| Description | Microfilms of contemporary documents in European archives bearing on William Elphinstone and the kingdom of Scotland. The microfilms were collected by Dr Macfarlane when he was searching the archives for relevant entries.
AUSTRIA: Innsbruck, Landesregierungsarchiv für Tirol 1. Sig. IVa 8; Sig. IVa 181; Urk 9031, Urk 7494; Urk 7495
BELGIUM: Bruges, Algemeen Rijksarchief 2. Archives de l'Etat no. 636, D3, 6,7
FRANCE: Paris, Archives Nationales 3. J 633/3, 5, 7,10; K 531/5, 14 Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal 4. MS 1123 Orleans. Archives departementales du Loiret 5. D3, D6,D7
GERMANY: Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek 6. MS on Pope Urban VI (1378-1389)
ITALY: Rome, Vatican Archives 7. Reg Vat 586, 654, 680, 986 (2 reels) 8. Reg Vat 612 (Printing Block of extract electing Elphinstone to the See of Ross in 1481) 9. Resignationes (21 entries) 10. Sancta Romana Rota: Manualia vols 1-10
SCOTLAND: Aberdeen, St Machar's Cathedral Archives 11. Selection of Charters and Public Instruments
The microfilms are in a mid-20th-century format. Further details of their contents are listed in the manuscript sources of the bibliography given on pages 470 - 74 of L J Macfarlane, William Elphinstone and the Kingdom of Scotland, 1431-1514 (Aberdeen 1995) |