The Clans and Tartans Map of Scotland: Folded, Rolled, Tubed - A colourful, illustrated map of clan lands with 150 registered clan tartans, plus ... the story of tartan, and the clan system. - Softcover

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A brand new clan map of Scotland with over 150 clans from Waverley Books. And on the back, illustrated in colour: Sir Walter Scott's role in the tartan revival; clan badges, crests, and mottoes; how to wear a belted plaid or "the great kilt"; what a clan really is and how the clan system worked; the origins of tartan; the natural vegetable and plant dyes used in tartan pre-1800; the purpose of `universal tartans'; what women's traditional dress looked like - the arisaid; associated clans of nearly 200 family names, or septs, plus the jargon of tartan - a glossary showing `weathered', `reproduction', `ancient', `modern', `dress', `hunting' and much more.

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