National Library of Scotland places rare medieval manuscripts online

From the National Library of Scotland (www.nls.uk):

A collection of more than 240 rare medieval and early modern manuscripts has been made available online by the National Library of Scotland.

Most of the manuscripts, which can be accessed on the early manuscripts website, are available online for the first time. The digitisation of the manuscripts was made possible by a generous donation from Mr Alexander Graham.

Some of the manuscripts were produced in Europe, but the Scottish manuscripts are among the rarest in the collection. They include religious volumes that survived what is thought to be the destruction of over 90% of religious manuscripts during the Reformation in Scotland (1560).

For further details visit https://www.nls.uk/news/archive/early-manuscripts/

Chris

My new book Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records is now available to buy at https://bit.ly/IrishLandRecords. Also available - Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

Digital walkthrough of Perth from the year 1440

This has been doing the rounds this morning on social media - a digital reconstruction of the city of Perth, Scotland, from the year 1440, as featured in History Scotland magazine, and created by a partnership between Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust, Smart History Ltd and the Open Virtual Worlds group at the University of St Andrews. 

 

(Also available via https://vimeo.com/455716281)

This is a little bit before my Paton lot reached the city (in the 1780s!). You can read more about the project at https://www.historyscotland.com/history/explore-15th-century-perth/, and on medieval Perth at https://medievalperth.org.

(Thanks to Janet Few, Pharos Teaching and Tutoring Ltd, and others!)

Chris

Just out, Sharing Your Family History Online is on sale at https://bit.ly/SharingFamHist. Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 is also out, as are Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.