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Further Reading on the Town of Medieval St Andrews
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Further Reading on the Church in Medieval St Andrews
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Primary sources held within Special Collections at St Andrews University Library
All catalogue entries can be found on the University of St Andrews Library Special Collections website: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/collections/archives/
Early Records of the University of St Andrews
Taken from J. M. Anderson (ed.) Early records of the University of St. Andrews (Edinburgh, Scottish History Society,…
The Church of St Andrews and the Scottish Parliament
‘The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707 (RPS) is a fully searchable database containing the proceedings of the Scottish parliament from the first surviving act of 1235 to the union of 1707. The culmination of over ten years’ work by…
Latin Transcriptions
All documents are listed in the University's catalogue, at http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/collections/archives/
Painted Skin
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
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…
"Postulations based on the premise that fairies constitute a…
Housing
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…
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…
Rosemarkie Cross Slab
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…
Images relating to medieval St Andrews
(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…