Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/4412

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The twenty-fourth bishop was Gavin Dunbar, archdeacon principal of St Andrews and dean of Moray etc. He granted the following gifts in honour of Almighty God and the glory of the pure virgin Mary. . . . Item a gospel, silver on the cover with an image of Our Saviour Jesus Christ and clasps . . .

Vicesimus quartus reuerendus in Christo pater ac dominus Gauinus Dunbar Sancti Andree alias archidiaconus principalis ac Morauiensis ecclesie decanus serenissimorumque principum Jacobi quarti et quinti impresentiarum feliciter regnantis Scotorum regum rottulorum et regestri clericus et integerrimus consiliarius . qui hoc epistolare ad huius ecclesie consuetudinem et dei laudem scribi et ornari fecit Antwerpie anno virginei partus septimo et vigesimo sesqui milesimo . Hic trans Dee fluuium ingentem pontem ex inciso lapide optimo artificio septennio edificauit . atque huius templi toreumata seu celum ipsum opere exasciato imaginibus et principum insignijs fabricari fecit et picturis decentissimis decorauit . Atque ob Dei omnipotentis honorem et intemerate virginis Marie gloriam et huius templi celeberrimi decorem infrascripta donaria vltro concessit et deliberauit {. . .} Item euangelium in superficie argenteum cum imagine Saluatoris nostri Iesu Christi et clausuris . ad euangelium Dei cantandum ponderis {. . .}

Type of dedication
Grant in honour of saint
Confidence
100
Saint named
Pure virgin Mary
Saint details
ST/JD/2
Date low
None
Date high
1527
Entry reference
EN/EW/2743
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Bishop of Aberdeen Gavin Dunbar Male Bishop 100 Gavin Dunbar I, bishop of Aberdeen 1518-32; Watt and Murray, Fasti, 5.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Aberdeen Cathedral NJ940087 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100