Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/4278

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Item, gifted by the same {Master Henry Hervy, once chanter of Aberdeen} a silver ring with a large top on which are contained the images of the Blessed Virgin and St John. Item a silver arm {reliquary} of St Fergus with his bones.

{. . .} Item ex dono eiusdem vnus annulus argenteus cum magno capite in quo continentur ymagines beate virginis et sancti Johannis . Item bracium sancti Fergusij in argento cum ossibus eiusdem {. . .}

Type of dedication
Image
Confidence
100
Saint named
Blessed Virgin
Saint details
ST/JD/2
Date low
None
Date high
1457
Entry reference
EN/EW/2674
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Precentor of Abdn Henry Hervy Male Cathedral dignitary 100 Henry Hervy, precentor of Aberdeen 1440-57; Watt and Murray, Fasti, 14.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Aberdeen Cathedral NJ940087 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100