Medical manuscript in Gaelic on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates.
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is written in a small and precise hand, akin to that of Adv.MS.72.1.10 but strongly seriffed. There may be an Ó Siaghail connection, cf. folio 5 recto. It begins with a large decorated initial; capitals coloured red to folio 2 recto. Two further hands appear in marginalia, one at folios 2 verso and 5 recto, the other elsewhere as listed below; there are also some obscure marks or scrawls (folios 3 recto, 4 recto). The marginalia include three love-charms, all beginning ‘Bran ber’. On Aphorisms of Hippocrates, cf. Adv.MS.72.1.10, folio 1 recto, column a, line 37. Beginning ‘Quecumque in utiro habent hiis concluditur os matricis et cetera .i. iseadh adeir Ipocrait and sea gach bean ga mbi an toircis bid bel in macluic dunta’ (book 5, number 51). Ends incomplete, folio 8 verso: ‘Late postuili non uailde et cetera .i. o do labair Ipocrait asin canoin so tuas dona credaib’ (book 6, number 9). Also covered by Adv.MS.72.2.10, pages 1-56 (abridged version). Authorities cited: Galen, Isaac, Aristotle, G(il)b(ertinus), Gerallterus (folio 6 recto, column a, line 8), Ricardus (6r), Avicenna. (Folio 1 recto, column a, line 1.)
The manuscript contains the following marginalia.
(i) ‘Na assir clach na curri grian ni biadh urri acht an rath riogh’. (Folio 2 verso.)
(ii) “Dé beatha a dheighmic ma ríog”, 1 quatrain; ‘misi me’. (Folio 3 verso.)
(iii) “Mo mhallacht air Dhiarmuid O Shiaghail, is lom do cuir a bhen mo colladh do dhí orum areir”. (Folio 5 recto.)
(iv) “Bran ber breas eo erobi. Cur a slait cháorthainn ⁊ da ndeca pher tairrs ni fuidhther pit aici”. (Folio 5 verso.) (a) ‘amen as maith an litir’. (b) “Fa gráss ní éur eunduine”, 2 lines.(c) ‘Bran ber bera ears earb. Cur a slait chaorthainn ⁊ da ndecha fer thairsi ni eirgheann air’. (Folio 6 recto.)
(v) “Bran ber ar thelar ibe. A cur a slait chuill ⁊ púail tri bhuilli ar mhnaoí dhe. ⁊ carfuidh thú”. (6 verso.)
(vi) ‘Commortus risin ufer do scrioph ……… agam’. (8 verso.)
Dates
- Creation: ?15th century.
Language of Materials
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
8 Leaves
Arrangement
8 folios. The foliation is modern. Single gathering, bound by thread with thongs attached. The text is written in double columns.
Custodial History
Formerly Gaelic MS.XXI. The manuscript is numbered Kilbride 14 by Major MacLachlan’s enumeration (‘14th Medical’, folio 1 recto); and number 17 by Hugh Kerr’s, whose name or initials are on every leaf.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
Physical Description
Vellum. Damp-staining has obscured some text at front and back.
Dimensions
Quarto. 26.5 x 19 centimetres.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts Adv.MS.72.1.21
- 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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