The Blackadder Prayerbook

Item date: late 15th century
Grant Value: £500
Item cost: £5,500
Item date acquired: 1974
Item institution: National Library of Scotland
Town/City: Edinburgh

A collection of prayers and devotions written and illuminated, probably in France or the Low Countries, for Robert Blackadder, first Archbishop of Glasgow.

Item Provenance
On Blackadder's death the book passed to Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews; in 16th century owned by Alexander 5th Lord Livingston
Blackadder prayerbook. FNL grant 1974. Courtesy of National Libary of Scotland.
Blackadder prayerbook. FNL grant 1974. Courtesy of National Libary of Scotland.