Series 4 > Scottish texts and calendars

PREFACE
century, the Scottish History Society. We are most grateful to
the Publications Committee of the Royal Historical Society and
to the Council of the Scottish History Society for arranging that
the volume should appear as a joint publication of the two
bodies.
In compiling the present work a secure foundation was
provided by the catalogues of Terry and Matheson. Working
through these volumes has confirmed their high standard of
accuracy and comprehensiveness, though some minor errors
have needed correction, and the following items which they
omitted but which were published before 1927 should be noted:
9.1; 11.38-41; 15.51, 80; 16.10-15. In addition, a troublesome
urban ghost raised by Terry is here exorcised (21.11).
The other essential foundation for the present work is
provided by the two works by Mullins. They have provided us
with an inspiration and a splendid model to follow. Without the
first of Mullins’ works to set an example, work on the
compilation of the present work would probably not have been
undertaken.
We also owe our thanks to those secretaries of publishing
societies, librarians and archivists who have responded so
willingly to our pleas for help on a number of points.
For the meticulous preparation of drafts and the final type¬
script we are very much in the debt of Margaret Croll of the
Centre for Scottish Studies, University of Aberdeen, and we
wish also to thank the Centre for allowing this use of its
resources which has made our task much easier than it would
otherwise have been. Finally, Charles Sandford Terry was
Professor of History in Aberdeen when he compiled his
catalogue. Cyril Matheson produced his successor to Terry while
Assistant to the Professor of History in Aberdeen. It is a past and
a present member of the Department of History, University of
Aberdeen, who now offer this work as a partial replacement for
their catalogues. It is pleasant thus to continue a worthy local
tradition.
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