Campbell, John, 1762-1834 (1st Marquess of Breadalbane )
Person
Dates
- Existence: 26 October 1796 - 8 November 1862
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter: 1845 Apr. 7, 21 Park Lane [London], to David Laing / Breadalbane., 1845
Item
Identifier: La.IV.18 fol. 33
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
After the death of David Laing, his private library was sold in an auction occupying thirty-one days. His collection of charters and other papers is of national importance and the most distinguished of its kind in any Scottish university. It is an essential source for the 18th century, and a much used one for all periods of Scottish history from the earliest times. The Laing Collection falls into five sections, designated as La.I., La.II., La.III., La.IV., and La.V.
Dates:
1845
MS 200: Scholia by pseudo-Acro, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 200
Contents
MS 200 contains a set of commentaries on works by the first-century BC Roman poet, Horace. This set of commentaries is known as the Scholia and it is attributed to pseudo-Acro. Acro, or Helenius Acron was a third-century AD Roman commentator who wrote on the works of Terence and Horace. The commentary ("Scholia") found in MS 200 was not attributed to Acro before the fifteenth century, so his authorship is...
Dates:
15th century