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Marginalia. Annotations.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Notes or symbols written or printed in the margins of pages. For scenes or figures in the margins or decorative borders of a page of text, use "marginal illustrations".

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Manuscript containing syllabic verse in Gaelic, written by members of the MacMhuirich family.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.1.48
Scope and Contents This manuscript bears all the marks of a MacMhuirich provenance. The scribe who wrote the greater part of it is unknown, but his Gaelic hand is precise and well formed. Two poems (folios 9 verso, 10 verso) are in the hand of Niall MacMhuirich (circa 1639-1726), of whom the chief scribe was evidently a contemporary. A third hand, unknown, is responsible for the text at folio 32, which is further distinguished from foregoing folios by its common ‘pot’ watermark - the rest having what appears...
Dates: Between 1660 and 1678.