The gude and godlie ballatis
2015
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This is a collection of religious lyrics from the early years of the Scottish Reformation, and arguably the most important literary collection from the period in vernacular Scots; it contains a metrical translation of the Psalms alongside shorter songs and ballads, many of which are adopted from a secular to a spiritual use.
Main title:
The gude and godlie ballatis / edited by Alasdair A. MacDonald.
Author:
MacDonald, A. A. (Alasdair A.), editor
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Scottish Text Society, 2015.
Collation:
413 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Text in English and Scots.
ISBN:
9781897976418 (hbk)
Dewey class:
782.27821.08
LC class:
ML3186
Local class:
782.27
Language:
ScotsEnglish
BRN:
1349159