Kit Baston – Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

The Koran that Wasn’t: A Cataloguing Adventure from Craigston Castle

A guest post by Sandra Cumming Craigston Castle’s ‘Koran’ is far from spectacular but as is so often the case[…]

Guest post by Dr Karen E McAulay, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland In 1801, the University of St Andrews started binding[…]

Any keeper of books will know that space is always at a premium and by the late 1790s, two Edinburgh[…]

Cuchullin sat by Tura’s wall; by the tree of the rustling leaf.—His spear leaned against the mossy rock. His shield[…]

By Kelsey Jackson Williams Not many people today would recognise the Bannatyne Club if you mentioned it in casual conversation,[…]

by Josh Smith ‘Ours is the age of societies. For the redress of every oppression that is done under the[…]

by Isla Macfarlane Transcription is essential for most archival research and can be both a very enjoyable and frustrating activity.[…]

Dr William Hunter (1718-1783) left his collections to his nephew Matthew Baillie who had the use of them with the[…]

A guest post from our partner Linda Cracknell I’d been enchanted with Innerpeffray for a long time, Scotland’s first public[…]

by Isla Macfarlane Exploring the history of reading, libraries, and historical tourism, I am one of the new researchers on[…]