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Manuscript of the 'Wallace' of Blind Hary

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Manuscript of the 'Wallace' of Blind Hary
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Description	A manuscript written in Scotland, containing the narrative poem 'The Wallace' of Blind Hary, or Henry the minstrel, probably originally composed between 1474 and 1479. This manuscript is written in Scots and is the only extant contemporary manuscript of the Wallace. The colophon on folio 124v states that the work was transcribed in 1488 by John Ramsay, a prior of the Charterhouse of Perth.
Shelfmark	Adv.MS.19.2.2 (ii)
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 Written and printed matter > Poetry Written and printed matter > Romances Written and printed matter > Histories (literary works) Written and printed matter > Biographies (literary works)
Dates / events:	1488 [Date created] Falkirk, Battle of, Falkirk, 1298 [Date/event in text] Stirling Bridge, Battle of, Stirling, 1297 [Date/event in text]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland (country) [Place created]
Subject / content:	Folklore (culture-related concept) Mythology (literary genre) Heroes Patriotism Nationalism Warfare
Person / organisation:	Blind Hary, active 1470-1492 [Author] Wallace, William, Sir, Knight (Guardian of Scotland), d 1305 [Subject of text]
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