Melville, Andrew. Epitaphium Alexandri Arbuthneti & Thomam Smetoniam duo nostrae gentis lumina, Late 16th - early 17th century
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Identifier: De.1.12/13
Scope and Contents
This is an epitaph by the Scottish scholar, theologian and religious reformer, Andrew Melville for Alexander Arbuthnot. And a second epitaph by Melville for Arbuthnot, and Thomas Smeaton, Scottish minister and Principal of Glasgow University.
Scope and Contents
Both epitaphs were printed in the Delitiae Poetarum Scotorum, Amsterdam, 1637.
Dates
- Creation: Late 16th - early 17th century
Creator
Language of Materials
Latin
Extent
1 leaf
Bibliography
Drummond, William, and Robert H. (Robert Hugh) MacDonald. The Library of Drummond of Hawthornden / Edited with an Introduction by Robert H. MacDonald. (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1971). Item no. 1378.
Creator
Subject
- Arbuthnot, Archibald, fl 1560-1640 (Associated name, Person)
- Smeaton, Thomas, 1536-1583 (Scottish minister and Principal of Glasgow University) (Associated name, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk