Bible Encyclopedias
Old Mortality

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

A character in Scott's novel of the name, the original of which was one Robert Paterson, who, as related of him, went about the country visiting the churchyards, and renewing the moss-covered tombs of the Covenanters (q. v .).

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Old Mortality'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​o/old-mortality.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.