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Auchinleck manuscript
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<p>The Auchinleck Manuscript, NLS Adv. MS 19.2.1, is an <a href="/facts/Illuminated_manuscript/4IPxhUdM">illuminated manuscript</a> copied on <a href="/facts/Parchment/1lqNVkWj">parchment</a> in the 14th century in London. The manuscript provides a glimpse of a time of political tension and social change in England. The English were continuing to reclaim their language and national identity, and to distance themselves from the <a href="/facts/Normans/nUclGJWf">Norman</a> conquerors who had taken over the country after the <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Hastings/R8hSly5C">Battle of Hastings</a> 300 years before. It is currently in the collection of the <a href="/facts/National_Library_of_Scotland/PgSp2018">National Library of Scotland</a>. </p>