RABAN 400
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    • A silver watchbell
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    • Raban's Psalter
    • Funerals and Epitaphs for Bishop Patrick Forbes
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    • Solemn League and National Covenant
    • Antidote agaynst Poperie
    • The Old Roman Catholick
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The Old Roman Catholick is another work by Dr William Guild.  It was the final book to be printed by Edward Raban in 1649.  It contains a particularly interesting unicorn device with the arms of the City of Aberdeen on the shield.​

Dr William Guild

Raban had a close association with Dr William Guild (1586-1657) .  He was the son of a wealthy armourer and became Minister of the second charge in 1631.  Guild initially sided with the Aberdeen Doctors and their concerns about the Covenant but eventually signed it with three limitations: he would not condemn the Articles of Perth, he would not condemn episcopal government and he reserved his duty to the King. Guild assisted in purging both St Machar’s Cathedral and King’s College Chapel of ornaments.  He was a benefactor in the city and Guild Street is named after him.  Raban printed works by Guild but the association ran deeper.  In 1653, William Guild was witness at the baptism of Raban’s grandson, William (son of Gavin Milne and Elizabeth Raban).
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Raban 400 is a partnership involving Robert Gordon University, the University of Aberdeen Special Collections, Peacock & the Worm, and Aberdeen City Council Library and Information Service. It has been made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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  • Home
  • Digital Exhibition
    • Who was Edward Raban
    • Raban Revisted
    • Raban's Circle
    • Perth Assembly
    • Arrival in Aberdeen
    • Ornaments and Devices
    • Raban and the Bear
    • The Townes Armes
    • Time of Turmoil
    • Elusive to the end
    • Legacy
    • Raban at St Andrews
    • Theses Philosophicae
    • Poeticall Recreations
    • Raine from the clouds
    • First blast of the trumpet
    • A silver watchbell
    • Prognostications
    • Raban's Psalter
    • Funerals and Epitaphs for Bishop Patrick Forbes
    • Duplyes
    • Solemn League and National Covenant
    • Antidote agaynst Poperie
    • The Old Roman Catholick
  • Events
    • Printing Workshops
  • Printing Workshops
  • Raban Family
  • Up Close Day