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 777 Collections and/or Records:
'Memoir respecting the office of Auditor of Excise in Scotland', by John Philp Wood, 1827., 1797-1827, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3106
Scope and Contents
Inserted at the end are: memorial of John Philp Wood, 1806 (page 177); copy of report of the Barons of the Exchequer in Scotland to H M Treasury on the office of Auditor of Excise, 1812 (page 179); account of the establishment of the Auditor's office in 1797, by Wood, 1821 (page 185); account of sums recovered and saved for the Revenue by Wood, undated (page 187); history of the office, by Wood, with copies of correspondence relating to previous auditors, undated (page 195); copy of patent...
Dates:
1797-1827, undated.
‘Memoire servant de Réponse à la Répresentation rémise par 24 Citoyens, le 4[e] Mars 1734 à Messʳ[s] les quatre sindics par Monsʳ De Chapeaurouge.’, 1734.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.6.8 (2 of 2)
‘Memoire sur le gouvernmement de Geneve, par Monsʳ Jacob de Chapeaurouge’., 1737.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.6.8 (1 of 2)
‘Memoires for compiling the History of the Royall College of Physitians at Edinburghe’, with an account of the establishment of the Medicine Garden, in the hand of Sir Robert Sibbald.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.5.20
Scope and Contents
The memoirs are taken from the records of the Royal College of Physicians.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: W.5.34.
Dates:
Late 17th century-1st quarter of 18th century.
‘Memoires sur la Reformation de Geneve, tires des Registres publies depuis 1526 jusques à 1536.’
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.6.2
Dates:
1526-1536.
'Memoirs of the family of Grant. Written in the year 1752', being a history and genealogy of the Grants of Grant and several of their principal cadets.
Item
Identifier: MS.10970
Scope and Contents
The text was compiled in 1752, but has additions up to 1773, and is written on paper watermarked 1811. The manuscript may originally have been compiled by William Grant, Lord Prestongrange, the account of whose life is unusually detailed (folio 48) and whose Hanoverian politics are reflected in the account of some eighteenth-century Grants (for example folio 43).
Dates:
1752-1773.
Memorandum, 1800, by General Sir David Dundas, relating to the expedition, 1762, against Havana., 1762-1800.
Item
Identifier: MS.3850
Scope and Contents
At the end (folios 25-28) is an "Extract from the Abbé Raynal's History of the Situation of the Havanna, about the year 1775".
Dates:
1762-1800.
Memorial concerning the Chieftaincy or Captaincy of Clan Chattan, disputed by Cluny Macpherson and Mackintosh of Mackintosh.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7852
Dates:
circa 1828.
`Memoriall Presented to King James the 7th’, Edinburgh, reporting on events in Scotland since the Revolution (Inv. XCII, Mac. 61)., 1713.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.49.7.6
'Memoriall with respect to the Process of Division, Matthew Sharp of Hoddam against Charles, Duke of Queensberry and Dover, and others having interest in the Commonity of Ecclefechan'., 1712-1743.
Item
Identifier: MS.3084
Scope and Contents
This document covers the case up to the depositions of 1743 copied in MS.3085. At the beginning is a brief modern history of the case.
Dates:
1712-1743.
Microfilm of 11th and 12th century manuscripts.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.350
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript of the late 11th and early 12th century containing: the 'Paradisus' of Heraclides; the 'Historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae temper 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 (Adv.MS.18.4.3);Medical manuscript, 1st half of 12th century, written in South France or...
Dates:
Late 11th century-1st half of 12th century.
Microfilm of 14th century copy of the ‘Historia Anglorum’ of Henry of Huntingdon, 12th century; and, late 14th century manuscript of the ‘Chronicle’ of Walter of Guisborough.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.454
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
English manuscript, 14th century, of the ‘Historia Anglorum’ of Henry of Huntingdon, 12th century (Adv.MS.33.5.2);
Manuscript written in England in the late 14th century by several hands of the ‘Chronicle’ of Walter of Guisborough (Adv.MS.33.5.3).
Dates:
12th century, late 14th century.
Microfilm of abbreviated version of ‘Scotichronicon’ by Walter Bower.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1522
Dates:
[?1450-?1480.]
Microfilm of Andrew of Wyntoun: 'The oryginale cronykil of Scotland'.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.910
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Andrew of Wyntoun: 'The oryginale cronykil of Scotland', early 16th century (Adv.MS.19.2.4);
Abbreviated version of ‘Scotichronicon’ by Walter Bower, [circa ?1450-circa ?1480](Adv.MS.35.1.7).
Dates:
[Circa ?1450-circa ?1480], early 16th century.
Microfilm of assorted 13th-17th century manuscripts.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.465
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Fair copy, 1686-1689, of ‘Diplomatum veterum collectio’, being Richard Augustine Hay’s transcripts of charters and other formal documents contained in cartularies of mediaeval Scottish religious houses and the archives of the city of Edinburgh, volume 1. (Adv.MS.34.1.10(i)); Register of the Chapel Royal of Stirling, written, circa 1537, by John Lambert, prebendary of the Chapel, containing copies of papal bulls and other documents, 1501-1537...
Dates:
13th century-1689.
Microfilm of autograph manuscript of ‘History of Scots Affairs from the year 1637 to 1641’, by James Gordon, Minister of Rothiemay.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.131
Dates:
1659-1661.
Microfilm of Chronicle of England, and theological works.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.867
Dates:
14th century.
Microfilm of collection of Björn Haldórsson on Icelandic history.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.164
Dates:
15th century-18th century.
Microfilm of ‘Continuation of Hector Boeth his Historie, since the death of King James the first, until the year 1642’ by Patrick Anderson, volume 1: containing the life and times of James II, 1437 to the death of James V in 1542.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1381
Dates:
1642, or after.
Microfilm of documents concerning the Highlands of Scotland, including a history of the Macdonalds.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.861
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
‘Some remarks on the Highland clans and methods proposed for civilising them’, early 18th century (Adv.MS.16.1.14);‘State of Emigration from the Highlands of Scotland, its extent, causes, and proposed remedy.’ An apparently unpublished treatise, dated ‘London March 21st 1803’ (Adv.MS.35.6.18);Manuscript copy of the English ‘History of the Macdonalds’, ascribed by Donald Gregory to a Hugh Macdonald, [1829, or after] (Adv.MS.73.1.12);...
Dates:
Early 18th century-[1827, or after].
Microfilm of drafts of works of George Chalmers; and, papers of Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.137
Dates:
[1811, or after]-1826.
Microfilm of duplicate copy of an historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'., [Circa 1805, circa 1825.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2037
Dates:
[Circa 1805, circa 1825.]
Microfilm of English manuscript, probably from Exeter Cathedral, of the ‘Historia Ecclesiastica’ by Bede.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2066
Dates:
14th century.
Microfilm of fair copy of ‘History of Malabar', volume 3-4, by Alexander Walker., [1821, or after.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.878
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Fair copy of ‘History of Malabar', volume 3 (MS.13799);
Fair copy of ‘History of Malabar', volume 4 (MS.13800).
Dates:
[1821, or after.]
Microfilm of fair copy of ‘History of Malabar', volumes 1-2, by Alexander Walker., [1821, or after.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.877
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Fair copy of ‘History of Malabar', volume 1 (MS.13797);
Fair copy of ‘History of Malabar', volume 2 (MS.13798).
Dates:
[1821, or after.]