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Adv.MS.19.2.2 (i) - Brus

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(1) Folio i recto
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Adv.MS.19.2.2 (i) - Brus
DescriptionBy John Barbour, 1489.
ShelfmarkAdv.MS.19.2.2 (i)
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Form / genre: Written and printed matter > Manuscripts
Dates / events: 1489 [Date created]
Bannockburn, Battle of, Scotland, 1314 [Date/event in text]
Places: Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Falkirk > Bannockburn (inhabited place) [Place in text]
Subject / content: Narrative poems
Warfare
Histories (literature genre)
Patriotism
Chivalry
Scots (language)
Person / organisation: Barbour, John, approximately 1320-1395 [Author]
Robert I, King of Scots, 1274-1329 [Subject of text]

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