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From a bibliographical point of view some of the early printed Breviaries are among the rarest of literary curiosities, being merely local.
The copies were not spread far, and were soon worn out by the daily use made of them.
Doubtless many editions have perished without leaving a trace of their existence, while others are known by unique copies.
In Scotland the only one which has survived the convulsions of the 16th century is Aberdeen Breviary, a Scottish form of the Sarum Office ( the Sarum Rite was much favoured in Scotland as a kind of protest against the jurisdiction claimed by the diocese of York ), revised by William Elphinstone ( bishop 1483 – 1514 ), and printed at Edinburgh by Walter Chapman and Andrew Myllar in 1509 – 1510.
Four copies have been preserved of it, of which only one is complete ; but it was reprinted in facsimile in 1854 for the Bannatyne Club by the munificence of the Duke of Buccleuch.
It is particularly valuable for the trustworthy notices of the early history of Scotland which are embedded in the lives of the national saints.
Though enjoined by royal mandate in 1501 for general use within the realm of Scotland, it was probably never widely adopted.
The new Scottish Proprium sanctioned for the Roman Catholic province of St Andrews in 1903 contains many of the old Aberdeen collects and antiphons.

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