Scotland -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
The Royall Cedar, by Frederic van Bossen
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1474
Scope and Contents
Unbound copy of a manuscript, Edinburgh 1688, with original stitching. Commences with an elaborate title page with allegorical figures, with shield and decorated borders. There follows a list of authorities used in the writing of the work and a dedication. Van Bossen states that he has made use of an ancient manuscript by John Tulloch, Bishop of Orkney. The work forms a substantial history of Scottish nobility and follows the structure of that laid out in other copies.
Dates:
1687-1689
Transcript for 'History of Argyll and the Isles'. By Donald Mackinnon, and accompanying letters from William Blackwood, Late 19th or early 20th century
Item
Identifier: Coll-98/3/3/9
Scope and Contents
This is a handwritten original transcript, a copy of which appears to have been sent to Blackwell Publishers in Edinburgh so as to print a volume on the history of Argyllshire "and the Isles". Further investigation of the transcript contents may be required to ascertain whether the "Isles" refer to the islands that traditionally form part of the Argyllshire region (cf. Argyll and Bute, as currently named), which would include Mull, Islay, and Jura, or whether it refers to the entire...
Dates:
Late 19th or early 20th century