Makars' Court
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Makars' Court is a courtyard in central Edinburgh, Scotland. It forms part of Lady Stair's Close, which connects the Lawnmarket with The Mound to the north, and is next to the Writers' Museum. Described as an "evolving national literary monument", the courtyard incorporates quotations from Scottish literature inscribed onto paving slabs. The quotations represent works in the languages used by Scots past and present: Gaelic, Scots, English, and Latin.
Makars' Court
Image: Inscription J.K. Annand
Image: John Barbour
Image: Inscription of George Buchanan quote in Makars' Court
Makar
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A makar is a term from Scottish literature for a poet or bard, often thought of as a royal court poet.
St Andrews Cathedral, St Andrews, now in ruins: one of Scotland's key buildings in the classic period of the Makars and a possible presence in some of Dunbar's spiritual works
Rosslyn Chapel; built in the century of the makars, the famed intricacy of its carving shares much in spirit with the aureation in their language.
Nicola Sturgeon and the new 2021 Makar Kathleen Jamie outside the Scottish Poetry Library