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Manuscript fragment containing a section Bernard of Gordon’s ‘Lilium medicinae’ written by Donnchadh Ó Conchubhair, formerly part of Adv.MS.73.1.22.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.1.18

Scope and Contents

The manuscript begins ‘⁊ gurub measa a regimin go coitchenn’.

Dates

  • Creation: [After 1574.]

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

10 Leaves

Language of Materials

Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic

Arrangement

10 folios.

The leaves were previously out of order, due to an erratic scribal pagination.

Custodial History

Formerly Gaelic MS.XVIII.

The manuscript is numbered Kilbride number 14.

Hugh Kerr’s name or initials passim.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.

Separated Materials

The leaves are detached from between folios 31-32 of Adv.MS.73.1.22

Bibliography

The manuscript has been previously catalogued in: John Mackechnie, ‘Catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts in selected libraries in Great Britain and Ireland’ (Boston, 1973), page 159, and Donald Mackinnon, “Descriptive catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts in the Advocates' library, Edinburgh, and elsewhere in Scotland” (Edinburgh, 1912), page 51.

Gordon, Bernard. ‘Lilium medicinae’ (Lyons, 1574).

Physical Description

Paper.

Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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