The life of St. Columba, . founder of Hy; written by Adamnan, ninth abbot of that monastery. The text printed from a manuscript of the eighth century ... to which are added copious notes and dissertations ... by William Reeves ...
Saint Adamnan (c.625 - 704)
Category
Books
Date
1857
Materials
Place of origin
Ireland
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3138062
Summary
Bibliographic description
4,[4],497,[3]p., plates . ill., map ; 4to. (26cm). Provenance:Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (dated 1922) with portrait: "Edith Helen Marchioness of Londonderry. D.B.E." [i.e. Edith Helen Chaplin, m. in 1899 Charles 7th Marquess of Londonderry]. Motto in Scottish Gaelic over portrait ("Tha mo cridhe's an tir nam beann" [My heart is in the land of mountains]). Gilt armorial stamp displaying Vane-Tempest-Stewart marshalled with Chaplin under a marquess coronet with charges and motto (Metuenda corolla draconis). Binding: Twentieth-century full polished calf; gold-tooled Londonderry armorial stamp, gilt edges. Green and black leather spine labels, lettered in gilt. Binder's stamp: Bumpus Ltd. Oxford St. Text-block sagging.
Makers and roles
Saint Adamnan (c.625 - 704) William Reeves (1815-1892) Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, Scotland