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While the manuscripts to which the Book of Deer is closest in character are all Irish, most scholars argue for a Scottish origin, although the book was undoubtedly written by an Irish scribe. The book has 86 folios; the leaves measure 157 mm by 108 mm, the text area 108 mm by 71 mm. It is written on vellum in brown ink and is in a modern binding.
While the manuscripts to which the Book of Deer is closest in character are all Irish, most scholars argue for a Scottish origin, although the book was undoubtedly written by an Irish scribe. The book has 86 folios; the leaves measure 157 mm by 108 mm, the text area 108 mm by 71 mm. It is written on vellum in brown ink and is in a modern binding.
The Gaelic notes in the Book of Deer dating from the mid 12th century offer a glimpse of the holding of land and the ordering of society in Moray. [ 6 ] The actions of the crown's royal government during the century after 1130 seemed to create differences between the upland regions of the province and the coastal districts of the Laich of Moray ...
Recovering Scottish History: John Hill Burton and Scottish National Identity in the Nineteenth Century : Craig Beveridge Scripting the Nation: Court Poetry and the Authority of History in Late Medieval Scotland: Kathernie H Terrell 2023 The Old Red Sandstone, or, New Walks in an Old Field: Hugh Miller Winner [100]
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The Book of Perth : An Illustration of the Moral and Ecclesiastical State of Scotland before and after the Reformation, Edinburgh, 1847. History of the Abbey and Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, 1848. Historical Tales of the Scottish Wars, and of the border raids, forays and conflicts, 2 vols (vol.I, 1848; vol.II, 1849)
Whitetail Deer. Reindeer. Classification. Species: Odocoileus virginianus Species: Rangifer tarandus Native to. The Americas. The Arctic, subarctic, tundra. Fur ...
John Parker was born on 26 July 1791. His father was in the Royal Navy. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to William Clowes, and became the manager of the printing business in Duke Street, Stamford Street, Blackfriars Road, London, established in Applegarth's old premises by Clowes.