This CD is a "Sourcebook", which is a compilations of a variety of materials on a given topic. This particular Sourcebook brings together a wide selection of articles dealing with some aspect of tartans and other Scottish textiles.
The articles or books included are:
- "Two Textiles from the National Museum, Edinburgh"
- "The Black Watch Tartan," by H.D. MacWilliam
- "On Highland Dyeing and Colourings of Native-Made Tartans"
- "Early Textiles Found in Scotland"
- "Fisher Tartan"
- "The Truth About Gordon Tartan"
- "Highland Dyes"
- "The Myth of Clan Tartans"
- A review of D.W. Stewart's Old and Rare Scottish Tartans
- Simple Tartan Weaving , by Agnes MacDonald
- "Notes on the Spinning Gear of Former Times"
- "The First Uniform Tartan"
- "Royal Company of Archers -- The First Tartan Uniform"
- "Textiles and Weaving Appliances in Prehistoric Britain"
- "The Truth About the Tartans," by A.E. Haswell Miller
- "Textiles from a Viking Grave at Kildonan, on the Isle of Eigg"
This CD consists of scans of the original articles or books, which can be
browsed, enlarged and printed if required. Please note: it is not
searchable.
Please read carefully: If this CD is for use in a Society,
Group or Public Library you will need a library licence, this price is
two times the full retail price. You will then be issued with a library
certificate for the product - please note the licence allows for the CD
to be used in situ at the library or society reading room. The
publisher's terms do not allow users to publish their products or
extracts on the internet. Also terms also exclude using these products
to provide a lookup service, or selling disks of sets individually.
