Dictionaries.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Reference sources containing alphabetical lists of words with information given for each word; generally including meanings, pronunciation, etymology, and often usage guidance.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Completed section of a Gaelic-English dictionary written by Archibald Fletcher, schoolmaster, Greenock.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.2.17
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...
Dates:
[1795, or after.]