Hymns of Dugald Buchanan and songs of unidentified poets., ca. 1760
Scope and Contents
The booklet contains versions of three hymns of Buchanan, who is not identified as the poet, and a few other items. On the relationship between the versions of Buchanan's hymns with manuscripts of the same texts found in McLagan MS Gen 1042/20 and 1042/4, Glasgow University Library, see Donald Meek, 'Dugald Buchanan (1716-68): the poet, the translator, and the manuscript evidence. The Canna Lecture 2016' (Scottish Gaelic Texts Society 2019), esp. pp. 20-25.
Formerly Acc.2152/2.
The contents are as follows:
[Bochanan, Dùghall]. Song headed "Bruadar mu Shonnas", beginning 'Air bhi dhamhs' an mo Shuain / Re Bruadar diomhain mar tha Cach'. 30 stanzas of 4 lines. First published as "Am Bruadar" in 'Laoidhe spioradail le Dùghall Bochannan (Edinburgh 1767), pp. [37]-41. Folios 1r-3v.
[Bochanan, Dùghall]. Song headed "An Cruthadair & na Creaturibh", beginning 'Creud e Dia, na creud e ainm? / Cha tuig na Haingle 's airde Gloir!' 16 stanzas of 4 lines. First published as "Mordhachd Dhé" in 'Laoidhe spioradail', pp. [1]-3. Folios 4r-5r.
[Bochanan, Dùghall]. Song headed "A fior Ghaisgeach", beginning 'Cha bu Ghaisgeach Alastair Mor / No Casar thug an Roimh gu geil'. 15 stanzas of 4 lines. First published as "An gaisgeach" in 'Laoidhe spioradail', pp. [42]-45. Folios 5v-6v.
[Anonymous]. Song, unheaded, beginning 'Cha duair mi 'n rair Cadal / Air Leaba 's mi 'm onar.' 10 stanzas of 8 lines, the last one missing the first 4 lines. Folios 7r-8v.
[Anonymous]. Song headed "Oran Gaoil", beginning 'Ge fad ta mi 'm Shuain / Gur buan damh dusgadh'. 5 stanzas of 16 lines. Folios 8v-10v.
Blank leaf, signed on the verso "Donald McNicol". Folio 11.
[Anonymous]. Song, unheaded, beginning 'Shi bhidag sho chiur mi / Thainig orm om Thaoibh Culibh, / Ach a Righ mhoir mo dhuails rain i'. 18 stanzas of 3 lines, or seven-stress strophes, with the last line of each to be repeated.
[Anonymous]. Song headed "Praelium Gilicrankian[um] cantilena". A song in Latin on the battle of Killicrankie, beginning 'Grahamius notabilis coegerat Montanos / Qui clypeis & gladiis fugerunt Anglicanos'. 14 stanzas of 4 lines. Folios 13v-14v.
Dates
- Creation: ca. 1760
Creator
- MacNicol, Donald, Minister of Lismore, 1735-1802 (Person)
- Bochanan, Dùghall, poet, 1716-1768 (Person)
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Extent
1 Volumes
Language of Materials
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic
Physical Description
A small unbound paper booklet of 11 folios, 15.5. x 9.7 cm. Signed on folio 11 verso: 'Donald McNicol'. With a further three conjoined leaves, now numbered folios 12-14. These were described as an 'inset' by Mackechnie (Acc.2152/2), but their contents are independent of the other leaves.
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