Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/4157

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Item a missal for the altar of St Maurice from the gift of Master Richard Forbes, dean of Aberdeen. Item in the chapel of St Maurice from his gift, four books of canon law. Item, in the same chapel, from his gift, a beautiful psalter. Item, from his gift, a tabernacle for that altar, of alabaster with a cupboard for keeping the vestments of the altar. Item, from his gift, at the high altar, two images, one of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the other of St Maurice.

Item vnum missale pro altari sancti Mauricij ex donatione venerabilis viri magistri Ricardi Forbes decani Aberdonensis . Item in capella sancti Mauricij ex donatione eiusdem quatuor libri iuris canonici videllicet liber decretalium sextus cum Clementinis et libro decretorum . Item in eadem capella ex dono eiusdem vnum psalterium pulchrum . Item ex dono eiusdem vnum tabernaculum pro eodem altari de alabaste cum armariolo de tabulis orientalibus pro vestimentis altaris conseruandis . Item ex dono eiusdem ad magnum altare due imagines vna videlicet beate Marie virginis . item vna altera beati Mauricij . Item ex dono eiusdem vnus pannus ad modum vnius matress vel bautkyn roth ad decorem et ornamentum magni altaris et chori et est pannus blauij coloris cum rosis albis inmixtis per totum .]

Type of dedication
Image
Confidence
100
Saint named
Maurice
Saint details
ST/JD/132
Date low
None
Date high
1483
Entry reference
EN/EW/2629
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Dean of Aberdeen Richard Forbes Male Cathedral dignitary 100 Master Richard Forbes, dean of Aberdeen, 1456-83; Watt and Murray, Fasti, 10.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Aberdeen Cathedral NJ940087 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100