University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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A grammar of the Gaelic language, as it was understood in the 18th century. Interestingly, the English word 'Gaelic' is written as Galic. Author and date unknown.

Scope and Contents This appears to be a dissertation or thesis on Celtic historical linguistics. It comprises of seven notebooks, listed below, as well as some loose pages that have become separated from their original notebooks.1. Dissertation proposal2. Dissertation (titled 'The antiquity, genius and affinity of the chief surviving Celtic dialects')3. Notebook titled 'Gaelic jottings and remarks, no. I'. This notebook appears to outline some observations on linguistic...

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This is a copy of the published printed Gaelic grammar 'Elements of Gaelic grammar', written by Alexander Stewart, published in Edinburgh in 1812. The book is interspersed with notes by Donald Mackinnon himself.

Scope and Contents A paper manuscript of approximately 70 pages, covered in pasteboard with leather back. The volume is written upon from both ends. Some leaves are cut out at the beginning, and there are blank pages and spaces found throughout the document. On the inner front cover, it is written "John Smith, 6th February 1810, έπεα πτερόεντα". Then follows a fragment of a Gaelic etymological dictionary, beginning with "maireach" "morrow" (grave accent missing in original text),...

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In the front, an article published by Donald Mackinnon in the 'Celtic Magazine', December 1886, on the topic of 'loanwords in Gaelic' has been removed from its original source and has been glued into this notebook. Towards the back of the notebook, there are word lists that appear to be notes in preparation for a dictionary of loanwords in Gaelic. Many pages in the notebook, however, is empty.

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These are notebooks containing lecture notes on the following subjects:

(a) Gaelic grammar

(b) Gaelic names: The form of names

(c) Gaelic names: Phonetic changes

(d) Grimm's Law

(e) Gaelic grammar: The declension of nouns

(f) Gaelic grammar: The declension of adjectives

(g) Pronouns

(h) Phonetics

(i) Eclipsis

(j) The noun: Gender, number and case

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This appears to be a treatise on historical Indo-European linguistics, written by Jacob Grimm and Adolf Pictet. There are mentions of Celtic languages throughout the document.

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This bound notebook contains handwritten notes on the phonology of Irish, divided into sections on vowels and consonants, and then a section on morphology, including inflection and pronouns.