#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.

FAO @1722waggonway.bsky.social

#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

Today's #PalaeographyPuzzle. Can someone please help me identify this Saint's Day?

Love it - surgery and hair cutting in 1669 (by surgeons or barbers) were called 'chyrgerie or barborising'. Barber image from Wikimedia Commons: Barber-surgeons operating on a boil on a man's forehead. Oil Wellcome V0017569.jpg

Rather fetching copy of the arms of the Edinburgh Incorporation of Surgeons in Maitland’s History of Edinburgh! Tomorrow’s reading…

Interesting items in this Kirkwall tailor's 1650 inventory: Silk, French thread and bolts of 'camelhair' cloth! What is the last word in the entry though? #palaeography #skystorians

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/

Our book launch for Towards an Accessible Academy: Perspectives from Disabled Medievalists, will take place on Tuesday 23 September, NYU London & online - please do join us for an evening of discussion & celebration #medievalsky Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/towards-an...

Another clue - can anyone guess the theme of this year’s SRS volume(s)? These volumes will be sent to members, or they can simply be purchased. www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk/membership/

Very excited- while sieving the spoil heap at the dig on the 1722 Waggonway at Cockenzie I found a copper-alloy (brass probably) pin! Just like Adam Smith describes. Date unknown.

#Skystorians, in the category of weird questions: I'm looking for primary & secondary sources on the social/cultural understanding or perception of worms and snails in the #EarlyModern period. (N.B. I'm not looking for how worms were classified "scientifically"). Does anyone have suggestions? 🗃️

Trenail hole @1722waggonway.bsky.social

Volunteering today at the Waggonway Dig! @1722waggonway.bsky.social

FAO @benfranklinhouse.bsky.social

#OTD (5th September) 1759, Benjamin Franklin and his son William, both of #Philadelphia , were given burgesship and guildry of #Edinburgh, gratis, by an act of council. www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk

Just arrived in the post!

My article 'Beyond Clontarf: links between Dublin and the earldom of Orkney' is out in the latest Medieval Dublin volume @fmdmedievaldublin.bsky.social covering political examples up to the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland with a wee bit of trade and archaeology at the end

It is publication day for Love & anti-Judaism in medieval English romance @manchesterup.bsky.social! Thank you so much @siobhanmup.bsky.social for believing in this project. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183170/

#EdinburghSurgeonsProject - August 1668 - Five dollars (Scots) given to the widow ('relict') of Hector Mclie, surgeon, to pay for his funeral expenses, a traditional function of craft incorporations. #corporatism #palaeography

FAO @bryonycoombs.bsky.social @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social

Our collection, Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court: Writing Communities, is being launched! Come and join us (in person at Middle Temple Library or online) at 6.15pm on Tuesday 9 Sept. Email [email protected] for more details. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Not quite sure why I’ve had a surge of followers on here today, but thank you. ☺️ May be time to remind people that Epistolary Courtiership is now available (edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-epistol...) Use the code NEW30 for 30% discount. @EdinburghUP

#OTD (2 Sept) 1482 two supplications were sent to Pope Sixtus IV. One was that Adam Gordon be given a canonry and prebendary in the Cathedral of Brechin; the other that David Chalmers be made perpetual vicar of the parish church of Methven. www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk

Membership of the Old Edinburgh Club is open to anyone, whether you live in Edinburgh or not. Share in our passion for the history and heritage of our capital. Check out our website for the benefits of joining and to apply online to become a member. #edinburghhistorymembership. buff.ly/q2ynlcg

In September, @1722waggonway.bsky.social are returning to the site where 300-year-old remains of Scotland’s earliest railway were unearthed in 2021 🛤️ Dig into this excavation and over 60 other events as part of the East Lothian Archaeology & Heritage Fortnight: www.digitscotland.com/events/east-...

#OTD (30 August) in 1542, Sir Patrick Jack, curate in #Kirriemuir, consented to the legal ‘reversion’, whereby Alexander Ogilvy of Cullaw and his wife, Janet Anderson, apparently redeemed land they’d given in security. www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk