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Dr Morna Fleming looks at Mollie Hunter’s THE THIRTEENTH MEMBER, a novel of witchcraft, alchemy, & treason set in late 16th-century #Scotland – presented at our 2021 Schools Conference
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Dùn an Sticir: Where the Skulker was Captured
New island, new weather. We drove off the ferry at Berneray into sheets of rain, with gales on the way. The forecast promises little joy, so we will be hunkering down until the storm has had its fun.
Before the worst of it, I managed to photograph Dùn an Sticir, set on a small islet in a tidal loch that ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/05/23/dun-an-sticir-where-the-skulker-was-captured/
Unknown scribe, Horae Beata Virgo Maria, Italy, 1510.
This book of hours in a humanist hand is one of the oldest manuscripts at Letterform Archive. It’s also one of the first books founder Rob Saunders collected. Learn why, at our first 10th Anniversary Symposium salon:
Looking Back with Rob Saunders: The Importance of Material Culture
Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 6:00–7:30pm PT
Register to attend in-person or online: https://letterformarchive.org/shop/looking-back-with-rob-saunders-the-importance-of-material-culture/?utm_source=Mastodon
George Buchanan (1506–1582): Pedagogue & ‘Prince of Poets’
8 May, Stirling. Tickets by donation
This lecture explores George Buchanan’s dual legacy as a humanist poet & as a teacher, & traces his career & influence across 16th-century Europe
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/george-buchanan-pedagogue-and-prince-of-poets-tickets-1323553276479
EventbriteGeorge Buchanan, Pedagogue and ‘Prince of Poets’This lecture explores George Buchanan’s dual legacy as a humanist poet and teacher, tracing his career and influence across 16th-c Europe.
An Afternoon with Esther Inglis (c.1571–1624)
26 April, Edinburgh
Free, ticketed
An afternoon exploring calligrapher Esther Inglis, with live Renaissance music, spoken word poetry & discussion with author Sara Sheridan & historians Jamie Reid-Baxter & Anna-Nadine Pike
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-afternoon-with-esther-inglis-c-1571-1624-tickets-1268438827679
EventbriteAn Afternoon with Esther Inglis (c. 1571-1624)Join author Sara Sheridan & experts to explore calligrapher Esther Inglis, with live Renaissance music, spoken word poetry & discussion!
Beyond the Book: An Exhibition of Esther Inglis’s Manuscripts
26 March, University of Edinburgh
This exhibition highlights the artistry of one of Scotland’s most influential calligraphers. Featuring 16th- & 17th-century manuscripts, it explores Inglis’s work within its broader cultural context. Enjoy engaging talks, an up-close look at the manuscripts, & refreshments.
EventbriteBeyond the Book: An Exhibition of Esther Inglis’s ManuscriptsBeyond the Book showcases Esther Inglis’s manuscripts, revealing the rich cultural life of the Scottish Reformation.
