The Bannatyne Manuscript

. Barclay Murdoch, December, 1901 From the manuscript in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh, which "constitutes with the 'Asloan' and 'Maitland folio' manuscripts the chief repository of Middle Scots poetry, especially for the texts of the greater poets Henryson, Dunbar, Lyndsay and Alexander Scott. Portions of it were reprinted (with modifications) by Allan Ramsay in his Ever greer (1724) and later and more correctly, by Lord Hailes in his Ancient Scottish poems (1770)" cf. Encyc. brit., v. 3, p. 353 Includes several poems written by Bannatyne himself List of works printed in part from the Bannatyne manuscript: p. lxiii-lxvii v. 1. Introductory note, by the editor. Memoir of George Bannatyne, by Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Extracts from the Memorial buik of George Bannatyne, by Dr. David Laing. Appendix to Memoir and Extracts, by Dr. David Laing. An account of the contents of the Bannatyne manuscript, by Dr. David Laing; extended by the editor. Index to first lines and titles, by George Bannatyne. Names of the authors; with hotes, by the editor. Glossary to the Bannatyne manuscript, by the editor.--v. 2-4. The Bannatyne manuscript [with 4 Appendices containing portions of the ms. written at a later date than the rest, some by other pens than that of George Bannatyne]