Andrew Wyntoun is most famous for his completion of an eight-syllabled metre entitled, Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland, which contains an early mention of Robin Hood; it is also cited by the Oxford English Dictionary as the earliest work in English to use the word "Catholic": [spelling modernised] "He was a constant Catholic;/All Lollard he hated and heretic." Wyntoun wrote the 'Chronicle' at the request of his patron, Sir John of Wemyss, whose representative, Mr. Erskine Wemyss of Wemyss Castle, Fife, possessed the oldest extant manuscript of the work.[1] The subject of the 'Chronicle' is the history of Scotland from the mythical period to the death of Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany in 1420.[2]
The nine original manuscripts of the Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland still subsist today and are preserved within various facilities throughout the United Kingdom. Three out of the eight original manuscripts are currently preserved by the British Library, two are in the possession of the Advocates' Library in Edinburgh; one, within the University of St Andrews Library; another, within the confines of Wemyss Castle and the eighth, privately owned by Mister John Ferguson of Duns, Scottish Borders, Berwickshire.[1] The first edition of the 'Chronicle' (based on the Royal manuscript) was published by David Macpherson in 1795; the second edition was produced by David Laing and published in 1872[3] and the current standard edition was published by F. J. Amours as The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun: Printed on Parallel Pages from the Cottonian and Wemyss MSS., with the Variants of the Other Texts.
The Chronicle is entirely composed of couplets, usually of eight syllables, although frequently there also are lines of six or 10 syllables.[4]
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^ abOne or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Wyntoun, Andrew of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 873.
andrew, wyntoun, andrew, wyntoun, known, 1350, 1425, scottish, poet, canon, prior, loch, leven, serf, inch, later, canon, andrews, andrew, wyntoun, most, famous, completion, eight, syllabled, metre, entitled, orygynale, cronykil, scotland, which, contains, ear. Andrew Wyntoun known as Andrew of Wyntoun c 1350 c 1425 was a Scottish poet a canon and prior of Loch Leven on St Serf s Inch and later a canon of St Andrews Andrew Wyntoun is most famous for his completion of an eight syllabled metre entitled Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland which contains an early mention of Robin Hood it is also cited by the Oxford English Dictionary as the earliest work in English to use the word Catholic spelling modernised He was a constant Catholic All Lollard he hated and heretic Wyntoun wrote the Chronicle at the request of his patron Sir John of Wemyss whose representative Mr Erskine Wemyss of Wemyss Castle Fife possessed the oldest extant manuscript of the work 1 The subject of the Chronicle is the history of Scotland from the mythical period to the death of Robert Stewart Duke of Albany in 1420 2 The nine original manuscripts of the Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland still subsist today and are preserved within various facilities throughout the United Kingdom Three out of the eight original manuscripts are currently preserved by the British Library two are in the possession of the Advocates Library in Edinburgh one within the University of St Andrews Library another within the confines of Wemyss Castle and the eighth privately owned by Mister John Ferguson of Duns Scottish Borders Berwickshire 1 The first edition of the Chronicle based on the Royal manuscript was published by David Macpherson in 1795 the second edition was produced by David Laing and published in 1872 3 and the current standard edition was published by F J Amours as The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun Printed on Parallel Pages from the Cottonian and Wemyss MSS with the Variants of the Other Texts The Chronicle is entirely composed of couplets usually of eight syllables although frequently there also are lines of six or 10 syllables 4 References edit a b nbsp One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Wyntoun Andrew of Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 28 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 873 Wyntoun s Chronicle Prologue IX The Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland by Androw of Wyntoun Edited by David Laing in three volumes Edinburgh Scottish Text Society 1872 Robert Chambers ed 1875 A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen Glasgow Blackie amp Sons p 562 Retrieved 5 November 2013 Oxford English Dictionary New York Oxford University Press 1989External links edit nbsp Works by or about Andrew of Wyntoun at Wikisource The Robin Hood passage at the TEAMS Medieval Texts website Religious titlesPreceded byDavid Bellor Thomas Mason Prior of Loch Leven1390 1421 Succeeded byJohn Cameron Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Andrew of Wyntoun amp oldid 1165277018, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
