Histories.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Chronological records of events, as of the life or development of a people, country, or institution.
Found in 407 Collections and/or Records:
'Abridgement of the History of the Orkneys, or Islands of Orkney, from Tharmodus Torfaeus, Historiographer to the King of Denmark', by the Reverend Alexander Pope, Minister of Reay., [Circa 1780.]
Item
Identifier: MS.2096
Scope and Contents
This is an incomplete version of the Abridgement; another version, Alexander Pope's manuscript of which is preserved in Caithness County Library, was published at Wick in 1866. This abridgement corresponds to pages 1-157 of the 1866 edition; the translation is similar but not the same, the notes are quite different, and there is no Introduction. The handwriting is Pope's, except on pages 11-12, where it is the same as that on pages 113-117 of the Caithness County Library manuscript....
Dates:
[Circa 1780.]
Account of Corstorphine Parish, with its buildings and the local families, with extracts from registers, etc., collected by John Philp Wood., [1795, or after.]
File
Identifier: MS.1872
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Leaves found loose in the volumes have been placed in MS.1878, with some other loose papers, and references have been made to and from the volumes in which they were found.
Dates:
[1795, or after.]
Account of Corstorphine Parish, with its buildings and the local families, with extracts from registers, etc., collected by John Philp Wood., [1795, or after.]
File
Identifier: MS.1873
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Leaves found loose in the volumes have been placed in MS.1878, with some other loose papers, and references have been made to and from the volumes in which they were found.
Dates:
[1795, or after.]
Account of Dalmeny Parish, with its buildings and the local families, with extracts from registers, etc., collected by John Philp Wood., 1st quarter of 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.1874
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Leaves found loose in the volumes have been placed in MS.1878, with some other loose papers, and references have been made to and from the volumes in which they were found.
Dates:
1st quarter of 19th century.
Account of Kirkliston Parish, with its buildings and the local families, with extracts from registers, etc., collected by John Philp Wood., 1st quarter of 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.1875
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Leaves found loose in the volumes have been placed in MS.1878, with some other loose papers, and references have been made to and from the volumes in which they were found.
Dates:
1st quarter of 19th century.
'Account of the British transactions in Guzerat and at the Court of His Highness the Guicawar Raja with historical notices of that family and of the Mahrattas', compiled in this form circa 1824., [Circa 1824.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13836-13837
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
[Circa 1824.]
'Account of the British transactions in Guzerat and at the Court of His Highness the Guicawar Raja with historical notices of that family and of the Mahrattas', volume I., [Circa 1824.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13836
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
[Circa 1824.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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'Account of the British transactions in Guzerat and at the Court of His Highness the Guicawar Raja with historical notices of that family and of the Mahrattas', compiled in this form circa 1824.
'Account of the British transactions in Guzerat and at the Court of His Highness the Guicawar Raja with historical notices of that family and of the Mahrattas', volume II., [Circa 1824.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13837
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
[Circa 1824.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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'Account of the British transactions in Guzerat and at the Court of His Highness the Guicawar Raja with historical notices of that family and of the Mahrattas', compiled in this form circa 1824.
Account of the mutiny on HMS Bounty and the subsequent history of Pitcairn Island, written by John Buffett., Circa 1845.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.7.13
Scope and Contents
Buffett settled on the island in 1823, acting for a time as schoolmaster, and beginning the compilation of the Island Registers.
Dates:
Circa 1845.
Autograph account by the Earl of Mar of the Jacobite rising of 1719., 1719, or after.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.82.9.4
Books and copies of works relating to radar, science, military history and other interests of Sir Robert Watson-Watt., 1916-1966, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9343/44-76
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains correspondence and papers concerning radar in World War II, the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors, 1951, and other activities and interests.
Includes photographs, articles and printed books.
Dates:
1916-1966, undated.
'Brief history of the peninsula of Guzerat, commonly called Kattywar…’, by Alexander Walker., [Circa 1808.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13839
Scope and Contents
The history is incomplete.
Dates:
[Circa 1808.]
Centenary publications of the predecessor bodies of Deaf Action., 1985, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13643/130-132
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Deaf Action is a deaf-led charity which has been operating in Edinburgh since 1835. The Deaf and Dumb Congregation in Edinburgh began meeting together in 1830 following the establishment in the city of schools for deaf children. Braidwood’s Academy for the Deaf was established in 1760 and the Edinburgh Institution [later the Edinburgh Royal Institution] for the Deaf and Dumb in 1810.The Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society was established in 1835 to assist deaf people in...
