Fair copy in a contemporary hand of `De Hominio Disputatio` by Sir Thomas Craig.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.1.2
Scope and Contents
Craig wrote this work in 1603 to show that Scotland had never done homage to England, in reply to strenuous claims to the contrary in the 1587 edition of Holinshead`s ‘Chronicles’ (`in manibus hominum his sexdecim annis` - folio i verso).
Dates
- Creation: 1603.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (i + 144 folios. Folio.)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
The volume was bound, or re-bound, in the same binding as that of Adv.MS.24.1.1, by the Faculty of Advocates in about 1819.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposited, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates.
Bibliography
Like many of Craig`s works this was not published in his lifetime; but an English translation, from another copy (pages xxxvii-xxxviii), was produced at London under the title ‘Scotland`s Soveraignty asserted ...’ by George Ridpath in 1695.
Holinshead. ‘Chronicles’ (1587 edition).
Holinshead. ‘Chronicles’ (1587 edition).
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 25 05 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk