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Abridgement by Patrick Russell, prior of the Charterhouse of Perth, of a work by Walter Bower known as the 'Book of Cupar Angus'.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.35.6.7
Scope and Contents
Manuscript compiled in Scotland by Patrick Russell, a prior of the Charterhouse of Perth. The manuscript is an abridged copy of the 'Book of Cupar Angus', which is itself an abbreviation of the 'Scotichronicon'.The manuscript is written in a single column, probably all by the same hand, which is becomes harder to read towards the end of the volume. The work is not complete, as two or more folios are missing between 246v and 247r.Watt suggests that the lost examplar...
Dates:
1460 - 1488
Manuscript, by John Gibson junior, a canon of Glasgow, of an abridged copy of the 'Black Book of Paisley', a version of the 'Scotichronicon' of Walter Bower.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.35.6.8
Scope and Contents
Manuscript produced in Scotland and written by John Gibson junior, a canon of Glasgow. The manuscript is an abridged copy of the 'Black Book of Paisley', a version of the 'Scotichronicon'. The original copy of the 'Black Book of Paisley', from which Gibson made his abridgement, is in the British Library. The full contents of the manuscript are as follows:A verse history of the Scots from their origins to the reign of James II. Folios 1r-10r.Genealogy from...
Dates:
1501
Microfilm of Andrew of Wyntoun: 'The oryginale cronykil of Scotland'.
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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 manuscript produced circa 1501, an abridgement of the 'Black Book of Paisley'.
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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.886
Dates:
[Circa 1501.]