Subscribers of The League of Covenant for Newbattle
As far as I recall, this is a small excerpt from the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 for the parish of Newbattle in Midlothian - on display at the National Museum of Scotland. (And don't worry, museum nannies, I didn't use flash or autofocus to capture this image - no light was emitted from my camera whatsoever).
Just to give you some background:
On 25 September 1643 (during the second year of the first English Civil War), the alliance between Cromwell's English Parliament and the Scottish Covenanters was sealed with the signing of the Solemn League and Covenant. It was both a military pact and a religious covenant, the primary purpose of which was to annihilate the Royalist threat.
According to the National Museum of Scotland (where this covenant is displayed) the convenant "appeals to the English to adopt Scottish Presbyterianism. It is signed by the Earl of Lothian, Robert Leighton, afterwards Archbishop of Glasgow, and others.
The term 'National Covenant' drew on Old Testament notions of covenants between God and Man, and between God and Israel. It suggested that the Scots were comparable to the Children of Israel and thus a chosen race."
The name Andrew Abernethy is clearly visible here, among others.
Subscribers of The League of Covenant for Newbattle
As far as I recall, this is a small excerpt from the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 for the parish of Newbattle in Midlothian - on display at the National Museum of Scotland. (And don't worry, museum nannies, I didn't use flash or autofocus to capture this image - no light was emitted from my camera whatsoever).
Just to give you some background:
On 25 September 1643 (during the second year of the first English Civil War), the alliance between Cromwell's English Parliament and the Scottish Covenanters was sealed with the signing of the Solemn League and Covenant. It was both a military pact and a religious covenant, the primary purpose of which was to annihilate the Royalist threat.
According to the National Museum of Scotland (where this covenant is displayed) the convenant "appeals to the English to adopt Scottish Presbyterianism. It is signed by the Earl of Lothian, Robert Leighton, afterwards Archbishop of Glasgow, and others.
The term 'National Covenant' drew on Old Testament notions of covenants between God and Man, and between God and Israel. It suggested that the Scots were comparable to the Children of Israel and thus a chosen race."
The name Andrew Abernethy is clearly visible here, among others.