King Crispin : the ancient and modern history of King Crispin, with a particular account of the plan and order of the grand procession, time of meeting, &c.
Maidment, James,1793-1879,former owner.StEdNL.
[Edinburgh] : Printed for, and sold by R. Martin. ... Price one penny. Glass, printer, South Niddry Street,
[1832-1851?]
Dated from the Scottish Book Trade Index.
St Crispin was and still is the patron saint of shoemakers, who is alleged to have been martyred on the 25th of October during the third century A.D. During the middle ages most guilds, trades and professions adopted a patron saint, and celebrated their martyrdom by taking an annual holiday and processing with the saint's image. This sheet informs the public of the shoemakers' holiday and the route of their procession.
Crawford, J.L.L. Bibliotheca Lindesiana. Catalogue of English broadsides,
Provenance: Bound in a volume carrying the inscription 'This collection is understood to have been formed by the late James Maidment and it has been added to by me. John A. Fairley' on first fly-leaf.
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