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14th-century manuscript of the `Historia Anglorum` of Henry of Huntingdon.
14th-century manuscript of the 'Historia Anglorum' of Henry of Huntingdon.
17th-century extracts and transcripts, in the hand of Sir James Balfour, of chartularies and other historical works.
‘1467 MS’ written by Dubhghall Albanach mac mhic Cathail and the Reverend John Beaton’s ‘Broad Book’, written by Ádhamh Ó Cuirnín.
`A Defence or Vindication of the Scottish History and of the Scottish Historians wherein the ancient race of the Scottish Kings ther ancient possession in this island of Great Britain and the antiquity and dignity of the Scottish Church are asserted and the objections of the Bishop of St Asaph are answered`, a condensed version of an apparently unpublished treatise by Sir Robert Sibbald.
William Lloyd, Bishop of St Asaph had published ‘An Historical Account of Church Government as it was in Great Britain and Ireland. When they first received the Christian religion’; as a result a controversy arose among Scottish historians concerning the origins of the Scots.
In his discourse Sibbald sets out to prove, with quotations from Roman, Greek and Scottish historians, the antiquity of the Scots.
`A Defence or Vindication of the Scottish History and of the Scottish Historians wherein the ancient race of the Scottish Kings ther ancient possession in this island of Great Britain and the antiquity and dignity of the Scottish Church are asserted and the objections of the Bishop of St Asaph are answered`, an apparently unpublished treatise by Sir Robert Sibbald.
William Lloyd, Bishop of St Asaph had published ‘An Historical Account of Church Government as it was in Great Britain and Ireland. When they first received the Christian religion’; as a result a controversy arose among Scottish historians concerning the origins of the Scots.
In his discourse Sibbald sets out to prove, with quotations from Roman, Greek and Scottish historians, the antiquity of the Scots.
"A Geological Record of Skye" compiled by Donald Gillies.
Abbreviated version of the ‘Scotichronicon’ by Walter Bower.
Aberdeen City Art Gallery and Museums Oral History Audio Collection.
This collection of oral history recordings covers a wide range of topics from around Aberdeen. Major themes include World War Two, fishing, employment, childhood, Torry, and Old Aberdeen.
Abridgement by Patrick Russell, prior of the Charterhouse of Perth, of a work by Walter Bower known as the 'Book of Cupar Angus'.
'Abridgement of the Scottish History', a list of the succession of the Kings of Scotland from Fergus I to James VI by Sir James Balfour, in his hand.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: A.7.14.
Abstracts and documents concerning Scottish merchant shipping in the 18th and 19th centuries, compiled and collected by Harry St Clair MacVine Taylor.
Account, 1834, of missionary voyage to Canada by representatives of the Catholic Apostolic Church.
With prayers.
Account of time as a nurse at the King George V Seamen`s Memorial Hospital, Malta, of Miss J G M Allan.
Includes a letter, press cuttings and a newsletter.
'Additions and corrections' to a work of the writer's own, which appears to have been entitled 'The History of the Rebellion in the years 1745 and 1746'.
"An Exact and Circumstantial History of the Battle of Flodden" (1774), with annotations by the Reverend D Watson (possibly David Watson, Minister of St Clement`s, Glagow.
Anna Jean Mill, "Mediaeval Plays in Scotland" (St Andrews University Publications, number XXIV), with author`s additions and corrections.
‘Annals of Scotland’ by Sir James Balfour.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: A.2.8-9.
Annotated copy of a Scots translation of Boece`s "Scotorum Historiae...".
Connected with a projected edition of Lindsay of Pitscottie`s "Chronicles" by George Chambers.
Antiquarian papers of James Dennistoun of Dennistoun, advocate and antiquary.
Autograph manuscript of `History of Scots Affairs from the year 1637 to 1641.`, by James Gordon, Minister of Rothiemay.
The manuscript, written between December 1659 and March 1661, contains the Argument to Book II, and Books II-V.
"Bellenden's Livy": a manuscript of the first five books of Livy’s ‘History of Rome’ translated into Scots by Archdeacon John Bellenden.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: A.7.8.
"Bishop Guthrie`s Observations on the late Rebellion Observed", by Sir James Turner, being critical remarks on the chronicle of the Civil War in Scotland compiled by Henry Guthrie, Bishop of Dunkeld.
From the folio references given, Turner appears to have had access to a folio-sized copy of Guthrie`s ‘Memoirs’, possibly even to Guthrie`s holograph manuscript.
Turner`s criticisms, which are based on personal knowledge or experience of the events discussed, were written specifically to rebut a number of allegations made by Guthrie concerning James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton.