Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/4194

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
Our Lady
Saint details
ST/JD/2
Date low
None
Date high
1436
Entry reference
EN/EW/2641
Notes
None
no devotees recorded
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Aberdeen Cathedral NJ940087 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100