Latin Transcriptions
subject: Documents relating to medieval St Andrews which have been fully transcribed from original material in the University archives.
description: All documents are listed in the University's catalogue, at http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/collections/archives/
source: Call Number UYSL110/PW/3 Title Pittance writ: Charter granting alms to the Church of St Andrew the Apostle Date [1215] Omnibus Sancte Matris Ecclesie filiis presens scriptum uisuris uel audituris Johannes filius mikaelis Clerici Salutem. Noveritis universitas uestra me divine caritatis intuitu dedisse concessisse et presenti mea Carta confirmasse deo et Ecclesie Beati Andree apostoli et Canonicis ibidem deo seruientibus et seruituris Dimidiam marcam argenti in puram et perpetuam elemosinam ad limunare Ecclesie pro fraternitate mea et pro animabus antecessorum et successorum meorum de Bracino meo de Morkambus singulis annis ad festum Sancti Andree percipiendam. Ita uidelicet ut quicumque de me et de heredibus meis predictum Bracinum cum terra eidem adiacente tenuerit predictam dimidiam marcam dictis Canonicis absque ulla contradicione seu molestia uel reclamacione Apud Sanctum andream predicto termino fideliter persolvat. Vt autem hec mea donatio et concessio rata et inconcussa in perpetuum permaneat tam presentis scripti munimine cum sigilli mei appositione roboraui. Hiis testibus Domino Willelmo de Wyvilli Domino Henrico de Abernith Domino Michaele filius de Malloch Domino Gilberto persona de Wemes Johanne filius Wynemi Ricardo Manipeni Johanne Pigate Mauricio de Methkil et multis aliis. Reverse: Carta Domini Johannis filii Michaelis de dimidia marca argenti de Morkambus. Call Number UYSL110/PW/5 Title Pittance writ: Charter granting alms to the church of St Andrew the Apostle Date c.1240 Omnibus has litteras visuris vel audituris Hugo filius Hugi de Esidin salutem. Sciatis me dedisse concessisse et hac carta mea confirmasse deo et ecclesie beati Andrei apostoli in primam et perpetuam elimosinariam dimidiam peciam cere vel duos solidos in subsidium Luminaris ad missam beate marie percipiendam annuatim de terra Torbrete que est inter Clacchem et Blabloe scilicet ad festum Sancti Andree Quare volo ut dicta ecclesia dictam elemosinam habeat possideat et percipiat sing…

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Painted Skin
description: It is said that the Picts got their name from the Romans, who called them Picti, which is Latin for ‘painted people’. This is thought to refer to the tales of the Picts painting and tattooing their bodies.

Folklore
description: David MacRitchie, a Scottish folklorist (1851-1925), argued that fairies were based on a real diminutive or pygmy-statured population that lived in Scotland during the late Stone Age: "Postulations based on the premise that fairies constitute a folk memory of former races, conquered peoples who were pushed out beyond the periphery of settled areas, have fuelled the imagination of many scholars on this subject. Of particular significance was a theory advanced by David MacRitchie that fairies were an actual race of small or 'little' people, the original Pictish peoples of Scotland."

Housing
description: Pictish buildings would appear to have varied depending on regional location and building material available. Evidence of Pictish housing finds them to be of a reasonable size, round or oval shaped with no windows and a central hearth. Access to these buildings would be through a low and narrow doorway.

Rosemarkie Cross Slab
description: The original location of the Rosemarkie Cross Slab was most likely within a Pictish settlement or monastery, it later was used as a floor slab in Rosemarkie Church and also stood in the Churchyard, before being moved and preserved within Groam House Museum.

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Dunrobin Castle Museum

Related Resources
subject: Other websites of interest to scholars of medieval St Andrews
source: The Medieval St Andrews project webpage: http://medsta.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/ The Medieval St Andrews app: http://medievalstandrews.org/ An interactive reconstruction of St Andrews cathedral by Open Virtual Worlds: http://blogs.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/openvirtualworlds/reconstructions/st-andrews-cathedral/ The Institute of Scottish Historical Research: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ishr/ St Andrews University Library Special Collections: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/ The Museum of the University of St Andrews: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/ Historic Scotland: http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/
relation: Download the Medieval St Andrews app: Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.medievalstandrews.app&hl=en_GB iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/mediaeval-st-andrews-app/id953459145?mt=8

Images relating to medieval St Andrews
subject: Images of manuscripts, seals and other documents which relate to St Andrews
description: (From left to right) The Mace of the Faculty of Arts. See also: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/see/starobjects/stsalvatorsmace/ A seal depicting the cathedral The seal of the University of St Andrews The university seal matrix The Statutes of St Leonard's College: https://pacific.st-andrews.ac.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=4&dsqSearch=%28%28text%29%3D%27uysl165%27%29 Summa Theologica of St Thomas Aquinas. Gifted to the town of St Andrews by the Blackfriars: http://library.st-andrews.ac.uk/record=b1307346~S5