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MS.1645.Z.02/11
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Title:
Munsmeg, a Gun so called at Edinburgh Castle
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Munsmeg, a Gun so called at Edinburgh Castle
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Creator:
Anonymous
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Draughtsman
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Borthwick, Robert (active 1511)
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Date:
1734
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Description:
This manuscript diagram of the gun 'Mons Meg' at Edinburgh Castle, is dated 1734, but unsigned. In addition to the diagram of the gun, it gives a description of her specifications. In addition to the military details, it also gives a brief history of the gun, which history it notes as being 'taken from the Records in the Advocates Library at Edinburgh'. However, this history conflicts with that of the present day authorities of the gun's origin, as is assigns its creation to Robert Borthwick, the Engineer of James IV of Scotland, and its date as 1511. It asserts that the name is after James IV's Queen, Margaret, and the word 'muns' meaning 'little', 'on account of her extraordinary size' [i.e.. the gun's size, not the Queen's!].
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This manuscript diagram of the gun 'Mons Meg' at Edinburgh Castle, is dated 1734, but unsigned. In addition to the diagram of the gun, it gives a description of her specifications. In addition to the military details, it also gives a brief history of the gun, which history it notes as being 'taken from the Records in the Advocates Library at Edinburgh'. However, this history conflicts with that of the present day authorities of the gun's origin, as is assigns its creation to Robert Borthwick, the Engineer of James IV of Scotland, and its date as 1511. It asserts that the name is after James IV's Queen, Margaret, and the word 'muns' meaning 'little', 'on account of her extraordinary size' [i.e.. the gun's size, not the Queen's!].
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44.7 x 35cm (1' 5 5/8" x 1' 1 3/4")
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Edinburgh
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Edinburgh
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Edinburgh Castle
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Edinburgh Castle
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Scotland
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Scotland
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Mons Meg (Cannon)
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Mons Meg (Cannon)
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Board of Ordnance
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Reference:
Robert Sibbald, 'Atlas Scoticus, or, a Description of Scotland Ancient and Modern' [ca. 1682]., [1800], f.14 (Public Record Office: WO 55/2281)
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Robert Sibbald, 'Atlas Scoticus, or, a Description of Scotland Ancient and Modern' [ca. 1682]., [1800], f.14 (Public Record Office: WO 55/2281)
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Reference:
Smith, Robert D., Mons Meg and her Sisters,Royal Armouries Monograph 1, Dorset, 1989.
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Smith, Robert D., Mons Meg and her Sisters,Royal Armouries Monograph 1, Dorset, 1989.
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Rights Statement:
© 2002 Crown Copyright is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the National Library of Scotland
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© 2002 Crown Copyright is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the National Library of Scotland
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