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A draft paper discussing a Gaelic version of Pharsalia, Late 19th or early 20th century
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Identifier: Coll-98/4/6/8
Scope and Contents
Marked 'Mackinnon A5' and noted thus in previous historical records. This appears to be a draft paper, written by Mackinnon himself, discussing a Gaelic version of the Latin epic poem, 'Pharsalia'. Mackinnon refers to a few scholars and their role in previous understandings of Pharslia, but these names are difficult to source in the historical record, e.g. Dr Donald Smith.There appears to be no Gaelic whatsoever in this text, and it is not clear to which version of Pharsalia he...
Dates:
Late 19th or early 20th century
'Abstract of Course [in Celtic] of Lectures. Part I: Language; Part II: Literature', 1886-1895
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Identifier: Coll-98/1/1/4
Scope and Contents
A syllabus for students of Celtic, presumably at the University of Edinburgh.
Dates:
1886-1895
Catalogue of Gaelic books and accompanying items, 1846, 1907-1908
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Identifier: AA2.1.30
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Contains the institutional records of New College Library, Edinburgh University Theological Library, Church of Scotland General Assembly Library, Church of Scotland Lending Library and Longforgan Free Church Ministers' Library.
Dates:
1846; 1907-1908
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Celtic Philology (Notes for a lecture series), 1886-1887
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Identifier: Coll-98/1/1/18
Scope and Contents
A bundle of 11 notebooks, containing notes or scripts for lectures on a lecture series, which seems to have taken place between 1886 and 1887. The following notebooks survive:'Origins and position of the Celtic languages in the Indo-European group' (Item B.41a)'Early literature: Adamnan, etc.' (Item B.41b)'Letters and their sounds: Ogham' (Item B.41c)'Vowels and laws of sound change' (Item B.41d)'Grimm's Law' (Item...
Dates:
1886-1887
Chronological notes for the history of the Gaelic Psalter, 19th century
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Identifier: Coll-98/5/18
Scope and Contents
This is a list of notes in chronological order, providing a history of the Gaelic Psalter, starting in 1659, and ending in 1836.
Dates:
19th century
'Creeds: Catechisms and confessions', 1890
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Identifier: Coll-98/3/4/4
Scope and Contents
This appears to be a discussion on, or script for a lecture about, catechisms and confessions in Scottish Gaelic. The notebook seems to be divided into two parts, which are titled: 'Cats' Conf: + Prayer Books' (presumably 'catechisms, confessions, and prayer books) and 'Gaelic Lit:' (presumable 'Gaelic literature').Despite the vague title of the second part, the content appears to be related to the overall subject matter, i.e. religious texts and practices.As in other...
Dates:
1890
English version of 'Thebaid', Late 19th or early 20th century
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Identifier: Coll-98/3/1/23
Scope and Contents
This is an English translation of the Latin poem 'Thebaid', written by the Latin poet, Statius. There is no title, bt previous historical records indicate that this may have been the text used by Mackinnon, who had the work published in 'Celtic Review'. This is likely to be an English translation of the Gaelic manuscript 72.1.8,ff.1-28, although the poem survives and translations of it survive in other manuscripts.
Dates:
Late 19th or early 20th century
Gaelic grammar (Notes for a lecture series), 1895-1900
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Identifier: Coll-98/1/1/19
Scope and Contents
A bundle of 6 notebooks, containing notes or scripts for lectures on a lecture series, which seems to have taken place in the academic years 1895-96 and 1899-00. The following notebooks survive:'Grammar, phonology, and vowels' (Item B.42a)'Consonants and phonetic processes' (Item B.42b)'Phonetic processes' (Item B.42c)'Eclipsis, accents, inflection, and mumber' (Item B.42d)'The [definite] article in the Celtic [languages]' (Item...
Dates:
1895-1900
Gaelic literature AD 1000 - 1560 (Notes for a lecture series), Late 19th or early 20th century
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Identifier: Coll-98/1/1/21
Scope and Contents
A bundle of 4 notebooks, containing notes or scripts for lectures on a lecture series. There are no dates noted on the front covers, but the lectures presumably took place at the University of Edinburgh while Donald Mackinnon was Chair of Celtic. The following notebooks survive:'Contents of the literature: Historical section' (Item B44a)'Contents of the literature: Laws; Literary grammars and dictionaries; Science (medical); Translated literature' (Item...
Dates:
Late 19th or early 20th century
Gaelic literature (Notes for a lecture series), Late 19th or early 20th century
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Identifier: Coll-98/1/1/20
Scope and Contents
A bundle of 6 notebooks, containing notes or scripts for lectures on a lecture series. There are no dates noted on the front covers, but the lectures presumably took place at the University of Edinburgh while Donald Mackinnon was Chair of Celtic. The following notebooks survive:'Old period: Ecclesiastical Latin' (Item B43a)'Old period: Secular Latin' (Item B43b)'Old period: Gaelic and glosses' (Item B43c)'Old period: Prose and verse' (Item...
Dates:
Late 19th or early 20th century