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This included MS 109 Lectures on Aristotle, 1467 MS 21 Higden’s Polychronicon, 1387 MS 134 The Myrroure of oure Lady, late 15th century MS 123 Miscellany, c 1440 MS 154 Sermons, 14th century MS 164 De Cosmographia, 15 th century MS 240 Legenda Aurea, 14 th century MS 255 Medical textbook, 1462 MS 258 Medical prescriptions, 15 th century MS 271 Psalter and Book of Hours, 15 th century MS 274 Liturgy: hours, 1400-1450 and MS 276 Book of Hours, 15 th century. The NLS website is also an excellent source of information about historical maps of Scotland: 30 th April 2018 – Visit by students from St Andrew’s UniversityĪndrew MacGregor, University Archivist, hosted a group of students from the University of St Andrews MLitt course in Medieval Palaeography, who visited Special Collections to see some of our wonderful examples of medieval manuscripts. Published in 1842, George Campbell-Smith was the surveyor responsible for this work along with John Henderson, lithographer and engraver.įurther information about the MacDonald collection can be found here.
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The image above is from MS 3860/32201: Plan Of The Estates Of Mayen And Tillydown, Lying In The Parishes Of Rothiemay And Marnoch. This interesting talk by Douglas Lockhart highlighted examples from a recently catalogued collection of maps, the MacDonald collection, and looked at the lives of George Campbell-Smith, Alexander Ogg and Robert Ray, all of whom emigrated towards the end of their careers to the Antipodes following work mapping the north-east of Scotland. The seminar highlighted some of the most recent research on historical maps of Scotland with talks about Scottish canal plans held at the National Records of Scotland, the role of the Commissioners of Supply in mapping Scottish Counties towards the end of the 18 th century, mapping river boundaries over time and the work of north-east surveyors. The Scottish Maps Forum was established by the National Library in January 2002 to develop interest in early maps of Scotland generated by Project Pont. Paul Logie, Archives Assistant, attended the Scottish Maps Forum Seminar hosted by the National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow. plantarum historiae’ Lonicerus, Adamus (Frankfurt, 1565) pi f58 LonĢ0 th April 2018: Scottish Maps Forum Seminar: Constructing the paper landscape