The roll of Karlaverok

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Add.8136
  • Dates of Creation
      1816
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 volume(s) 1 volume

Scope and Content

'The roll of Karlaverok. An heraldic poem enumerating the baron, knights and gentlemen who attended King Edward the first into Scotland anno. 1300. From a manuscript in the British Museum, in Bib.Cotton.Caligula.A.XVIII. A free translation from the Old French. Written and blasoned by Philip Absalom.' The roll contains the names and armorial designs of those who took part in the siege of the castle of Carlaverok, Dumfriesshire.

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Acquisition Information

The volume was formerly part of the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps, MS 8941. Purchased by the Library from the executors of G.M. Macfarlane-Grieve, 1975.

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