Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/4192

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Item a jewel of gold with the image of Pity given by Sir John Forrester, knight. Item two crowns of silver-gilt for Christ and Our Lady with stones. Item five golden bags with relics of saints. Item, a precious object for the eucharist in silver-gilt in the style of a castle with a crystal, given by Bishop Henry Lichton on the top of which is placed a gold jewel with the image of Pity given by Sir John Forrester of Corstorphine as written above.

{. . .} Item vnum jocale de auro cum ymagine pietatis datum per dominum Johannem Forstare militem . Item duo corone de argento deaurate pro Christo et nostra domina cum lapidibus . Item quinque burse auree cum reliquijs sanctorum {. . .} Item vnum jocale eucharistie de argento deauratum ad modum castri cum laberello . datum per dominum Henricum de Lychton episcopum Abirdonensem in cuius summitate ponitur jocale aureum cum ymagine pietatis datum per dominum Johannem Forstar de Corstorfyne vt supra scribitur {. . .}

Type of dedication
Image
Confidence
100
Saint named
Pity
Saint details
ST/JD/2
Date low
None
Date high
1436
Entry reference
EN/EW/2641
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
John Forrester Male Knight 100 Sir John Forrester of Corstorphine, son of Sir Adam Forrester of Corstorphine, knight, and Margaret.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Aberdeen Cathedral NJ940087 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100