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Edinburgh and Leith - 1575

F = The Church of St Mary in the Fields
(Also known as Kirk o' Field)

E = Minorite Friars.
A = The King's Palace. H = Preaching Friars. (Franciscan Monastery or B = Maidens' Castle.
(The original Holyroodhouse) (Dominican Monastery or Grey Friars Monastery) (Edinburgh castle)
Black Friars Monastery)

A II pallazo dcl re C la chiefad~S. Cuthert"
D La chiefa di S.Egidio gini F La chiefa di S.Maria iri
G 11 collegio della lle~ E l fratiMinori cam po _ _
gina H I frati Predicator& K II monaficrio di S. Croct1

From Sebastian Munster's Cosmographia, published in Basle.

View from the Firth, looking towards Leith. Holyrood to the left & Edinburgh Castle to the right.

A = The King's Palace. This is the original Holyroodhouse. }he Cosmographia contained the first prose account of Edinburgh, written by Alexander Alesius. It
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B = Maidens' Castle. This is Edinburgh Castle. 1nclu~es the_ first referen~ to the ~o~d between the Castle and the King's Palace being known as
C = St. Cuthbert's Church. the Kings Highway (Reg1a Via). This 1s the first suggestion of the later description the 'Royal Mile'.
D = St. Giles Church.
E = Minorite Friars. This was the Franciscan Monastery or Grey Friars Monastery.
F = The Church of St Mary in the Fields. Also known as Kirk o' Field.
G = Queen's College. This was the church called Queen's College within the Walls.
H =Preaching Friars. This was the Dominican Monastery or Black Friars Monastery.
K =The Monastery of the Sacred Cross. This was the Abbey of the Holy Rood.