The catechisme, : that is to say, ane co[m]mon and catholik instructioun of the christin people in materis of our catholik faith and religioun, quhilk na gud christin man or woman suld misknaw: /
Catholic Church.Diocese of St. Andrews.Archbishop (1546-1571 : Hamilton)
Hamilton, John,1511?-1571.
Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose,Earl of,1847-1929,former owner.StEdNL: Ry.II.f.29
Ritche, Charles,active 1696former owner.StEdNL: Ry.II.f.29
Strathauchin, Robert,active 1596former owner.StEdNL: BCL.S139
Stuart, William,former owner,StEdNL: SBA.295
Turnbull, John,former owner.StEdNL: BCL.137
Prentit at sanct Androus : [by John Scot] Be the command and expe[n]sis of the maist reuerend father in God, Iohne Archbischop of sanct Androus, and primat of ye hail kirk of Scotland,
the xxix. day of August, the zeir of our Lord M.D.lii. [1552]
Errors in foliation: xxiv misprinted as xix; xlviii as xlvii; C.xx as C.xix; C.xxx as C.xxxi.
Formerly also STC 22056.
Printer's name from STC. Imprint from colophon.
Signatures: pi⁴ [fleur de lis]⁸ [chi]¹ A-X⁴ Y-2B⁸ 2D-2N⁸ 2O-2P⁴ (-2P4).
With contemporary marginalia.
With MS annotations in contemporary hands, including the incorporation of the errata on the last two leaves into the main text.
With MS notes on the life of Archbishop Hamilton facing the title page (18th Century?).
Aldis, H.G.  Scotland,
ESTC
STC (2nd ed.)
Inscription on Fol. Cxxi verso: Hic liber est men[..] Liuiston cognome [...] Archibaldus [...]; inscription on Cxxxv verso: Jo. Turnbull; further MS annotations throughout book.
Inscription on front free endpaper in contemporary mixed hand: Lord preserue thy churk in peace and treuth. In manus tuus domine comendo spiritum meum. J [monogram] Gordone Amen; inscription on title page: Robert Strathauchin; inscription facing Fol.i. signed Robert Strathauchin 1596; inscription on verso of last leaf: Robertus Strathauchin est [...] liber; Inscription on front pastedown: Ex libris Collegij Scotorum Parisijs.
Armorial bookplate of the 5th Earl of Rosebery on front pastedown. Inscription (upside down) on second flyleaf: "Charles Ritche his book 1696". A long inscription on the life of Archibishop Hamilton on verso of this leaf dated 1697. Below is a later manuscript inscription "price 4 d. to those who can afford it".
Inscription on title page: Ex libris Gulielmus Stuarti P.V.M. Scot[..]; inscription on title page: Dum spiro spero Spes [...] Salutis [...] Arbirlot 1639 (this is in two different inks and may be one inscription written over another); bookplate of Fort Augustus Library on front pastedown, with printed strip pasted on it: A copy of the original edition sold in Dr. Laing's sale for £148. 'Brought in 1860 from the suppressed Scottish Abbey of St James at Ratisbon' -- Bellesheim: History of the the Catholic Church of Scotland (1887), v.5, p.189.
Inscription on title page: Ex libris Scholae Aquortisiensis 1824; earlier inscriptions have been scored through on this page the next; inscription on verso of last leaf: Hamilton.
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