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16th-century manuscript of the 'Lives of the bishops of Dunkeld' by Alexander Myln

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16th-century manuscript of the 'Lives of the bishops of Dunkeld' by Alexander Myln
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Description	Alexander Myln was canon of Dunkeld and served as Official of the diocese from 1513 to 1519, when he was appointed Abbot of Cambuskenneth. The manuscript was possibly revised, if not written by Thomas Brown, who succeeded Myln as Clerk of accounts in Dunkeld in 1511. The text includes events which took place late in 1516, but was composed before Myln succeeded to Cambuskenneth. The opening pages are illuminated: folio iii verso has a panel containing the royal arms of Scotland and those of Bishops Gavin Douglas and George Brown; folio 1 recto has an illuminated capital and borders containing fruit and flowers. Other initials in the text are red or blue with decorative penwork.
Shelfmark	Adv.MS.34.5.4
Attribution and copyright:	Public Domain - This work is free of known copyright restrictions. For details visit our copyright page. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Manuscripts > Illuminated manuscripts Written and printed matter > Biographies (literary works)
Dates / events:	1500-1599 [Date created]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland (country) [Place created]
Person / organisation:	Myln, Alexander (Abbot of Cambuskenneth Abbey), 1474-?1548 [Author] St Clair, William, 15th Baron of Rosslyn, fl 1582-1612 [Former owner] Brown, Thomas (notary), fl 1510 [Scribe] Doull, John (scribe), fl 1695-1706 [Former owner]
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