Manuscripts from Scotland

'Manuscripts from Scotland' contains the following 77 items:

Thumbnail for 'Transcript, 1819, of the cartulary of Kelso Abbey, after 1316, made for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton by William Robison, writer, Aberdeen (folio ii), from an 18th-century copy at Panmure House'

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Transcript, 1819, of the cartulary of Kelso Abbey, after 1316, made for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton by William Robison, writer, Aberdeen (folio ii), from an 18th-century copy at Panmure House [213862807]

Date created: 1317

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14th-century manuscript of the chartulary of Scone Abbey [215259020]

Date created: 1325-1350

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Two fragments from a missal possibly written on Iona [215259023]

Date created: 1160-1199

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15th-century manuscript of the chartulary of Scone Abbey [215259028]

Date created: 1400-1499

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15th-century manuscript of the 'Moralia in Job' of Pope Gregory I [216593198]

Author: Gregory I, Pope, c 540-604

Date created: 1400-1483

Thumbnail for 'Transcript, written in 1528, of the chartulary of Crail Collegiate Church'

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Transcript, written in 1528, of the chartulary of Crail Collegiate Church [217293971]

Date created: 1528

Thumbnail for 'Manuscript containing a register of documents relating to the Dominican Priory of Elgin and the Maison Dieu, copied from the chartulary of the see of Moray and certified mostly by David Douglas, notary public, in 1548'

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Manuscript containing a register of documents relating to the Dominican Priory of Elgin and the Maison Dieu, copied from the chartulary of the see of Moray and certified mostly by David Douglas, notary public, in 1548 [217320023]

Creator: Leslie, John (Bishop of Ross), 1527-1596

Date created: 1548

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Abbreviated version of the ‘Scotichronicon’ by Walter Bower [217342500]

Author: Bower, Walter (Abbot of Incholm Abbey and chronicler), c 1385-1449

Date created: 1445-1484

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Early 16th-century manuscript of the accounts of the Bishopric of Dunkeld, covering the years 1506-1517 [217342501]

Date created: 1506-1517

Thumbnail for 'Early 17th-century manuscript of copies of various historical and legal papers made for Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington, with material covering the years 1400-1626'

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Early 17th-century manuscript of copies of various historical and legal papers made for Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington, with material covering the years 1400-1626 [217627799]

Date created: 1600-1637

Thumbnail for 'Early 16th-century manuscript entitled 'Extracta ex variis cronicis Scotiae''

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Early 16th-century manuscript entitled 'Extracta ex variis cronicis Scotiae' [217916775]

Author: John of Fordun (chronicler), fl. 1360-1384

Author: Bower, Walter (Abbot of Incholm Abbey and chronicler), c 1385-1449

Author: Myln, Alexander (Abbot of Cambuskenneth Abbey), 1474-?1548

Date created: 1513-1540

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16th-century manuscript of the 'Lives of the bishops of Dunkeld' by Alexander Myln [219603961]

Author: Myln, Alexander (Abbot of Cambuskenneth Abbey), 1474-?1548

Date created: 1500-1599

Thumbnail for ''Culross Psalter', made for Richard Marshall, Cistercian Abbot of Culross'

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'Culross Psalter', made for Richard Marshall, Cistercian Abbot of Culross [222939938]

Date created: 1465-1474

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Late 13th-century manuscript known as the 'Sprouston Breviary' [226736519]

Date created: 1285-1300

Thumbnail for 'Manuscript of 'Ane Abbregement of Roland Furious translait out of Ariost togither with sum rapsodies of the author's youthfull braine. And last, ane schersing out of trew felicitie composit in Scotis meitir’ by John Stewart of Baldynneis, written in his own hand'

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Manuscript of 'Ane Abbregement of Roland Furious translait out of Ariost togither with sum rapsodies of the author's youthfull braine. And last, ane schersing out of trew felicitie composit in Scotis meitir’ by John Stewart of Baldynneis, written in his own hand [226736571]

Author: Stewart, John, of Baldynneis (courtier and poet), c. 1545-c. 1605

Date created: 1581-1590

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Late 15th-century manuscript of 'The oryginale cronykil of Scotland', or 'Original Chronicle', of Andrew Wyntoun [228063292]

Author: Andrew, of Wyntoun, 1350?-1420?

