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Chronicles.

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Histories in which events are described in chronological order. For records of events in yearly sequence but less connected or filled out by commentary or interpretation, use ""annals."".

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Late 15th-century manuscript of 'The oryginale cronykil of Scotland', or 'Original Chronicle', of Andrew Wyntoun.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.3
Scope and Contents Manuscript produced in Scotland containing 'The oryginale cronykil of Scotland', or Original Chronicle, of Andrew Wyntoun. The work is a vernacular history of Scotland and the world in the form of a metrical poem. This work is divided into 9 Books with chapters.In Amours' edition of Wyntoun's work, this manuscript is referred to as E1, or the First Edinburgh Manuscript. Scholars have generally dated it to the end of the 15th century. Amours, Laing, and Borland suggest dates of...
Dates: Late 15th century.