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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

Scope and Contents These are notebooks containing lecture notes on the following subjects:(a) Gaelic literature: Church and State AD 1000 - AD 1560(b) Gaelic literature: Monastic manuscripts(c) Celtic inscriptions(d) Gaelic literature(e) The unity of old Gaelic literature(f) The old period of Gaelic literature: The early missionaries(g) Literature of the first period: Productiveness and contents(h) The old period of...

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Marked 'Mackinnon A9' and noted thus in previous historical records. These appear to be notes on the lives and motivations of various translators of the Bible to Gaelic. Not all the subjects have been found in the historical record. As well as those listed as agents on this record, there is mention of Alex Stewart (Alexander Stuart of Dingwall?), John Smith of Campbeltown, and Thjomas Ross of Lochbroom.

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Notes written by William J. Watson including, notes on Bergin's edition of 'Stories from Keating', notes on the 'Death of Cu Roi' and notes on the relative particle a n- in Gaelic. Also an examination paper on Keating.

Scope and Contents This bundle of notebooks contain notes made by Mackinnon in preparation for his catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts. It appears as though he went through the manuscripts, classifying each article under the following headings. The catalogue would have been divided into sections with each heading being the title of a section.'Religious: Ecclesiastical and general (MSS I; XV; XVI; XIX; XXVIII; XXIX; XXX)' (Item B45a)'Medical (MSS III; II; IV)' (Item B45b)'MSS V;...

Scope and Contents Notebook containing notes on Gaelic Grammar and Vocabulary. It is likely that these are class notes produced by the Rev Charles Robertson from Donald Mackinnon's lectures in the Celtic Department at Edinburgh University. This is possibly not the original notebook but a copy of Robertson's work. The notebook includes, notes on 'The Celt in English Art' taken from an article by Grant Allen in the Fortnightly Review February, 1891, pp267. Also notes on Old...

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Draft essay regarding Gaelic surnames.

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Notes on Rosg Gaidhlig ed W.J. Watson (Glasgow, 1915 and 1929).

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The notebook contains notes on the life of Rev. James Mitchell, who once tutored Sir Walter Scott. The author is anonymous, but the notebook may have been compiled by multiple authors, especially given that there are two distinct handwriting styles in the document.

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Notes on the definition of the word 'ob', meaning a bay, with reference to the origins of the name 'Oban'.