Chapters. Layout features.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: A main division or section of a book, typically designated in some way, such as with a special heading, title, number, or layout.
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Incomplete manuscript, "The Book of the Church", by Robert Southey., 1824, or before.
File
Identifier: MS.42557
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is of the preface and of chapters I-IV, not all complete, of Southey`s work. It represents, therefore, only a small part of the published two volume work. The manuscript is arranged as follows : (i) [preface] : "The Book of the Church";(ii) "Chapter 1. Religion of the Ancient Britons";(iii) "Chapter 2. Religion and philosophy of the Romans. First introduction of Christianity. Persecution. First establishment of Christianity. ...
Dates:
1824, or before.
Microfilm of manuscripts of Alexander Walker intended for publication.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1246-1248
Dates:
1785-[circa 1825.]
Microfilm of revised and expanded version of the text of MS.13783: Series of twelve chapters probably based on original memoranda, probably compiled as late as 1822, being a manuscript of Alexander Walker of Bowland intended for publication., 1785-1799, [?1822].
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1246
Dates:
1785-1799, [?1822].
Revised and expanded version of the text of MS.13783: Series of twelve chapters probably based on original memoranda; probably compiled as late as 1822., 1785-1799, [?1822].
File
Identifier: MS.13784
Scope and Contents
The chapters are as follows:(i) First campaign against Tipu, 1790 (page 1);(ii) Second campaign against Tipu, 1791-1792 (page 33);(iii) Siege of Cochin, 1795 (page 45);(iv) Siege of Colombo, 1796 (page 53);(v) Account of Ceylon, 1796 (page 69);(vi) Account of Alexander Walker's journey to Madras through the Carnatic, Travancore and Malabar, 1796 (page 147);(vii) Journal of Walker's voyage from Cannanore to...
Dates:
1785-1799, [?1822].
Series of carefully worked chapters, more or less contemporary and probably intended for publication, about French, Spanish and British voyages between China and North-West America., 1785-1789.
File
Identifier: MS.13777
Scope and Contents
Alexander Walker gives his own impressions of Bombay, Salsette Island, Tanna, Goa, Cochin and the Dutch East Indies.
Dates:
1785-1789.
Series of twelve chapters probably based on original memoranda, 1785-1799, with additions between 1818 and 1822., 1785-1799, 1818-1822.
File
Identifier: MS.13783
Scope and Contents
The chapters are as follows:(i) Importance of the Island of Salsette and Tanna to Bombay, 1787 (folio 2);(ii) Coconut day, a Hindu festival (folio 6 verso);(iii) War with Tipu, 1790 (folio 7);(iv) First campaign against Tipu, 1790 (folio 14);(v) Second campaign against Tipu, 1791-1792 (folio 16);(vi) Siege of Cochin, 1795 (folio 18 verso);(vii) Conquest of Ceylon and siege of Colombo, 1796 (folio 20);...
Dates:
1785-1799, 1818-1822.
Typed copy of specimen chapters (I-III, last) of 'Napoleon's Gaelic Marshal', a work on Etienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald, Duc de Tarents, Marshall of France, with letter to Mark Hamilton., Circa 1970.
Item
Identifier: Acc.5419/7
Typed scheme and specimen chapters of work on John Graham, Marquess of Montrose, with letter to Mark Hamilton., Circa 1970.
Item
Identifier: Acc.5419/8
Typed synopsis of and specimen chapters (I-III, unnumbered) of proposed work on R B Cunnighame Graham, with letter to Mark Hamilton., Circa 1971.
Item
Identifier: Acc.5419/9
Typescript copy of table of contents, with an introductory chapter of Alice G. Vines` book `The MacDonald Women: Margaret and Ishbel`., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.13629/8
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Research notes of Dr Alice G. Vines for her book `The MacDonald Women: Margaret and Ishbel`.
Dates:
Undated.
Volume entitled 'Farrago Libelli' by Alexander Walker, consisting of three chapters based on Walker's first-hand experience of India., 1781-1784.
File
Identifier: MS.13775
Scope and Contents
The chapters are formed by a journal of Alexander Walker's voyage from Europe to India as a young officer in 1781, a journal of the Malabar expedition under Brigadier-General Mathews against Hyder Ali in 1782-1783, and a journal of the siege of Mangalore in 1783-1784. This fair copy seems to have been made circa 1821.
Dates:
1781-1784.