Histories.
Found in 777 Collections and/or Records:
Microfilm of fair copy of ‘Memoir on Malabar, in 1790, with correspondence and documents respecting the same country. Appendix to the history – vol. 5’, by Alexander Walker., [1821, or after.]
Microfilm of Gaelic manuscripts.
Microfilm of genealogical material.
Microfilm of genealogical material, 1st half of 18th century, collected by George Crawfurd; and, a history, 1545, of the house of Seton by Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington.
The contents are as follows:
Genealogical material, 1st half of 18th century, collected by George Crawfurd (Adv.MS.34.3.9); Mackenzie's Genealogical Collections
Manuscript copy, written in a hand of the early seventeenth century, of ‘The historicall genealogie of the house of Seton’ by Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington, 1545 (Adv.MS.34.7.4).
Microfilm of historical account of Gujarat sent by Alexander Walker to Jonathan Duncan and intended to form the first part of ‘The British transactions in Gujarat’., [Circa 1804.]
Microfilm of historical works, 1644-2nd half of 17th century, of W Lindsay; and, records, 1657-1661, of the Synod of Lothian and Tweeddale.
The contents are as follows:
Historical works, 1644-2nd half of 17th century, of W Lindsay (Adv.MS.16.1.3);
Records, 1657-1661, of the Synod of Lothian and Tweeddale (Adv.MS.16.1.4).
Microfilm of ‘Historie of the estate of the Kirk of Scotland from 1558 to 1637 in August’ by Mr John Row, 1650; and, 'Girvane sesione booke', late 17th century.
The contents are as follows:
‘Historie of the estate of the Kirk of Scotland from 1558 to 1637 in August’ by Mr John Row; and related material, 1650 (Adv.MS.16.1.6);
Manuscript inscribed 'Girvane sesione booke', late 17th century (Adv.MS.16.1.8).
Microfilm of' History of agriculture in India', compiled circa 1822.
Microfilm of ‘Imago mundi’ by Honorius of Autun; ‘Speculum regum’ by Godfrey of Viterbo; and, an anonymous poem ‘De laude civitatis Laudae’. A manuscript written in Italy in the late 13th or early 14th century.
Microfilm of incomplete manuscript of the unpublished continuation of ‘The history of Liddesdale, Eskdale, Ewesdale, Wauchopedale and the Debateable Land’ by Robert Bruce Armstrong.
Microfilm of Irish and Scottish Gaelic manuscripts.
The contents are as follows:
Book of the Dean of Lismore, 16th century (Adv.MS.72.1.37);
Manuscript, ?15th century-17th century, containing verse and tale fragments in Gaelic (Adv.MS.72.1.47);
Manuscript, 17th century, of syllabic verse (Adv.MS.72.1.48);
Manuscript, 1618-1647, containing Irish bardic verse (Adv.MS.72.1.49);
Manuscript, [circa 1658], containing historical miscellany in Gaelic, written by Niall MacMhuirich (Adv.MS.72.1.50).
Microfilm of letters, 1788-1812, of Gilbert Buchanan, Rector of Woodmansterne, to George Chalmers; and, ‘The Historie of Scotland from the year 1660’ by Sir George Mackenzie, [Before 1692].
The contents are as follows:
Letters, 1788-1812, of Gilbert Buchanan, Rector of Woodmansterne, to George Chalmers. (Adv.MS.16.2.18);
‘The Historie of Scotland from the year 1660’ by Sir George Mackenzie, [Before 1692]. The only known manuscript, in the hand of a transcriber but with corrections in the hand of Sir George Mackenzie himself (Adv.MS.16.2.6).