Translation into Gaelic, in an early seventeenth-century hand, of 'Lilium medicinæ' of Bernard de Gordon of Montpellier., [1574, or before]-1784.
Scope and Contents
The 'Lilium' is followed by Rémacle Fuchs's ten tables of common prescriptions (folio 342) and a portion of Gordon's ‘De decem ingeniis curandorum morborum’ (folio 352).
The margins bear relevant notes in Gaelic and Latin in various hands; on folio 338 verso are pious sentences in English; the date 1702 appears on folio 94. There are notes of the Earl of Buchan on folios i, iii verso.
The manuscript is incomplete at the end and the last leaves are much broken; otherwise only folios 2-3 are missing.
Dates
- Creation: [1574, or before]-1784.
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
356 Leaves ; Folio.
Language of Materials
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic
Arrangement
iii + 353 folio.
Custodial History
According to a note by the Reverend Donald Macqueen, Minister of Kilmuir in Trotternish, 1784 (folio iii verso), this manuscript belonged to Farquhar Beaton or Bethune of Husibost; the Reverend Thomas Whyte in his anonymous ‘Historical and genealogical account of the Bethunes’ (Edinburgh, 1778), page 6, says that it was written by Farquhar's son Angus.
Bibliography
For a detailed account of the manuscript, see Donald Mackinnon, ‘Descriptive catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts in the Advocates' Library’ (Edinburgh, 1912), page 298.
Smellie, William. ‘Account of the Institution and Progress of the Society of the Antiquaries of Scotland’ (Edinburgh, 1784), page 122.
Whyte, Thomas. ‘Historical and genealogical account of the Bethunes’ (Edinburgh, 1778).
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