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A compendious book of godly and spiritual songs, commonly known as 'The gude and godlie ballatis' / reprinted from the edition of 1567; ed., with introduction and notes by A. F. Mitchell.
LIBRA PR8633 .S4 v.39
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Scot. Text S. ; 39.
- Scottish text society / Publications ; 39.
- Language:
- English
- German
- Scottish Gaelic
- Subjects (All):
- Hymns, Scottish.
- Hymns, Scottish--History and criticism.
- Hymns, German--Translations into Scottish.
- Hymns, German.
- Genre:
- Hymns, German.
- Physical Description:
- 2 pages |., iii unnumbered pages-cxxvi pages, 22 unnumbered pages-338 pages : facsimiles ; 22 cm.
- Manufacture:
- Printed for the Society by W. Blackwood and sons.
- Other Title:
- The gude and godlie ballatis.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh ; London, [publisher not identified], 1897.
- Contents:
- Introduction.
- A kallender with an almanack for 12 yeres.
- Prologve.
- Text of the catechisme.
- Catechisme put in meter.
- Certane gracis to be sung or said befoir meit or efter.
- Spirituall sangis.
- Certaine ballatis of the Scripture.
- Psalmes of Dauid, with vther new pleassand ballatis. Appendix: I. Pieces found in later editions. II. Notes. Books specially consulted. III. Tunes.
- Glossary.
- Notes:
- Scottish hymms and versions of Psalms, ascribed to John Wedderburn, and his brothers James and Robert; many based on German or Swiss originals.
- With facsimiles of title-pages of the editions of 1578, 1600, and 1621, and 2 pages of the edition of 1507.
- Appendix III contains tunes from German Gesangbuch 1524, 1570, and Coverdale's "Goostly Psalms".
- OCLC:
- 3227888
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