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Microfilm of two Gaelic manuscripts.
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript containing the letter of Prester John, and other works, ?15th century-17th century (Adv.MS.72.1.41);
Manuscript of various Gaelic texts, 17th century (Adv.MS.72.1.42).
Microfilm of two Gaelic manuscripts.
The contents are as follows:
Notes, 1874, on the Clanranald manuscript, then in the possession of Admiral Ronald J MacDonald of Clanranald (MS.14900);
Gaelic manuscript (MS.14989).
Microfilm of two-volume glossary of Gaelic terms connected with ‘music, poetry, dancing and oratory’ compiled by Angus Fraser, son of Captain Simon Fraser of Knockie.
The contents are as follows:
Glossary of Gaelic terms connected with ‘music, poetry, dancing and oratory’ (Adv.MS.73.1.5);
Glossary of Gaelic terms connected with ‘music, poetry, dancing and oratory’ (Adv.MS.73.1.6).
Miscellaneous collection, chiefly Gaelic or of Gaelic interest, apparently from the library of the Reverend A J Macdonald, Minister of Killearnan.
The earliest item is dated 1673, but the bulk of the material consists of copies made in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Miscellaneous correspondence of the Highland Society of Scotland.
Miscellaneous Gaelic papers in various hands, including that of William Forbes Skene.
Miscellaneous Gaelic papers in various hands, relating principally to William Forbes Skene’s work in preparing his ‘Chronicles of the Picts and Scots’ and ‘Celtic Scotland’.
Notebook of a mid-19th century Lady containing knitting and crochet patterns, and Gaelic poetry.
Notebook of Angus Peter Campbell, kept during his Gavin Wallace Fellowship at the National Library of Scotland.
Old Testament (Edinburgh, 1826) in Gaelic, interleaved and with manuscript amendments and notes, probably for a revised edition of the Gaelic Bible.
Ossianic verse collected by Duncan Kennedy, Kilmelfort (born 1763), known as “Kennedy’s Collection”.
Papers and Gaelic collections of the Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine, minister of Little Dunkeld.
Papers of the Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine of Little Dunkeld (1773-1824), consisting mainly of Gaelic poetry collected in Perthshire, and partly elsewhere, between ca. 1797 and 1808.
Papers and poetry concerning the Macrae family.
Papers and translations collected by the Highland Society of Scotland Ossian Committee and its successor the Committee on Celtic Literature.
Papers collected by the Highland Society of Scotland Ossian Committee and its successor the Committee on Celtic Literature.
Papers obtained by William Forbes Skene from the Reverend Mackintosh MacKay of Laggan (1800-1873).
Papers of Aonghas MacNeacail, including poems, articles, reviews, television and radio scripts, sound recordings of interviews, and correspondence on literary and personal matters.
Papers of Donald Thomson.
Papers of John MacCallum, policeman, Glasgow.
Includes Gaelic songs and music.
Papers of the Irvine Robertson family, the Rev. Alexander Irvine, and the Stewart families of Garth, Kynachan and Drumcharry, with associated papers.
Includes legal documents, correspondence, financial papers, Scottish travel journals, sermons and poetry. The correspondence is particularly of the Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine, minister of Little Dunkeld, and Col. David Stewart of Garth. Includes several items in Scottish Gaelic.