Links for the Study of Pre-Modern Scotland
Welcome to the wider world of pre-Modern Scottish studies. Here you’ll find links to resources, societies and events relevant to Older Scots literature.
DSL: Dictionaries of the Scots Language: allows searching of the pre-1700 DOST (Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue) and/or the post-1700 SND (Scottish National Dictionary)
Records of the Parliament of Scotland: see especially section 3. ‘I’m interested in researching the Scots language. What sort of material can I find in RPS?’
LAOS: Linguistic Atlas of Older Scots
Scottish Handwriting: excellent guide to Scottish handwriting of the 16-18th centuries from the National Records of Scotland.
Studies in Scottish Literature: this journal often features work on Older Scots literature
Wee Windaes ‘A continuum o the Scots Leid’ from the National Library of Scotland
The Scottish Medievalists: Society of Scottish Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Association for Scottish Literature: publishers of several key editions of Older Scots poets, including the works of William Dunbar and Sir David Lyndsay
An Atlas of Scottish History to 1707
Scots Language Centre / Centre for the Scots Leid : primarily Modern Scots, but some useful resources for Older Scots, particularly the papers of A. J. Aitken (perhaps the most eminent linguistic historian of Older Scots)
From Inglis to Scots: ongoing University of Edinburgh study of the spelling variation of Older Scots
