Maitland Manuscripts

The Maitland Manuscripts are an important source for the Scots literature of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries.

They contain texts of the work of the makars of the period and much material which is not attributed to any author.

The folio manuscript largely consists of works by the leading authors of the era.

The quarto manuscript is dominated by Mailtand's own writing.

Both volumes were compiled by the judge, statesman and author Richard Maitland of Lethington during the Sixteenth Century.