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`A Defence or Vindication of the Scottish History and of the Scottish Historians wherein the ancient race of the Scottish Kings ther ancient possession in this island of Great Britain and the antiquity and dignity of the Scottish Church are asserted and the objections of the Bishop of St Asaph are answered`, an apparently unpublished treatise by Sir Robert Sibbald.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.15.1.3

Scope and Contents

William Lloyd, Bishop of St Asaph had published ‘An Historical Account of Church Government as it was in Great Britain and Ireland. When they first received the Christian religion’; as a result a controversy arose among Scottish historians concerning the origins of the Scots.

In his discourse Sibbald sets out to prove, with quotations from Roman, Greek and Scottish historians, the antiquity of the Scots.

Dates

  • Creation: ?1685.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (xx + 167 pages. Folio.)

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

Bought by the Advocates’ Library, 1723, at the sale of Sir Robert Sibbald`s library.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.

Existence and Location of Copies

Microfilm available: Mf.Sec.MSS.330.

Related Materials

A condensed version of the treatise, presumably written about the same date, is at Adv.MS.15.1.4.

Bibliography

Lloyd, William. ‘An Historical Account of Church Government as it was in Great Britain and Ireland. When they first received the Christian religion’ (London, 1684).
Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland
Date
16 01 2015
Description rules
Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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