Baptism

Scope and Contents Charm beginning 'A Mhoire faic a bhuan is i air fod a bhais' which relates to child baptism.

Scope and Contents Paper entitled Conversion, accompanied by notes and by a letter to John Baillie from Donald Macpherson Baillie offering his opinion. The paper looks at theological issues such as baptism and conversion, puting them in a historical context

Scope and Contents Notes, story and rhyme relating to burials and archaeological finds on Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire probably collected from John Roy, including the location of Eaglais Mhaoluag [St Moluag's Cathedral] at 'Borstain na croise on top of the croise'. This church burned down while people were in it and the bones all washed down to Eala [Clach na h-Ealaidh]. The Eala is noted as being a refuge for criminals and north of it a large unsculpted stone was found with 'a few skel[e]t[ons]...

Scope and Contents Carnaban Lectures given by John Baillie in 1955. These were subsequently published posthumously as Baptism and Conversion, 1964).

Scope and Contents Text entitled Speculum Sacerdotum ('The Mirror of the Priests'), starting on f. 275r with the words 'Materia baptismi debet esse aqua pura...', and ending on f. 278v with the words 'continentur. Explicit speculum sacerdotum'. It appears to be a treatise on baptism.

Scope and Contents Vocabulary note for 'orthan' and 'boslach' [infant baptism]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.