Manuscripts.
Subject
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Early 16th-century manuscript of 'The oryginale cronykil of Scotland' by Andrew Wyntoun, with part of the anonymous 'Brevis Cronica' appended.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.4
Scope and Contents
Manuscript produced in Scotland containing 'The oryginale cronykil of Scotland', or 'Original Chronicle', of Andrew Wyntoun. The work is a vernacular history of Scotland and the world in the form of a metrical poem. In Amours' edition, this manuscript is referred to as E2, or the Second Edinburgh Manuscript. Borland, Amours, and Laing have dated the manuscript to the early 16th century.Amours notes that the manuscript is almost complete with only a few folios wanting...
Dates:
Early 16th century.