Epitaphs.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Inscriptions on sepulchral monuments in the memory of those buried in the tomb or grave. (AAT) Collections of copies of epitaphs in general. Collections from a particular place are indexed also under the place. Epitaphs of a particular person go under the name of the person. (NLS).
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Manuscript of chiefly Gaelic proverbs written by William MacMurchy.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.2.12
Scope and Contents
The manuscript bears a ‘coat of arms’ watermark, and was written circa 1759 (cf. page 11) by William MacMurchy (died circa 1778) of Campbeltown in Kintyre, schoolmaster, tailor, poet, musician and scribe, for whom see Conley, 'A poem in the Stewart Collection', page 26. He may have been a pupil of Hugh MacLean (schoolmaster of Kilchenzie, Kintyre, circa 1699), as his Gaelic hand, typical of its period for Irish manuscripts, bears at times a strong resemblance to that of the latter (note...
Dates:
[Circa 1759.]