Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/4160

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Item another cloth at the high altar with 'Hail Jesus and Mary' marked on its front. Item at the altar of St John the Evangelist, two cloths from the gift of Lichton, chancellor. Item at the altar of St Columba, two cloths from the gift of Rynd, treasurer.

{. . .} Item alia mappa ad magnum altare cum frontali signato Aue Jhesu et Maria . Item ad altare sancti Johannis ewangeliste ij mappalia ex dono Lychtone cancelarij . Item ad altare sancti Columbe duo mappalia ex dono Rynde thesaurarij . {. . .}

Type of dedication
Gift
Confidence
100
Saint named
John the Evangelist
Saint details
ST/JD/23
Date low
1436
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/2630
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Chancellor of Abdn Duncan Lichton, de Male Cathedral dignitary 100 Master Duncan Lichton, chancellor of Aberdeen diocese, 1436-75; Watt and Murray, Fasti, 17.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Aberdeen Cathedral NJ940087 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100