Dates:
1985, undated.
Chapter 13, i-xxiv of 'Renaissance France' by Rachel Annand Taylor., [?1938-?1948.]
Item
Identifier: MS.20405
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Much of the manuscript is missing, but chapters 13-14 are almost complete.
Dates:
[?1938-?1948.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the author, poet and journalist, Rachel Annand Taylor (1876-1960), consisting chiefly of material for her published and unpublished works.
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Papers concerning ‘Renaissance France’ by Rachel Annand Taylor.
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Manuscript of 'Renaissance France' by Rachel Annand Taylor.
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Chapter 13 of 'Renaissance France' by Rachel Annand Taylor.
Chapter 13 of 'Renaissance France' by Rachel Annand Taylor., [?1938-?1948.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20405-20406
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Much of the manuscript is missing, but chapters 13-14 are almost complete.
Dates:
[?1938-?1948.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the author, poet and journalist, Rachel Annand Taylor (1876-1960), consisting chiefly of material for her published and unpublished works.
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Papers concerning ‘Renaissance France’ by Rachel Annand Taylor.
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Manuscript of 'Renaissance France' by Rachel Annand Taylor.
Chapter 13, xxv-lxxviii of 'Renaissance France' by Rachel Annand Taylor., [?1938-?1948.]
Item
Identifier: MS.20406
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Much of the manuscript is missing, but chapters 13-14 are almost complete.
Dates:
[?1938-?1948.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the author, poet and journalist, Rachel Annand Taylor (1876-1960), consisting chiefly of material for her published and unpublished works.
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Papers concerning ‘Renaissance France’ by Rachel Annand Taylor.
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Manuscript of 'Renaissance France' by Rachel Annand Taylor.
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Chapter 13 of 'Renaissance France' by Rachel Annand Taylor.
Chapter 14, parts of chapter 15 and unidentified fragments of 'Renaissance France' by Rachel Annand Taylor., [?1938-?1948.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.20407 (Part 1)-(Part 2)
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Much of the manuscript is missing, but chapters 13-14 are almost complete.
Dates:
[?1938-?1948.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the author, poet and journalist, Rachel Annand Taylor (1876-1960), consisting chiefly of material for her published and unpublished works.
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Papers concerning ‘Renaissance France’ by Rachel Annand Taylor.
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Manuscript of 'Renaissance France' by Rachel Annand Taylor.
Chronicle of England, and theological works., 14th century.
File
Identifier: MS.6125
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) 'Cronica de regibus et pontificibus Anglie', compiled by a Franciscan and based mainly on the works of Ralph de Diceto. It begins with a description of Britain and its marvels (cf. Diceto, ‘Opera Historica’, volume i, pages 30, 10-15), followed (folio 3 verso) by Diceto's 'De partitione provinciae', which is printed in Thomas Gale, ‘Historiae Britannicae ... scriptures XV’, volume i, pages 560-562. The first part of the chronicle (folio 4 verso) is...
Dates:
14th century.
Chronicle of Popes and Emperors by Martinus Polonus., Circa 1277.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.4.9(i), folios 1-31 recto
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is of the later recension, which includes the passage on Pope Joan (folio 22 verso), and ends with the death of Pope John XXI. The entries for the Popes are on the versos and for the Emperors on the rectos of the leaves. There are some glosses and marginal notes in other hands.
Initials in red and blue with decorative penwork, and rubrics in red.
Dates:
Circa 1277.
“Collection Générale de ce qui s’est passé tant de la procédure de Mʳ Le Duc d’aiguillon, que de tout ce qui a donné lieu à l’exil des membres du Parlement…”., 1770-1771.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.4.1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The manuscript details the proceedings concerning the differences between the Crown and the Parliament of Paris and the abolition of that High Court.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: Trajanus.6.1-4.
Dates:
1770-1771.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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“Collection Générale de ce qui s’est passé tant de la procédure de Mʳ Le Duc d’aiguillon, que de tout ce qui a donné lieu à l’exil des membres du Parlement, a commencer du 4 Avril 1770 Jusqu’au 24 Janvier 1771. Ensuite les protestations des Princes du Sang et les Representationes des autres cours de Paris &[ce]”.