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Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Notes on Gaelic Grammar and Vocabulary, late 19th-early 20th century

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW16
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...
Dates: late 19th-early 20th century

Notes on the Culdees and Their Rules, late 19th-early 20th century

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW14
Scope and Contents

Notebook containing notes on the Culdees and their Rules, by the Rev Charles Robertson. The contents are derived from Dr Reeves, On the Culdees' in Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy Vol. XXIV, Antiquities Part 1. The Culdee or Céli Dé was an ancient monastic order with settlements in Ireland and Scotland.

Dates: late 19th-early 20th century

Philological Notes, late 19th-early 20th century

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW27
Scope and Contents

Notebook containing philological notes by Alexander MacBain. Contents include notes on gaelic pronouns, prepositional pronouns, interrogatives, the article, compensatory lengthening and metathesis.

Dates: late 19th-early 20th century

Scientific Notebooks, 1825-1874

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Identifier: Coll-203/A1
Scope and Contents

Lyell's series of Scientific notebooks begins 1825 and continues until November 1874, just a few months before his death in February 1875. Lyell used these notebooks to record his fieldwork, travels, companions, queries, lists of memorandums, correspondance and publishing work.

Dates: 1825-1874

Topographical and Other Notes by W.J. Watson, late 19th-early 20th century

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW12
Scope and Contents

Notebook containing Topographical and other notes by W.J. Watson. The book, which belonged to Ewen MacLachlan, contains 'Seachran Fhiachra Mhie Bhradaigh' and 'Aisling Fhiachra Mhic Bhradaigh', both written by Ewen MacLachlan. Also lists of early Scottish names, land measures, prehistoric tables, lists of Irish Saints, list of the Christian Kings of Ulster, 'Book of Armagh' extracts, superstitions, a register of pictish place names and notes on Gaelic in Galloway.

Dates: late 19th-early 20th century

Topographical, lexicographical, etc. notes, c early 20th century

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW8
Scope and Contents

Includes lists of place-names from numerous sources, including Adaman's 'Vita Columbae', the 'Book of the Dean of Lismore' and Hogan's 'Onomasticon'.

Dates: c early 20th century

Topographical Notes by W.J. Watson, late 19th-early 20th century

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW9
Scope and Contents Notebook and inserts containing topographical notes by W.J. Watson. Contains place-names and topographical notes from a number of publications including The Book of Clanranald edited by Alexander MacBain (Inverness, 1893) and The Book of Deer Alexander MacBain (Inverness, c. 1890). Also numerous lists of place names supplied by various informants, transcriptions of 4 charms and a copy of Rental of Forfeited Estate of the Late Earl of...
Dates: late 19th-early 20th century

Traditional tales and songs No. 3, c late 19th century

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW3
Scope and Contents

Notebook marked 'Traditional Tales and Songs No. 3'. Contents include 'A Story of Fionn' (Gaelic) ; 'A Story of Alasdair Mac A Ridire' (Gaelic); and 'A Story of a king who had Three Knights, viz. Ridire Chuinn, Ridire Chlaidu and Ridire Dearg'. The writer is possibly Kenneth MacLeod

Dates: c late 19th century

Traditional Tales No. 1, c late 19th century

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW2
Scope and Contents

Notebook marked 'Traditional Tales No. 1 . . . ' Contents include Gaelic prose tales 'Fionn' and 'Fergus and Conal'. The writer is possibly Kenneth MacLeod.

Dates: c late 19th century

Transcripts from the Book of the Dean of Lismore, late 19th-early 20th century

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW10
Scope and Contents Notebook containing transcripts of poems from the Book of the Dean of Lismore Sir James MacGregor (16 century). The transcripts were created by Ewen MacLachlan. This transcript, which was said to have been lost was, 'transcribed for Sir John MacGregor Murray, and sent off per Mail to the care of Wm Kerr, Secretary, Genl Post Office, Tuesday May 24 1814' (see the verso side of page 105). Page 1-9 contains an incomplete transcription of a MS of modern...
Dates: late 19th-early 20th century