Woke Shakespeare: Rethinking Shakespeare for a New Era
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DQYB2TS5
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This pattern, titled Tapestries of Secrecy, draws inspiration from Mary, Queen of Scots, and the hidden messages she skillfully wove into her needlework during her imprisonment. #Tudors #MaryQueenofScots #MaryStuart #16thcentury #England #Renaissance
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Fra banc to banc, fra wod to wod, I rin
Ourhailit with my feble fantasie,
Lyk til a leif that fallis from a trie
Or til a reid ourblawin with the wind…
—“Sonet of Venus & Cupid”, by Mark Alexander Boyd (1563–1601), born #OTD, 13 Jan
Published in THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF SCOTTISH VERSE, @canongatebooks 2021
https://canongate.co.uk/books/3267-the-golden-treasury-of-scottish-verse/
'Palestrina Revealed' - some glorious music from the Choir of Clare College Cambridge to celebrate the 500th anniversary of his birth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scMrBMt1dZI
https://store.harmoniamundi.com/release/483904-choir-of-clare-college-cambridge-graham-ross-palestrina-revealed-byrd-white-mundy
Schir, lat it neuer in toune be tald
That I suld be ane Ȝowllis ȝald…
—William Dunbar (c. 1459–1530), “Petitioun of the Auld Gray Hors, Dumbar” – where the poet appeals to his patron, James IV, King of Scots, for funds to buy new clothes
Full text with glosses:
https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/conlee-dunbar-complete-works-poems-public-and-private#P49
Learn from this picture how we journey in this world
Slithering as we go, the foolish and the wise…
—John Burnside, “Pieter Brueghel: Winter Landscape with Skaters and a Bird Trap, 1565”
Published in BLACK CAT BONE (Jonathan Cape, 2011)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Landscape_with_a_Bird_Trap
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The clips in the episode 
are from Gregory Thompson's 2013 staging of A Satire Of The Three Estates at Linlithgow Palace, which was organised by the University of Edinburgh & Brunel University, & funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. You can watch it online here:
A History of Scottish Drama in Six Plays
Episode 1: A Satire of the Three Estates
Listen on Podfollow, Spotify, & Apple Podcasts
What did theatre look like in pre-reformation Scotland? Who was David Lyndsay? Why did he write A Satire Of The Three Estates? What makes it such a remarkable play? And what came next, after the reformation?
https://podfollow.com/scottishdrama/episode/e039f5420b5156246f780c1e398d131ba9f0e209/view
podfollowA History Of Scottish Drama In Six Plays: A Satire Of The Three EstatesEpisode One of A History Of Scottish Drama In Six Plays focuses on Sir David Lyndsey's sixteenth-century play A Satire Of The Three Estates.What did theatre look like in pre-reformation Scotland? W...
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The earliest potential source located for the “quaint of litany” is David Fergusson’s (d. 1598) SCOTTISH PROVERBS (1641), which provides the pithy
“God keip us from gyrcarlings & all long nebbed things”
Page from the 1924 Scottish Text Society edition, via the National Library of Scotland 
https://digital.nls.uk/publications-by-scottish-clubs/archive/106944457
A song from our recording session in February:
Who liveth so merry - an anonymous #Tudor #ballad describing a variety of #workingpeople.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NxO2FDztk8&ab_channel=Passamezzo
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Scottish Renaissance women in print
10 Oct, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh – free
Join Rare Books Curator Dr Anette Hagan for an enlightening discussion on 3 Renaissance women from Scotland: Eleanor Stewart; Mary, Queen of Scots; & Elizabeth Melville, Lady Culross. Discover how each of these women made unique contributions to the history of printing.
#Scottish #literature #history #bookhistory #Renaissance #16thcentury #17thcentury #womenwriters
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-renaissance-women-in-print-tickets-1002328881667
EventbriteScottish Renaissance women in printRare Books Curator Anette Hagan introduces three important women featured in our exhibition, 'Renaissance Scotland in Europe'.
CFP: Understanding King James VI & I 400 Years On
9–11 July 2025, Glasgow
2025 will mark 400 years since the death of James VI & I, King of Scotland, England & Ireland. Papers are invited from those at any stage in their academic or professional career, from any field or sector, & from independent researchers
Submission deadline: 1 Oct 2024
#Scottish #English #Irish #British #literature #history #culturalstudies #TheStuarts #16thcentury #17thcentury
https://understandingjames.wixsite.com/kingjamesconf/call-for-papers
“Iseabail has become known in niche circles as a writer of erotic poetry during the Middle Ages… The poem about the priest is remarkably lewd for its day”
The National Library of Scotland unearths poetry by the 16th-century Gaelic noblewoman Iseabail Ní Mheic Cailéin
#Scottish #literature #history #Gaelic #renaissance #16thcentury #lovepoetry #erotic
The Scotsman · The Scottish Gaelic noblewoman and erotic poet who wrote about her local 'hot priest' more than 500 years ago
#Musicians (singing and playing #lute, #harp and #viol) in the Garden of False Learning.
Needlepoint hanging (French 1550-1580) based on a woodcut by David Kandel, 1547.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/226956
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