BIB_ID
79919
Accession number
MA 73
Creator
Bellenden, John, -1577.
Display Date
ca. 1760.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (33 p.), bound 33.2 cm
Notes
Identity of copyist and date of transcription identified on original card.
Manuscript copy made by George Chalmers, ca. 1760.
Manuscript copy made by George Chalmers, ca. 1760.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co, 1906.
Summary
A manuscript copy made ca. 1760 by George Chalmers, the Scottish historian and antiquary, of a 1559 original composed by James MacGill and John Bellenden for the use of Francis II and Mary Stuart. It is largely a compilation of the laws of Scotland. With a note in English on the final leaf concerning the contents of the manuscript.
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