Microfilm of Gaelic manuscripts.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Fragment of a Gaelic manuscript, 15th century, containing scholastic texts (Adv.MS.72.1.7);
Manuscript, ?14th-?19th century, containing a commentary on the aphorisms of Hippocrates in Gaelic and Latin (Adv.MS.72.1.10);
Medical manuscript, ?16th century, in Gaelic written by Feargus Ó Caiside (Adv.MS.72.1.11);
Medical manuscript, 16th century, in Gaelic, consisting chiefly of a treatise on diets and matters ancillary to medicine, including cosmology and a calendar (Adv.MS.72.1.12);
Manuscript, [after 1574], containing a section of Bernard of Gordon’s ‘Lilium medicinae’ written by Donnchadh Ó Conchubhair (Adv.MS.72.1.18);
Medical manuscript, 1549, in Gaelic containing versions of John Of Gaddesden’s ‘Rosa Anglica’ (Adv.MS.72.1.20);
Manuscript, ?15th century, in Gaelic of the life of Saint Findchua of Brí Gobhann (Adv.MS.72.1.24);
Manuscript, 15th century-16th century, in Gaelic containing medical and religious text, with encomiastic verse (Adv.MS.72.1.25);
Manuscript, 15th century-16th century, in Gaelic containing medical, religious, and mythological texts (Adv.MS.72.1.26);
Manuscript, 15th-16th century, containing poems to three generations of the O’Reillys of East Breifne (co. Cavan) (Adv.MS.72.1.30);
Manuscript fragments, ?15th-17th century, containing an orderly sequence of poems illustrating the life of Colum-cille (Adv.MS.72.1.31);
Manuscript, [circa 1603], containing two Bruidhean tales: ‘Bruighean Chaorthuinn’, and ‘Bruidhean Bheag na halmhaine’, written by Eoghan Mac Pháill, Dunstaffnage (Adv.MS.72.1.34);
Manuscript, 17th century, containing ‘The seven wise masters’, syllabic verse (Adv.MS.72.1.39);
Manuscript, 15th century-16th century, containing death and other tales, with some religious texts (Adv.MS.72.1.40);
Gaelic manuscript, 17th century, containing various texts (Adv.MS.72.1.42);
Manuscript, 1647, of Foras Feasa Ar Éirinn, written by Geoffrey Keating (Adv.MS.72.1.43).
Dates
- Creation: ?14th century-?19th century.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
1 Reels
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
404 frames (entire reel).
Existence and Location of Originals
Adv.MSS.72.1.7, 72.1.10-72.1.12, 72.1.18, 72.1.20, 72.1.24-72.1.26, 72.1.30-72.1.31, 72.1.34, 72.1.39-72.1.40, 72.1.42-72.1.43.
- 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
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk