New publications for 2025-2026! This year we have two (!) volumes, focussed on different islands: Arran (Arran Rentals, 1576-1780: accounts & testaments) and Australia (Life & Adventures of G. R. Nicoll, 1824-1901: travel journal of a Scottish shipwright/blockmaker) www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk

And two more clues (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) – can you guess the theme of this year’s SRS volume(s) now? {_ _ _ _ _ _ _}They range from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, and will, of course, be sent out to members, so why not join the Society? www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk/membership/

Gaelic and Scots now recognised as official languages

Today. Talks start again at 3pm UK time. #genealogy #conference #Scotland 📚🗃️ #archives #records #churches #medicine #Buccleuch Q and A session

Book launch for Love & Anti-Judaism in Medieval English Romance on Tuesday 25 November, 5.30pm @iashedinburgh.bsky.social - please share & consider coming along! I'll be chatting to @kateai.bsky.social & Carol M Richardson. Sign up for in-person & online: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

FAO @michaelpearce.bsky.social @estaitis.bsky.social @kiritekatawa.bsky.social - any thoughts on this one?

Just found John Mclean being booked as a Surgeon's apprentice in 1672, and I'm desperately resisting the urge to drop in a footnote saying 'Welcome to the party pal.'

Help please with #palaeography - what is Andro's surname? Or what word follows?

#Museum30 theme 15 is #kindness. Thanks are accorded to all those who kindly gifted items over years to Dunblane Museum for its collection, many permanently on display, or in temporary exhibitions, or for access for research. Those who kindly donate when visiting the museum…/👇

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Looking forward to talking to East Lothian Embroiders and Textile Artists about Women's clothing in late medieval Scotland on Saturday 22nd at the Bleaching Field Centre, Dunbar at 2pm.

Wonderful workshop today on the materiality of manuscripts with @bryonycoombs.bsky.social at Edinburgh University’s Centre for Research Collections.

'Scotland's oldest bakery' up for sale after 200 years www.bbc.com/news/article...

First scientific evidence of Black Death in Edinburgh found on skeleton

November #Museum30 month of celebrating museums & heritage, first day theme “introduction.” Dunblane Museum is in building of 1624 (so over 400 years old), & shares story of Dunblane through ages from child's 4000-year-old necklace to mementos of Dunblane's tennis…/👇

If you have a hard copy of the 3-vol (2018) "Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources" and are looking to pass it on to someone (such as a medievalist trying to produce critical editions of 13th-century texts), then please contact me!

Find out more about @hnewsome-chandler.bsky.social's lecture on Wednesday 22 October 2025. We're thrilled to have her kick off our new Winter Lecture Series with 'Editing the Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489-1541)' Register below! scottishhistorysociety.com/editing-the-...

Interested in men's clothing in late Medieval Scotland ? Come and hear me talk on Monday 3 November at Augustine United Church, Edinburgh

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The amazing Isle of Arran Heritage Museum needs a new roof on one of its fantastic buildings! It’s a worthy cause! #Arran Please repost!

Help with #Latin #Palaeography please! What is this word beginning with d and ending in le? 'In dei nominie Amen per hoc praesens publicum Instrumentum Curatis pateat Evidentum quod anno Incarnationis d[inumerabi]le?? millesimo quingentesimo trigesimonono mensis vero Decembris die decimo sexto'??

Help with #palaeography please! Is this Schir Richert Avrle or Cwrle? Is it Aurle or Curle? It’s from Edinburgh in 1536. Note the ws (us) in the line above.

We are now inviting teams and individuals to sign up as volunteers for our Caring Christmas Trees collection points across Edinburgh, Glasgow, Lothians and Fife! 💚❤️ Pick your location and sign up at https://www.caringchristmastrees.com/volunteer Thank you!! 🎄

#OTD (9th Oct) 1538 - John Mathesoun, Chancellor of the Cathedral Church of Caithness (#Dornoch) asked that the Pope would grant him indult to use the divine office and canonical hours published by Francis, ‘cardinal priest of Sta Croce in Gerusalemme’. www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk

Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland. scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...

#MedievalSky #EarlyModernists you may not be aware that I offer several services: transcription (no hand too tricky), archival visits and more. I’m happiest in the period 1200-1700 but will consider anything. Get in touch via my website! joanneedge.co.uk/freelance-wo...

