Gaelic grammar (Notes for a lecture series), 1895-1900
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 B.42e)
'Loss of p and provection' (Item B.42f)
Dates
- Creation: 1895-1900
Language of Materials
English
Some examples provided in Scottish Gaelic
Physical Description
The pages and binding of all notebooks are in excellent condition. None of the handbooks have front or back covers. The ink is unfaded, but the handwriting is occasionally difficult to decipher
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Extent
6 notebooks
Previous reference
Mackinnon B.42
Physical Description
The pages and binding of all notebooks are in excellent condition. None of the handbooks have front or back covers. The ink is unfaded, but the handwriting is occasionally difficult to decipher
Physical Facet
Material: Paper
Binding: Pages folded and inserted into one another. Individual notebooks held together by contemporary string. Bundle held together by modern string
Dimensions
19.2 cm x 23.6 cm
Creator
- From the Fonds: Mackinnon, Donald, 1839-1914 (Professor of Celtic, University of Edinburgh) (Author, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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