Correspondence and memoranda, chiefly of the ‘Ossian Committee’ of the Highland Society of Scotland in preparing the Ossian Report (1805).
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.2.24
Scope and Contents
Also contains correspondence and memoranda of Sir John Sinclair in preparing ‘The poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’. There are no Gaelic items. For a detailed listing see John Mackechnie.
Dates
- Creation: 1797-[1805 or before.]
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
138 Leaves ; Folio and under.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
138 folios.
Custodial History
Formerly Gaelic MS.CXLIII.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
The manuscript has been previously catalogued in: John Mackechnie, ‘Catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts in selected libraries in Great Britain and Ireland’ (Boston, 1973), page 303, and Donald Mackinnon, “Descriptive catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts in the Advocates' library, Edinburgh, and elsewhere in Scotland” (Edinburgh, 1912), page 281 (box 4, number 1).
Sinclair, John, Sir. ‘The poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’ (London, 1807).
Sinclair, John, Sir. ‘The poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’ (London, 1807).
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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National Library of Scotland
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