University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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This is a catalogue of books published in Scottish Gaelic, including titles, authors, and year of publication. Previous historical records have recorded it as D. Maclean's Typographia Scoto-Gadelica. This bound manuscript is dated 1899, while a Typographia Scoto-Gadelica, by D. Maclean, was published in 1915 (a digitized copy is available on the National Library of Scotland website; see External Documents below). Mackinnon appears to have added notes and later publications.

Scope and Contents Many of the pages are blank. Handwritten notes are distributed throughout the book, therefore there are gaps between notes. The notes form a catalogue of publications in Gaelic in the late 19th century, including information on publication titles, authors, and dates of publications. Publications include Gaelic literature, scriptures, psalters, and periodicals.The earliest noted publication is Carswell's Prayer Book in 1567. The latest noted publications are in 1878, which...

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This appears to be a more complex catalogue than the previous item in this collection (A.31). There are notices of authors and translators of books published in Gaelic or books that deal with the subjects of the Gaelic language, Gaelic culture, or Highland people. There are also some books dealing with Celtic subject matter. Interspersed throughout the book are letters and newspaper cuttings. Much of the book is blank, and there are no notes after ff. 156.

Scope and Contents Photocopy of a compiled work entitled Gutachten des hochsten Gericht[s]hofes Schottlands nebst anderen Documenten, welche sich auf die Errichtung der Professur der Musik bei der Universitat von Edinburgh beziehen (Edinburgh, 1853), edited and with an introduction by John Donaldson, Reid Professor of the Theory of Music at the University of Edinburgh. The English title is 'Judgement of the court session of Scotland with other documents relating to the...

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Printed Hebridean music. Mainly Marjory Kennedy-Fraser’s own publications, including reused proof sheets and pages cut out from larger collections.

Scope and Contents Printed music collections. Reels and Strathspeys, Pianoforte Duets Ungarische Volkslieder, Das Lied der Völker, edited by Henrich Möller, Edition Schott, No. 560, Leipzig, with handwritten dedication to ‘Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, die ehrwürdigen und unvergleichlichen...

Scope and Contents ‘Tolmie & Gesto’. Bundle of various publications and sheets, contains notes by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser on Deirdre, Caristiona, and Oscar, manuscripts and typescripts. Four loose leaves from Orain agus fuinn Ghaidhealach/Popular Gaelic Melodies, edited by W. S. Roddie & L. Macbean, Part 1, 2nd edition, Inverness: J. M. Duncan,...