Date created: 1480-1499

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Cistercian rules, copied by Alexander Scot, monk of the Cistercian Abbey of Newbattle [229918111]

Date created: 1523

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Charters collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne [229918113]

Compiler: Balfour, James, Sir, 1st Baronet of Denmilne and Kinnaird (antiquary), 1600-1657

Author: Morins, Richard de ('Ricardus Anglicus', canon lawyer and historian), c 1160-1242

Author: Alī ibn al-`Abbās al-Mağūsī (physician), 930-994

Date created: 1100-1799

Thumbnail for ''Bellenden's Livy': a manuscript of the first five books of Livy’s ‘History of Rome’ translated into Scots by Archdeacon John Bellenden'

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'Bellenden's Livy': a manuscript of the first five books of Livy’s ‘History of Rome’ translated into Scots by Archdeacon John Bellenden [229918122]

Author: Livius, Titus (historian), 59 BC-17 AD

Date created: 1533

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Aberdeen Psalter and Hours [232507476]

Date created: 1400-1499

Thumbnail for 'Manuscript of the 'Bartasias' of Adrian Damman de Bystervelt, a translation of 'La premiere sepmaine' of Guillaume de Saluste du Bartas'

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Manuscript of the 'Bartasias' of Adrian Damman de Bystervelt, a translation of 'La premiere sepmaine' of Guillaume de Saluste du Bartas [233410343]

Author: Damman, Adrian (writer, and Ambassador to James VI), fl 1574-1604

Author: Du Bartas, Guillaume de Saluste (courtier and poet), 1544-1590

Creator: Johnston, John (scholar and poet), c 1565-1611

Date created: 1596

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Chartulary of the Bishopric of Moray, written in parts from the late 13th century to the late 16th century [234773630]

Date created: 1260-1599

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Manuscript, by John Gibson junior, a canon of Glasgow, of an abridged copy of the 'Black Book of Paisley', a version of the 'Scotichronicon' of Walter Bower [234823063]

Date created: 1501

Thumbnail for 'Register of the Cathedral Church and Bishopric of Aberdeen, also known as the 'Registrum Album', written between 1380 and 1550'

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Register of the Cathedral Church and Bishopric of Aberdeen, also known as the 'Registrum Album', written between 1380 and 1550 [235163093]

Date created: 1380-1550

Thumbnail for 'Early 16th-century manuscript of 'The oryginale cronykil of Scotland', or 'Original Chronicle', by Andrew Wyntoun, with part of the anonymous 'Brevis Cronica' appended'

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Early 16th-century manuscript of 'The oryginale cronykil of Scotland', or 'Original Chronicle', by Andrew Wyntoun, with part of the anonymous 'Brevis Cronica' appended [235163100]

Author: Wyntoun, Andrew (Prior of St Serf's, Lochleven), c 1350-c 1425

Date created: 1500-1540

Thumbnail for '13th-century manuscript of the chartulary of Melrose Abbey'

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13th-century manuscript of the chartulary of Melrose Abbey [235163101]

Date created: 1250-1299

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14th-century manuscript of the chartulary of Newbattle Abbey [235163102]

Date created: 1339

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Manuscripts from Scotland
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Medieval and early modern manuscripts
DescriptionA selection of over 200 volumes of medieval and early modern manuscripts, dating from the 9th to the 17th century. Some of Scotland's most important early manuscripts are included in the many Scottish volumes. These are complemented by interesting and significant works of international origin, including volumes from France, England, the Low Countries, Italy and a number of other countries. Most of the manuscripts were collected by the Advocates Library, the forerunner of the National Library of Scotland.
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