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Calendar of Holyrood Abbey: a bifolium containing the entries for July to October.

 Item
Identifier: MS.5048

Scope and Contents

The entries are written in red, blue, green, and black. There are several additions and deletions in later hands, and a sixteenth-century marginal note concerning writs of property.

Dates

  • Creation: 13th century.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

2 Leaves ; 335 x 250 millimetres.

Language of Materials

Latin

Arrangement

2 folios.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1948, by Mrs John Morris, Newport, Shropshire.

Bibliography

The manuscript has been edited with a commentary by Francis Wormald, 'A fragment of a thirteenth-century calendar from Holyrood Abbey', in 'Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland', volume lxix (1934-1935), pages 471-479.

Physical Description

Vellum.

Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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