And two more clues (Wikipedia Commons) – can you guess the theme of this year’s two (!) SRS volumes now? {I_ l _ n _ s} The volumes range from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, and will, of course, be sent out to members, so why not join the Society? www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk/membership/

We are delighted to share that Visual Arts and the Auld Alliance by @bryonycoombs.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the Walpole Society’s Berger Prize. Congratulations Bryony! ✨ Discover the book: https://edin.ac/4f1GX2Q  Find out more about the prize: https://edin.ac/42MBWH5

(1/3) On 13th December 1670, a surgeon’s widow, Agnes Urquhart, was given 20 shillings (sterling, rather than Scots) in charity from her late husband’s Incorporation. Intriguingly, this was under condition she, ‘never…truble them again’. #SurgeonsProject

Today is publication day for PAPER AND THE MAKING OF EARLY MODERN LITERATURE! Available in paper or digital form www.pennpress.org/978151282744... @pennpress.bsky.social

This is a reflex testing hammer used by doctors to test reflexes. Testing for reflexes is an important part of the neurological physical examination in order to detect abnormalities in the central or peripheral nervous system.

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#OTD (30 Sept) c.1717, #Cockenzie wright (carpenter) William Dickson recorded the well known mnemonic rhyme, ‘Thirty Days Hath September’, to help him record business transactions on the Winton Estate, such as building Scotland’s first (wooden) railway in 1722. www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk

#OTD (30 Sept) 1528, John Foular, notary, registered a sasine for John Symson, heir to the late Michael Symson, burgess of #Edinburgh, for a land lying on the south side of the High Street, in the vennel of Forrester’s Wynd. Map: maps.nls.uk/towns/rec/211 SRS: www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk

Would anyone know where 'Olre' in Holland was/is? John Johnston was master and owner of the Sampson of Olre in Holland, carrying oil, salt, wine, & Spanish money in 1593.

My latest article, 'Petitioning the Justiciary Court in Restoration Scotland', has now been published online, and far sooner than I expected. Enjoy (!) my musings on petitioning, political engagement, and the judicial system in 17th century Scotland: doi.org/10.1080/0260...

The final talk in the second of Royal Marriages Summit series bit.ly/4lifqMO will be delivered by Dr Michael Pearce who will be discussing the marriage of James V of Scotland to Marie of Guise – an important part of the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France.

Registration for our Annual Conference is now open! If you're interested in all things history of education, we'd love to have you with us! Register now: heswinchester2025.wixsite.com/hes2025/regi... #histed

I would be endlessly grateful if you were to support this crucial fundraising effort for Govan Old's 1,500-year-old graveyard and the @govanstones.bsky.social museum! 💲❤️ tghts.enthuse.com/cf/graveyard...

The sculpture of "Homeless Jesus"'outside St Mary's Cathedral on Picardy Place is a well positioned reminder of the Beatitudes and a highlighting of our responsibilities to our neighbours

#palaeography help please! Is this an ampersand squeezed it with the ‘||’ insertion mark? ‘& ane’?

Delighted and slightly emotional about this unexpected turn of events...😭 www.walpolesociety.org.uk/post/2025-be...

Working on the Edinburgh Inc. of Surgeon's minutes from 1670 and came across a crossed out apprenticeship entry. The margin note explains why: 'Dead This deleit becaus the prentice Is dead’. His parents sent him to work with a surgeon and he didn't live to finish his training. #SurgeonsProject

📚 Book launch  📍 WAC Bennett Library, Burnaby / Online 🕧 Friday September 26th, 12:30pm (local time) Join @drleith.bsky.social  and Kevin James for a deep dive into the world of Jacobites! Find out more, plus book your free ticket:

James Cleilland, surgeon in Edinburgh, was apparently a good master! In 1670 he allowed his recently booked servant to leave his service. Did he lose the £3 and 4 shillings of booking fees? Sadly, no indication is given as to why his servant wanted to leave, or where he went. #SurgeonsProject

#OTD (23 Sept) 1875, Aberdeen notary public David Carter Fraser passed away, unmarried. Son of a merchant, and educated at Marischal College, 1854-6, he was admitted to the Soc. of Advocates and was a procurator in the Aberdeen Sheriff Court from 1864. www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk

Another excellent article!

James’s article is fantastic! I highly recommend it!

The latest issue of Scottish Archives has now been published, featuring work from @mchapelproject.bsky.social @nicolemaceira.bsky.social @ksmcgregor.bsky.social and myself, among others. If anyone would like a PDF of my article, just send me a message! #bookhistory #scottishhistory #Archives