Devotional work entitled at the argument (folio ii verso) `A Dialogue betweene a Gohstly [sic] father and his Penitent shewing how a spouse long sought for by a louing soule in many thinges at length is found in one`.
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is apparently unpublished, and the identity of the author is not certainly known. The epistle dedicatory, dated 1624, is signed `Ed: Wol:`, which may possibly be the signature of Edward Wolley who was at that time a student at Cambridge and who eventually was appointed Bishop of Clonfert. The manuscript is not quite complete: a leaf, containing the first part of the epistle dedicatory, is torn out after folio i, and another, presumably blank, after folio ii; and two leaves, presumably blank also, are cut out after folio iv. At folio i, which was the flyleaf, is a note in a later hand concerning an unidentified 12th-century religious named Alred.
Dates
- Creation: Circa 1624.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (ii folios + 104 pages. Octavo.)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Bound in contemporary vellum-covered boards with strings, since broken.
Custodial History
The manuscript was acquired by the Advocates’ Library, presumably by purchase, in (or perhaps before) 1771.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 08 05 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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