Medieval and early modern manuscripts from Scotland and beyond, including rare volumes and items with striking illuminations
Gaelic manuscripts from the 14th to 19th centuries, including songs, medicine, history and legends
Journals, watercolours and sketches by Gaelic folklorist, artist, traveller, and scientist John Francis Campbell (1821 to 1885)
Historical texts from the 12th-19th centuries, edited by Scottish clubs, including manuscripts, church records, diaries, legends and literary texts
Middle English language and literature as Chaucer would have known it, contained in this rare document, with a full transcription
A contemporary account of the Jacobite rising of 1745 to 1746 using eye-witness interviews and letters
View each page of this book of prayer dated 1280 – one of the most richly illustrated manuscripts in Scotland during the Middle Ages
This site charts the continuum of the Scots language in printed form, from the 15th century to the present day
