Grand cavalcade of the sons of Crispin : from Holyrood-House to the Calton Convening Hall, Regent Bridge, on Thursday, the 25th October 1821.
Maidment, James,1793-1879,former owner.StEdNL.
[Edinburgh? : s.n.,
1821]
St Cripsin is the patron saint of shoemakers, due to the prominent part shoemaking plays in his life story and preaching. He was martyred on the 25th October, sometime in the 3rd century A.D. As a result, his processional day, organised by the shoemakers, cobblers and cordwainers' guild, and taken as holiday by them, occurs on this day.
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.
Crispin, Saint, -286?
Shoemakers