The Arbuthnott Missal, already referred to, with its two companion
volumes the Psalter and Office of the Blessed Virgin, have been well
described by Mr. William MacGillivray. They were specially written for
the use of this church by the vicar, James Sybbald. The Missal was
finished in the year 1491, and was presented by the writer and the
founder
[Illustration: FIG. 1163.--The Collegiate Church of Arbuthnott. Interior
of Chancel.]
of the aisle “to the high altar of the pious Bishop St. Ternan.” The
Psalter was finished in 1482, and from internal evidence the last of the
three volumes was probably written a short time before the Psalter.
[Illustration: FIG. 1164.--The Collegiate Church of Arbuthnott. Corbel
and Canopy on Buttress.]
From the Register of the Great Seal of date 30th May 1505, it appears
that the chapel was then endowed by Robert Arbuthnott, “James Sybbald,
Vicar of Arbuthnott,” being one of the witnesses. Sir Robert died in
1506, and the vicar in the year following.
The building adjoining the church, seen in Fig. 1158, is the old manse.