Scotland's lost gardens : from the Garden of Eden to the Stewart palaces

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Summary

The author rediscovers the fascinating stories of the nation's vanished historic gardens. Drawing on varied, rare and newly available archive material, including the cartography of Timothy pont, spy maps of Holyrood drawn by Henry VIII during the "Rough Wooing", medieval charters, renaissance poetry, the "Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer", and modern aerial photography, a remarkable picture emerges of centuries of lost landscapes.

Record details

Main title:

Scotland's lost gardens : from the Garden of Eden to the Stewart palaces

Author:

Brown, MarilynRoyal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland

Imprint:

Edinburgh : Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, 2012.

Collation:

vii, 376 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), front (port), maps, plans ; 29 cm.

Notes:

Includes index and bibliographical references (p.345-356)

Contents:

Partial contents: Monastic garden 500 to 1560 -- Royal and noble garden 1100 to 1560 -- Renaissance garden 1560 to 1603 -- Union garden 1603 to 1660 -- Restoration garden 1660 to 1714 -- Evolution and innovation 1714-1750 -- Gazeteer.

ISBN:

1902419812 (hbk)9781902419817 (hbk)

Dewey class:

941.1712

Local class:

941.1712

Language:

English

Subject:

Historic gardens -- Scotland -- HistoryGardens -- Scotland -- HistoryRoyal gardens -- Scotland -- HistoryHistoric sites -- Scotland -- HistoryHistoric buildings -- Scotland -- History

Index terms:

Orkney EarlsEarl's Palace, BirsayEarl's Palace, Kirkwall