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Further Gaelic manuscripts from the Irvine-Robertson collection.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14544

Content Description

A small group of manuscripts that were formerly part of Acc.3184 (now MSS.14877-14881), to be merged with that collection in due course.

The manuscripts were brought together by the Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine (1773-1824), minister of Fortingall and then Little Dunkeld, Gaelic scholar and collector of Gaelic verse. They comprise correspondence in English, sermons in Gaelic, and Gaelic poetry collected by Irvine.

Dates

  • Creation: ca. 1800-1823

Creator

Language of Materials

The papers are in Gaelic and English.

Extent

3 Folders

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, A. Irvine Robertson, 1961.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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

Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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