Four fragments from the Temporale of a missal of Scottish provenance., Late 12th century.
Scope and Contents
From the same source as Adv.MS.84.1.17, i.e. the Temporale of a missal probably written at Iona.
From ?16th century to 1970 it was the cover of Adv.MS.72.1.14.
Consists of four separate portions as described below.
Text hand as Adv.MS.84.1.17; all folios bear rubrication in red. Gaelic notes appear in three ?17th century hands, chiefly in margins and other spaces of folio 5 recto, as follows.
(i) Folio 5 recto, lower margin: ‘(A)n t-athair tareis an mheic’, 1 quatrain. Headed ‘rann’. A neat, confident hand very like that of ?Andrew Beaton at Adv.MS.72.1.29, folio 7 recto, and probably therefore to be identified with Giolla Ainndreis Dubh who owned Adv.MS.72.1.27 (Adv.MS.84.1.16, note b).
(ii) Folio 5 recto: beginning of above quatrain repeated; alphabets; ‘Mise lebar Neall mak Giolla Andris’; ‘Le / Leabar Neall’; ‘Bannacht an so o Neall’; ‘b nill’(?); ‘lebo’ (twice). A much cruder hand, that of Niall, son of Giolla Ainndreis.
(iii) Folio 5 recto: ‘leab’; beginning of alphabet, some more of which is at folio 2 verso. Hand seems identical in character, size and ink to that which appears, equally briefly, at Adv.MS.72.1.10, folio 6 verso, and Adv.MS.72.1.14, folios 11 recto, 12 recto.
At folio 1 recto are the date 1667 (in the Reverend John Beaton’s hand?) and a calculation.
The contents (text) are as follows.
(i) Latter part of the Passion (Luke xxiii, 10-end); remainder of Proper of Mass of Wednesday in Holy Week; Introit and Collect of Mass of Maundy Thursday. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Proper of Mass of Maundy Thursday from Epistle (1 Corithians xi, 27-end) to Communion. (Folio 2.)
(iii) Proper of Good Friday, a continuous text from First Lesson (Hosea) to the Passion (John xviii, 1 xix, 21). (Folios 3-4.)
(iv) Part of Liturgy of Holy Saturday from Exultet to Second Prophecy. (Folios 5-6.)
Dates
- Creation: Late 12th century.
Language of Materials
The text is in Latin with annotations in Scottish Gaelic.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
4 Leaves ; Folio. 30 x 21 centimetres. Folio 1: 30 x 19 centimetres. Folio 2: 30 x 10.5 centimetres.
Arrangement
4 folios.
There are four separate portions of the manuscript.
Folio 1: Single leaf with strip shaved from inner side.
Folio 2: Outer portion of a leaf.
Folios 3-4: Bifolium.
Folios 5-6: Bifolium.
The foliation is modern.
Custodial History
As Kilbride Manuscripts.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilm available: Mf.Sec.MSS.564.
Bibliography
John Mackechnie, ‘Catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts in selected libraries in Great Britain and Ireland’ (Boston, 1973), page 155.
Donald Mackinnon, “Descriptive catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts in the Advocates' library, Edinburgh, and elsewhere in Scotland” (Edinburgh, 1912), page 49.
Physical Description
Vellum.
The four portions of the manuscript were all formerly folded in various places and are now pressed completely flat. All folios have suffered in some degree from staining and friction.
Folio 1: Most of recto illegible.
Folio 2: Part of verso illegible.
Folios 3-4: This formed the outer cover of Adv.MS.72.1.14, and rubbing and staining have rendered folio 3 recto and 4 verso largely illegible.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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