Devices (symbols).
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Generally, representations, designs, or mottoes, or combinations of these, used to signify an individual, a group, or sometimes a commercial concern, and usually intended to convey a sense of lineage or quality. For devices that are symbol- or picture based, designed to identify at a glance a product, company, or organization, and often used as trademarks, see ""logos""For devices that specifically identify a person or object as belonging to a group or organization, sometimes denoting rank or office, see ""insignia."".
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Extracts and copies of historical works, collected by Sir James Balfour, 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.7
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Epitome Codicis Sconensis ... ex libro M.S. Magni Mackculloche` (folio 1). Material in Latin and English, taken from the `Scotichronicon` for 1057 to 1436, with a supplement (folio 34) for 1199-1263. This was the basis of the early part of Balfour`s ‘Annales of Scotland’. ‘The Scottish historical library’, pages 92-93, refers to this manuscript.(ii) Extracts from ‘Scotorum historiae’ by Hector Boece (folio 39)....
Dates:
1440-1642.