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3 unusual facts about National Library of Scotland


Bethóc, Prioress of Iona

It has been suggested that Bethóc was the original owner of the Iona Psalter, now preserved in the National Library of Scotland.

Clan Ewen of Otter

The only genealogy to survive regarding Clan Ewen of Otter, is the so-called MS 1467, now held in the National Library of Scotland.

National Library of Scotland

By the 1920s, the upkeep of such a major collection was too much for a private body, and, with an endowment of £100,000 provided by Sir Alexander Grant of Forres, the library's contents were presented to the nation.


Rare Book Room

It includes most of the Shakespeare Quartos from the British Library, the Bodleian Library, the University of Edinburgh Library, and the National Library of Scotland, as well as the First Folio from the Folger Library.


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