Auchinleck chronicle

The Auchinleck Chronicle, titled in its original manuscript form as Ane Schort Memoriale of the Scottis Corniklis for Addicioun, is a brief history of Scotland during the reign of James II (1437–1460).[1]

It was written in Scots at an unknown date and is preserved only in the Asloan Manuscript of the early sixteenth century.[2]

The title Auchinleck Chronicle comes from the fact that the Asloan Manuscript was formerly owned by the Boswell Family at Auchinleck House in Ayrshire.[1]

The fuller title may be translated into English as A Short History to be Added to the Scots Chronicles.

References
  1. A printed edition of 1819.
  2. Christine McGladdery (2010). "Auchinleck Chronicle". In Dunphy, Graeme (ed.). Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle. Leiden: Brill. pp. 124–125. ISBN 90-04-18464-3.


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