Scope and Contents The text is written from what was originally the back of the volume. ‘Archd. Fletcher / Greenock / December 31st 1795’ is inscribed on the original inside front cover; this is followed by the stubs of 15 excised leaves bearing traces of writing similarly upside-down in relation to present text. There are 5 leaves excised from original end of volume, with no evidence of textual loss. In the Highland Society of Scotland inventory the manuscript is described as a ‘M.S. Gaelic Dictionary, or...

Scope and Contents Interleaved copy of Dwelly`s dictionary belonging to Duncan Mac Isaac, Oban, one of Dwelly`s contributors, with his signature, "Donnachadh Mc Isaaic Oban, 1/6/1909" in volume 1. Some correspondence and printed ephemera are tipped into the volumes, including:Postcard, 1906, by Dwelly to Mac Isaac, in Gaelic (vol. 1); subscription form, 1903, for the newly-begun weekly paper of the Irish Gaelic League, `An Claidheamh Soluis` (vol. 1); a poster of Douglas Hyde, "An Craobhín...

Scope and Contents Born in Dalavich, Argyll and resident for most of his life in Paisley and Elderslie where he was in business as a surveyor, MacFarlane was a notable Gaelic activist and writer from the late 1880s. He played a prominent part in the early years of An Comunn Gaidhealach (particularly in the production of its magazine, An Deò-Gréine, later An Gaidheal) while, as a radical in politics, taking issue with what he regarded as the An Comunn leadership's over-deference to aristocratic patronage and...

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Andrew Crawfurd began to collect materials for this dictionary in 1812, four years after the first publication of John Jamieson's 'Etymological dictionary of the Scottish language' (Edinburgh, 1808), and, in his preface (placed at the beginning of each volume), he shows how he was inspired to do this through the omissions and mistakes of that work. It does not appear to have been utilized in the later editions of and supplements to Jamieson.

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With observations and additions to Jeremy Collins, "Historical Dictionary", and a description of Aberdeen as an intellectual centre.

Scope and Contents Henry Comyn Maitland served as a magistrate and judge in Bengal 1908-1925, and practised as a barrister in London till 1939. During World War II he lived in Edinburgh, but spent several months each year at Iochdar, South Uist. The dictionary was mainly compiled between 1939 and his death. The dictionary consists of about 30,000 slips. Each slip bears a Gaelic quotation with English translation and reference. The quotations are drawn from periodicals and other printed works, chiefly...

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At Adv.MS.72.2.23, page 458, and Adv.MS.72.2.24, page 549, is the identical subscription: “This English and Gaelic Dictionary consisting of four volumes folio in manuscript half bound was composed by Alexr. McLaurin / Stabler in Edinr. N.B. The English words were taken from Thomas Sheridan’s pronouncing Dictionary in two volumes octavo”. This seems most likely to refer to the edition of the General Dictionary of the English Language published at Dublin in 1784.

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The draft consists largely of material in A-D received too late for inclusion in the appropriate early parts of his published work.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Gaelic-English Dictionary (complete) A – Uthar. (Page 1 recto.)(ii) (Left blank by Sir John Foulis). Donald Smith’s hand. ‘Dubhach sinn a Bheinn Ghualann’, 10 quatrains. Entitled “Duan Bheann Ghualann – A Leabhar Bolg tSholaraidh le Brian Ua Réighli ann Cillmhaighnain”. Concludes “This beautiful address opens a Poem on the Subject of an Expedn. from Bein Ghualan to Scotland by the Féini, & is in name of Ossian — but the rest of the...

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The manuscript is based partly on material in Adv.MS.73.3.13, 14, 6, 15, 4 (in that order). Mackintosh MacKay pasted on marginal slips bearing additional material, as he did with Adv.MSS.72.3.13, 72.3.14, 72.3.16, 72.3.17, but not so copiously.

Scope and Contents The Reverend Dr Alexander Irvine began ‘M’ at Little Dunkeld, 23 September 1822 (page 1). ‘N’ was begun 20 March 1823 (page 324), completed (revised?) 1 January 1824 (page 381). Mackintosh Mackay began work on ‘M’ 9 February 1826 (flyleaf), ‘N’ 27 April 1826 (page 324).The dictionary was scrutinised by the Reverend Dr John MacLeod and by independent assessors; these appear to have been the Reverend Dr Thomas Fleming, Archibald Fletcher, Advocate, the Reverend Dr Patrick Graham...

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Includes some cuttings and proofs.

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With associated papers.

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The only difference from the published work is that the cases are not numbered continuously, but internally within each heading, and that there are no indexes (except for a fragment, Adv.MS.81.7.19, folio 207).

In the individual descriptions, the numbers of the cases (as in the published work), the headings, and the pages of the published work are given in that order.

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The contents are as follows: Final draft, early 20th century, of an unpublished appendix to his ‘Illustrated Gaelic-English dictionary’ by Edward Dwelly (MS.14957);

Lexicographical fragments, early 20th century, found loose in MS.14957, written by Edward Dwelly and various of his informants (MS.14958).

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The contents are as follows: Gaelic manuscript (Adv.MS.72.2.19); - No A.S. Record

Gaelic manuscript (Adv.MS.72.2.20); - No A.S. record

Remains of a Gaelic-English dictionary, 1800-1801, written by Alexander Robertson, schoolmaster, Kirkmichael, Strathardle, Perthshire (Adv.MS.72.2.21).

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The contents are as follows: Book of the Dean of Lismore, 16th century (Adv.MS.72.1.37);

Manuscript, ?15th century-17th century, containing verse and tale fragments in Gaelic (Adv.MS.72.1.47);

Manuscript, 17th century, of syllabic verse (Adv.MS.72.1.48);

Manuscript, 1618-1647, containing Irish bardic verse (Adv.MS.72.1.49);

Manuscript, [circa 1658], containing historical miscellany in Gaelic, written by Niall MacMhuirich (Adv.MS.72.1.50).