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Extract from Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Lay of the Last Minstrel’ with introduction by John Britton
AL 39/17
Description Extract from Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Lay of the Last Minstrel’ with introduction by John Britton
Date c. 1846
Collection Collection of papers relating to Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothian, Scotland
Catalogue Number AL 39/17
Category Manuscripts
Copies SC 2573977, SC 2573975
Scope and Content The excerpt has been copied by Britton’s secretary who wrongly attributed the text to Sir Walter Scott’s poem ‘The Lady of the Lake’. Britton presents the excerpt as evidence of the fictional nature of poetry and argues that it does not provide architectural or historical information on the history of Rosslyn Chapel.
Accession Number 2021/8
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2572802
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