The Asloan Manuscript is an anthology of Scots prose and poetry dating to the early sixteenth century. It was compiled by the Edinburgh notary John Asloan.[1]

James II of Scotland, the subject of the manuscript's Auchinleck Chronicle as depicted by his contemporary Georg von Ehingen.

The manuscript's poetry consists of works by Henryson, Dunbar, Richard Holland and anonymous authors. The prose works consist of historical chronicles and religious and moral texts, often translations of famous works from elsewhere in Europe.[1]

It is held by the National Library of Scotland.[1]

Works represented in the manuscript

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Among the pieces preserved in the Asloan Manuscript are:

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