Manuscripts from Scotland
Poems in Scots of the Reverend James Melville, minister of Kilrenny, mostly on religious themes
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| Medieval and early modern manuscripts > Manuscripts from Scotland > Poems in Scots of the Reverend James Melville, minister of Kilrenny, mostly on religious themes > (1) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/229918116 |
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| Description | The contents of the manuscript are as follows. (i) Sonnets and short poems, some relating to Andrew Melville, written in 1610 and 1611 (folio 1). (ii) Copy of Hugh Broughton`s pamphlet `A Petition to the Lords to examine the religion and cariage of R. Ban[croft] Archbishop. Anno.1608` (folio 12). (iii) `A Preservative from Apostasie or the Song of Moses ... translated out of Hebrew and put in metre first shortly neere the text and than more at large paraphrasticallie` which is dedicated to `the Church of Scotland in generall, the people of the paroch of Kilrennie in special` (folio 16). (iv) Long poem entitled `The wandring sheepe or David`s tragique fall` which concludes with a paraphrase of Psalm 51 (folio 42). (v) `The reliefe of the longing soule: the song of songs, which is Solomons exponed by a large paraphrase in metree, for memorie and eften meditationn` to which is prefixed a dedication `to his loving sister ... M. Nicolas Murray`, dated London, November 5, 1606 (folio 60). (vi) `A Meditation of the Love of Christ and effects thereof for true thankfulnes` (folio 97). Sections (iii)-(vi) are apparently unpublished. |
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| Shelfmark | Adv.MS.19.2.7 |
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| Description | A selection of over 200 volumes of medieval and early modern manuscripts, dating from the 9th to the 17th century. Some of Scotland's most important early manuscripts are included in the many Scottish volumes. These are complemented by interesting and significant works of international origin, including volumes from France, England, the Low Countries, Italy and a number of other countries. Most of the manuscripts were collected by the Advocates Library, the forerunner of the National Library of Scotland. |
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