DE/EW/4413
dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)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
- Image
- Confidence
- 100
- Saint named
- Our Saviour Jesus Christ
- Saint details
- ST/JD/78
- Date low
- None
- Date high
- 1527
- Entry reference
- EN/EW/2743
- Notes
- None