Second edition of the first translation of Virgil’s ‘Aeneid’ into Scottish. This edition corrected the first printing (1553), and the Edinburgh philologist Thomas Ruddiman added an elaborate glossary which was the basis for the antiquary John Jamieson’s ‘Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language’ (1808). The poet Gavin Douglas (?1475-1522), Bishop of Dunkeld and third son of the earl of Angus, “was one of the first to draw the distinction between Scots and ‘Inglis’” (OCEL). He was unusual amongst his contemporaries in concentrating solely on studying the vernacular, rather than producing books in Latin. The ‘Life’ of Gavin Douglas by Bishop Sage, appended here, is one of the main sources for the author’s biography.
ESTC T139442.