Dates

• Existence: 1653 - 1712

Biography

Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Forfar, was a Scottish peer. He was the second son and youngest child of Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus and 1st Earl of Ormond. He was made the Earl of Forfar in 1661. He was a Privy Counsellor to both King William II and Queen Anne from 1689 until his death in 1712 and voted for the Act of Union.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

MS 2: Biblia Sacra [Bible. Latin. Vulgate], c 1300

 Item

Identifier: MS 2

Scope and Contents The manuscript contains the complete text of the Vulgate. It also contains the Interpretationes nominum hebraicorum ('Interpretations of the Hebrew names'), a list, mostly in alphabetical order, of Hebrew names found in the Bible, attributed to Stephen Langton (died 1228); each Hebrew name is accompanied by a short explanation in Latin.At the beginning of Nehemiah, a second hand has added the numeral for 'second'...

Dates: c 1300

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts