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Prayers.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Reverent petitions made to God or another deity.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Early 15th-century manuscript containing short prayers, followed by conversion tables for calculating the price of merchandise.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.7.6
Scope and Contents Manuscript produced in Scotland, primarily for the use of converting the prices of commodities between Scotland and the Low Countries. The commodities listed include wool, skins, hides, cloth, canvas, iron, wax and wine. The monetary units used are a mixture of Flemish and English money. The volume also contains a small portion of religious material. Hanham believes that the commercial part of the volume is likely to be a copy of a work which was possibly originally composed in...
Dates: Early 15th century.

'Rosslyn missal', a manuscript written in Ireland probably for Down Cathedral, Downpatrick.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.5.19
Scope and Contents Manuscript written in Ireland, probably for Down Cathedral in Downpatrick. Lawlor has dated the work as probably of the 13th or early 14th century based on palaeographic evidence. Henry and Marsh-Micheli have suggested the work could also be attributed to the 12th century based on the decoration. This manuscript is a missal of the English (pre-Sarum) type introduced into Ireland from the later 12th century, with a few archaic, possibly local, features. The missal appears to have...
Dates: 13th century.