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A mid-16th century CE manuscript illustration showing Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (r. 1306-1329 CE) and his first wife Isabel of Mar (d. c. 1296 CE). (National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh)

Scythian gold plaque, showing a stag. Western Asia, 5th-4th century BCE. Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund

Scythian gold beaker from the Kul-Oba kurgan, Crimea. 4th century BCE. It shows bivouacked soldiers: one demonstrates how to string a bow; another removes his comrade's tooth, and another bandage a fellow's hurt leg. State Hermitage Museum...

A bust of Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (r. 1306-1329 CE). (Wallace Monument, Stirling, Scotland)

A copy of the Declaration of Arbroath. On 6 April 1320 CE a letter was sent to the Pope requesting a withdrawal of Robert the Bruce’s excommunication and the placing of Scotland under an interdict, both applied because Robert had refused...

A mid-16th century CE medieval manuscript illustration showing John Balliol, king of Scotland (r. 1292-1296 CE) and his wife Isabella de Warenne (b. c. 1253 CE). (National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh)

A mid-16th century CE medieval manuscript illustration showing John Balliol, king of Scotland (r. 1292-1296 CE). (National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh)

The great seal of John Balliol, king of Scotland (r. 1292-1296 CE).

Cover of the Dragonfly Song by Wendy Orr

Diodorus Siculus: Bibliotheca historica (Books 1-6). Bologna: ) showing the copious marginal annotations that are found in the volume throughout; the notes are in two early humanist hands in red and black ink, often extracting keywords...