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15th-century transcript of the chartulary of Dryburgh Abbey

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15th-century transcript of the chartulary of Dryburgh Abbey
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Description	Dryburgh, a Premonstratensian Abbey, was founded in 1150 and dissolved in 1606. The manuscript is the work of one hand and has apparently been transcribed from an earlier compilation. The material covers the 12th to the 14th centuries, with the last entry dated 1338. The chartulary is arranged in a roughly topographical order, with copies of royal and episcopal charters throughout. Papal bulls and edicts are present on folios 74r-91v. Each of the charters has been numbered by the scribe in the margins with Roman numerals, although these are occasionally lost due to cropping. The volume is incomplete, with 5 charters missing from the beginning of the manuscript and the last charter incomplete at the end. It is unclear how many charters have been lost from the end of the volume. The foundation charter is not present. The manuscript is not decorated, but spaces have been left for initials and headings, with guide letters visible in the margins.
Shelfmark	Adv.MS.34.4.7
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 > Lists (documents) > Cartularies Written and printed matter > Transcripts
Dates / events:	1400-1499 [Date created]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland (country) [Place created]
Person / organisation:	Dryburgh Abbey (Dryburgh) [Creator] Balfour, James, Sir, 1st Baronet of Denmilne and Kinnaird (antiquary), 1600-1657 [Former owner]
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