Ecclesia Antiqua or, The History of an Ancient Church (St Michael's Linlithgow)
Title: Ecclesia Antiqua or, The History of an Ancient Church (St Michael's Linlithgow) - With an Account of its Chapels, Chantries and Endowments
Author: Rev. John Ferguson
Publisher: Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh and London
Date: 1905
Hardback - 1st Edition. xxiii-357 pp. Illustrated with full page prints and plans and in text drawings.
Synopsis
A history of St Michael's Parish Church in Linlithgow focusing on its medieval origins, pre-Reformation chapels, minor altars (chantries), and historical endowments. First recorded around 1138 and consecrated on May 22, 1242, by David de Bernham, Bishop of St Andrews.
Mary, Queen of Scots was baptized inside the church in December 1542.
Condition Notes
A fine copy with bright clean cover boards and gilt titles and front vignette. There is some bumping at the corners and some light fraying along the top and bottom of the spine. Inside the pages are bright and clean with age related tanning of the paper.
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