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Histories.

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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 777 Collections and/or Records:

Manuscript of “Gaël Albanich” by William Forbes Skene, volume 1: General survey., 1834.

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Identifier: MS.14896
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The manuscript, dated 1st March 1834, was the winning entry in a competition of the Highland Society of London for the best essay on the history of the Highland Clans. It is illustrated in pen and ink and in watercolours.

Dates: 1834.

Manuscript of “Gaël Albanich” by William Forbes Skene, volume 2: History of individual clans., 1834.

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Identifier: MS.14897
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The manuscript, dated 1st March 1834, was the winning entry in a competition of the Highland Society of London for the best essay on the history of the Highland Clans. It is illustrated in pen and ink and in watercolours.

Dates: 1834.

Manuscript of ‘Historia Romana’ by Paulus Diaconus and ‘Index commentariorum G. Julii Caesaris’ by Raimundus Marlianus, probably written by Robert Braidfut.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.3.10
Scope and Contents (i) ‘Historia Romana’ by Paulus Diaconus. The title in the manuscript is ‘Incipit Eutropius historiographus et post eum Paulus diaconus de historiis Italie provincie et romanorum’, but the whole text is the recension of Eutropius by Paulus. There are 18 books, the normal book xii being divided at chaper 8, and book xvii being included (cf. Crivellucci in ‘Bulletino dell’ Istituto storico italiano’, xl, page xlviii and what follows). The text is of the second class (cf....
Dates: 1481.

Manuscript of John Howell, in the form of 13 letters.

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Identifier: Acc.5779
Scope and Contents

Describing Edinburgh life and topography at the end of the 18th century.

Dates: 1854.

Manuscript of `La tierche partie de la noble et puissante Maison de Bourgongne` by Robert Macquéreau.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.4.5
Scope and Contents Macquéreau, or Macquériau, a historian from Valenciennes, wrote a `Traicté et recueil de la maison de Bourgogne` covering the period 1500-1529 which was published in two parts under the title ‘Histoire générale de l`Europe’. The manuscript covers the period 1464-1506. Macquéreau’s manuscript for 1500-1527 is now in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale n.a. fr. 10433.The manuscript is in two parts, each of which is preceded by a list of contents (folios ii verso, 95). Chapter headings...
Dates: 1st half of 16th century.

Manuscript of 'Secretum secretorum' by Pseudo-Aristotle, 'De excidio Troiae' by Dares Phrygius, and 'Historia regum Britannie' by Geoffrey of Monmouth; written by a 13th- or 14th-century hand of uncertain origin.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.4.5
Scope and Contents The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Pseudo-Aristotle, 'Secretum secretorum' (edited by R. Steele, in 'Opera hactenus inedita Rogeri Baconi', fascicule V, pages 25-172). This manuscript contains the letter of Philip, a list of chapters, and the text in seven books (the headings for i, iv, and vi are omitted). It is of the common class, omitting all the test passages of Gilson and Steele (cf. 'Opera hactenus inedita Rogeri Baconi', pages xxv-xxvi); further omissions are...
Dates: 13th century-14th century.

Manuscript of the ‘Historia Ecclesiastica’ by Bede, probably from Exeter Cathedral.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.5.1
Scope and Contents The manuscript contains the prologue (folio 1) and five books (folios 2, 23, 39 verso , 60, 79), each with a list of chapters at the beginning. The text is of the c-type and of the D branch of that (see ‘Opera Historica’, volume 1, pages xciii-xcv, civ-cix, and ‘Ecclesiastical History of the English People’, page 1).A few headings are in red. Initials for the preface and books are in red and blue with red tracery, those for chapters are alternately blue and red with tracery of...
Dates: 14th century.

Manuscript of 'The history and chronicles of Scotland', John Bellenden's translation of Hector Boece's ‘Scotorum historiae’.

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Identifier: MS.5288
Scope and Contents Most of the manuscript is, with slight alterations, similar to the first printed edition of John Bellenden's translation (circa 1536), but in places it differs substantially from that and from other texts; it contains only chapters 2 and 3 of 'The cosmographie and discription of Albion' which precedes the main work, but is otherwise complete.Bellenden's chronicle is continued at folio 313 without a break by Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie's 'Historie and chronicles of Scotland' to...
Dates: 17th century.

Manuscript of the history of the kings of Scotland, in the handwriting of Robert Mylne., 2nd half of 17th century-1st half of 18th century.

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Identifier: MS.2087
Scope and Contents

The chronicle covers the kings from Eugenius VI to Robert III.

The manuscript is imperfect, containing only pages 51-62, 80-95, 114-125, 176-191, 208-239, 242-287.

Dates: 2nd half of 17th century-1st half of 18th century.

Manuscript of the late 11th and early 12th century containing: the 'Paradisus' of Heraclides; the 'Historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae sub Geiserico et Hunrico regibus Wandalorum' of Victor Vitensis; 'De corpore et sanguine Domini' of Paschasius Radbertus (attributed to Rabanus Maurus); 'De corpore Domini contra Berengarium' of Guitmund; and two sermons of St Augustine of Hippo.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.4.3
Scope and Contents Manuscript of the late 11th and early 12th century, written in England and containing various theological works. The manuscript has been dated to the early 12th century by Borland, Ker, Schenkl, Paul, and Römer. In private correspondence with the National Library of Scotland Michael Gullick has stated that folios 1-122 were written at Durham, probably in the 1090s, but definitely before 1096. He further suggests that folios 123-149 were added to the manuscript sometime in the late 11th or...
Dates: Late 11th century - early 12th century.

Manuscript of ‘The mirror and the cross’ by George Scott-Moncrieff, heavily corrected and with many variants from the published version., 1960.

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Identifier: MS.19631
Scope and Contents

The manuscript does not include the prologue and epilogue, most of chapter 12 and all chapters 8 and 13-14. Chapter 5 occurs in the middle of and following chapter 6 (folios 41, 63).

Dates: 1960.

Manuscript of the printed text of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson., 1899, or before-1901.

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Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.14
Scope and Contents

Variations from the printed text are slight: the last paragraph of the General Introduction to Volume I and Volume I, pages xxxiv-xxxv are omitted; the `Note of Appointment of Adjutants, Quartermasters, Surgeons, etc. 1705-1782`, printed at the end of Volume II, appears before the main text of that volume. Of Volume III, only part i, the Rotterdam Papers, appears. There are no indexes.

Dates: 1899, or before-1901.

Manuscript of the printed text of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson; Volume I, Division II, introductory narrative (folio 1), sections 1 (folio 13), 2 (folio 33), 3 (folio 91), 4 (folio 118) and 5 (folio 173)., 1899, or before.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.3.4

Manuscript of the printed text of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson; Volume I, Division III, introductory narrative (folio 1), sections 1 (folio 15), 2 (folio 50), 3 (folio 153), 4 (folio 198), 5 (folio 231)., 1899, or before.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.3.5

Manuscript of the printed text of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson; Volume I, Division IV, introductory narrative (folio 1), sections 1 (folio 30), 2 (folio 84), 3 (folio 91), 4 (folio 140), 5 (folio 161) and 6 (folio 244)., 1899, or before.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.3.7

Manuscript of the printed text of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson; Volume I, General Introduction (folio 1); Division I, introductory narrative (folio 28), sections 1 (folio 72), 2 (folio 89), 3 (folio 148) and 4 (folio 215)., 1899, or before.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.3.1