Transcript made by the Reverend Walter MacLeod of the Book of the Dean of Lismore.
Scope and Contents
Transcript of the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37) made in 1897 by the Reverend Walter MacLeod (1864-1935) of Strathkinnes, Fife. Corresponds page for page and line for line to the original.
The circumstances of the transcript are described by Donald Mackinnon in a letter to J T Clark, Keeper of the Advocates’ Library, 13 November 1895 (now pages ii-iii) and in a note at folio i verso. The Reverend Walter MacLeod was chosen to make the transcript due to his skill in deciphering 16th-century Scots hands and his ignorance of Gaelic. A list of contractions used by the Dean is given at folio ix.
Dates
- Creation: 1897.
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
312 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic
Arrangement
x + 311 (+ several blank) folios.
Custodial History
Formerly Gaelic MS.XC.
The transcript was made for the Library at the expense of Miss Amy Yule of Tarradale House, Ross-shire. According to a postscript at folio i verso by W K Dickson, Miss Yule was the great-great-grand-niece of John Mackenzie, who had surrendered the Book of the Dean of Lismore to the Highland Society of Scotland in 1803.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
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- Script of description
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