819-1842, undated.
Manuscripts and signed typescripts of published poems of William Soutar., [1923, or before-1943.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8563-8596
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of thirty-six sets of loose-leaf quarto sheets, each corresponding to a published volume. Each set has clearly been copied from earlier versions of the poems, and, in some cases, is the final copy used by the publisher.
Dates:
[1923, or before-1943.]
Manuscripts and typescript drafts for poems 'Conversation Piece', 'Created and Abandoned', 'Going up to Sotheby's' and 'The Three Kings'., Circa 1979.
File
Identifier: Acc.11621/152
Manuscripts and typescripts of 27 poems of Joe Corrie.
File
Identifier: Acc.10040
Scope and Contents
With four inscribed copies of published collections of Corrie`s poems and short stories.
Dates:
1927-1928 and undated.
Manuscripts and typescripts of 'A Clyack Sheaf' by Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., 1957, 1968, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.27015
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscripts and typescripts of some individual poems published in the collection, 1957, undated (folio 1); (ii) Fair manuscript copy probably made from the published text, undated, (folio l8). A page is missing between folios 59 and 60. (iii) Typescript, marked up for the printer, 1968 (folio 83).
Dates:
1957, 1968, undated.
Manuscripts and typescripts of Alastair Reid's translations of poems by Jorge Luis Borges., 1976, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.27457
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscript drafts and typescripts, 1976, undated, of some of the poems in 'The Gold of the Tigers', published as part of ‘The book of sand’ (New York, 1977) (folio 1); (ii) Manuscripts and typescripts of five poems printed in ‘Borges, a reader’, edited by E Rodriguez Monegal and Alastair Reid (New York, 1981) (folio 32); (iii) Drafts of other poems, undated (folio 38).
Dates:
1976, undated.
Manuscripts and typescripts of, and notes for, historical and literary works, speeches, and broadcasts, together with correspondence, of Agnes Mure Mackenzie, Commander of the British Empire, Master of Arts, Doctor of Letters, Doctor of Laws (1891-1955).
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.9172-9225
Dates:
1896-1959, undated.
Manuscripts and typescripts of circa 1300 poems of Gavin Ewart.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11093
Dates:
1979-1990 and undated.