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17th-century extracts and transcripts, in the hand of Sir James Balfour, of chartularies and other historical works

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17th-century extracts and transcripts, in the hand of Sir James Balfour, of chartularies and other historical works
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Description	The manuscript contains: 1. Copy by Sir James Balfour of George Marjoribanks, 'Annals of Scotland, 1514-94'. The location of the original manuscript from which Balfour made his copy is unknown (folios 6r-23r); 2. Extracts from the chartulary of Coupar Angus Abbey. The location of the manuscript from which Balfour's copy was made is unknown (folios 27r-38v); 3. Extracts from the chartulary of Arbroath, taken from the 'Registrum Vetus' (Adv.MS.34.4.2), which was in Balfour's possession (folios 40v-74r); 4. Extracts from the chartulary of Dryburgh, taken from a 15th century chartulary of Dryburgh (Adv.MS.34.4.7) which was in Balfour’s possession (folios 75r-85v).
Shelfmark	Adv.MS.33.2.9
Attribution and copyright:	In-copyright – Rightsholder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable - This work is protected by copyright, but no copyright owner(s) have been identified or one or more copyright owner(s) have been identified but not located. For details visit our copyright page.https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-RUU/1.0/?language=en

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Manuscripts Written and printed matter > Transcripts Written and printed matter > Histories (literary works) Written and printed matter > Abridgements
Dates / events:	1600-1657 [Date created]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland (country) [Place created]
Person / organisation:	Balfour, James, Sir, 1st Baronet of Denmilne and Kinnaird (antiquary), 1600-1657 [Transcriber] Sibbald, Robert, Sir, Knight (physician and Geographer Royal), 1641-1722 [Former owner] Marjorybanks, George (historian), fl 1594 [Author]
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