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Printed papers of the Highland Society of Scotland chiefly relating to the poetry of Ossian, and bearing occasional notes by Sir John Sinclair.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.73.2.17

Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows.

(M 1). Prospectus (1804) of ‘The poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’. (Folio 1.)

(M 2). Sir John Sinclair, ‘A scene from Ossian’ (1806). (Folio 9.)

(M 3). Chapter on Ossian from Sinclair’s ‘Correspondence’ (1831). (Folio 13.)

(M 4). Pages xcvii-cxii of the ‘Dissertation’ in ‘The poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’ (1807). (Folio 18.)

(M 5). Sinclair’s ‘Additions to the tragedy of Fingal’. (Folio 34.)

(M 6). Part of Sinclair’s ‘Fingal: a tragedy’ (1830). (Folio 38.)

(M 7). Review of Laing’s ‘Dissertation on Ossian’s poems’ (‘The Literary Journal’, August 1804). (Folio 48.)

(M 8). Genealogical tree of Stewarts of Darnley etc. (Folio 53.)

(M 9). ‘Leabhar Pochcaid a Chriosduidh’ (Edinburgh, 1788). A translation of the Reverend Thomas Shepherd’s “Christian’s Pocket Book”. (Folio 54.)

(M 10). Le Tourneur, “Ossian, … Poésies galliques, traduites sur l’Anglois de M. Macpherson”, volume 2. (Folio 62.)

Dates

  • Creation: 1777-1831, undated.

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Extent

217 Leaves ; Various sizes.

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Arrangement

217 folios.

Custodial History

Formerly Gaelic MS.CXXXVI.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

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

Bibliography

The papers have been previously catalogued in: John Mackechnie, ‘Catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts in selected libraries in Great Britain and Ireland’ (Boston, 1973), page 302, and Donald Mackinnon, “Descriptive catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts in the Advocates' library, Edinburgh, and elsewhere in Scotland” (Edinburgh, 1912), page 280 (box 3).

Le Tourneur, Pierre-Prime-Félicien. “Ossian, … Poésies galliques, traduites sur l’Anglois de M. Macpherson” (Paris, 1777).

Shepard, Thomas. ‘Leabhar pochcaid a Chriosduidh’ (Edinburgh, 1788).

Sinclair, John, Sir. ‘A scene from Ossian: extracted from a dissertation (now in press) on the authenticity of Ossian’ (London, 1806.)

‘The poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’ (London, 1807).

‘Fingal; a tragedy in five acts’ (Edinburgh, 1830).

‘The correspondence of the Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair’ (London, 1831).
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

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