Publication of The Vestiarium Scoticum
The Vestiarium was finally published in 1842. A summary of its contents follows.
- Preface, in which is described the origin of the manuscripts, together with observations on the supposed author and date
- Rolls of the Clans
- Introduction
- Text of the Vestiarium
- The setts, stripes, and colours of the tartans, together with a listing of clans and families whose tartans are described
- Colour plates - seventy five plates (in colour) illustrating the tartans of the clans and families mentioned in the previous section
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