Manuscripts

Oslo and London, Schøyen Collection, MS 679 Lindesiana Scotichronicon

Latin
s. xviⁱⁿ
composite manuscript
Scottish manuscripts

Composite manuscript consisting of two originally independent, early 16th-century manuscripts of Scottish history, which were bound together for one Robert Robertoun, treasurer of Edinburgh.

General
Contents

Identifiers

Location

Norway Oslo and London, Schøyen Collection

Shelfmark

679

Title

Lindesiana Scotichronicon

Provenance and related aspects

Language

Latin

Date

s. xviⁱⁿ

Origin, provenance

Origin: Scotland

Scotland

No short description available

Provenance: ass. with Robertoun (Robert) [treasurer of Edinburgh]Robertoun (Robert) ... treasurer of Edinburgh

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

Later provenance: ass. with Lindsay (John) [of Balcarres, lord Menmuir]Lindsay (John) ... of Balcarres, lord Menmuir

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

See more In the possession of John Lindsay of Balcarres (1552–1598), secretary of state.

Later provenance: The manuscript surfaced on 19 June 1990 when it was sold at Sotheby's. It previously belonged to one H. Greer from Bangor, NI.

Hands, scribes

Codicological information

UnitCodicological unit. Indicates whether the entry describes a single leaf, a distinct or composite manuscript, etc.

composite manuscript

Distinct units

Oslo and London, Schøyen … MS 1

Manuscript dated to c.1511.

Oslo and London, Schøyen … MS 2

Manuscript dated to c.1526.

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Scottish manuscripts

Sources

Secondary sources (select)

The breaking of Britain: cross-border society and Scottish independence 1216–1314, Online: University of Glasgow, Lancaster University, University of Edinburgh, King's College London, 2011–present. URL: <https://www.breakingofbritain.ac.uk>.

abstract:

The Breaking of Britain is a collaborative project, funded by the AHRC, between the University of Glasgow, Lancaster University, the University of Edinburgh, and King’s College London (including the Department of Digital Humanities). The project is concerned with the period which extends from the failure of Alexander II’s short-lived revival of a Scoto-Northumbrian realm in 1216–17 to the formal abolition of cross-border landholding by Robert I in November 1314, following his victory at Bannockburn. The project builds on the work of another project funded by the AHRC, The Paradox of Medieval Scotland, and will extend the People of Medieval Scotland database to 1314. It will also be linked to a new database, People of Northern England, recording interactions between the Crown and people in the three northern counties of England from 1216 to 1307. The project will also study border chronicles as a source both for medieval perceptions of identity and fields of medieval historical interest.

Blog by Dauvit Broun. direct link

The Schøyen Collection: manuscripts from around the world, Online, ?–present. URL: <https://www.schoyencollection.com>.

direct link