Scope and Contents A discussion, possibly a script for a lecture, about the history of the Gaelic Bible. It includes information about translators, their motivations, and figures who possessed or may have possessed copies of a Gaelic Bible. There is some information, but with less focus, on some linguistic issues faced by translators.Although the title of the notebook claims 'before the Reformation', there is some discussion of the Gaelic Bible following the Reformation, with 1801 being the last...

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A script for a lecture, presumably for students of Celtic at the University of Edinburgh in 1912. The subject of the lecture appears to be about idiomatic expressions in Gaelic, rather than the book in the Old Testament.

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The script or notes for a lecture on the Gaelic text of Macpherson's 'Ossian'

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This is a transcription of the Gaelic version of the Latin poem by Statius, 'Thebaid'. The manuscript NLS.72.1.8,ff-28 is held at the National Library of Scotland. It is suggested on page 195 that this manuscript is based on an old French translation of the original Latin text.

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Script or notes for what appears to be a public lecture, titled 'the Melancholy of the Gael'. This appears to be about the tone of Gaelic literature, rather than about the cultural traits of Highlanders.

There is another copy of this lecture in this collection (B8), which appears to have more notes, and less scripted prose.

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This notebook is largely blank, but there are some notes for, or an outline of, a lecture on the 'Melancholy of the Gael'. It appears to be a lecture for students studying Celtic at the University of Edinburgh. It seems to be based on a lecture, held the following year (the script for which is also in this collection: B7), focusing on the tone of Gaelic literature, rather than on cultural traits of Highlanders.

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Script or notes for a lecture, or an essay, or a draft for an article or textbook.

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A script or draft article about the mythological Irish figure, Deirdre, from the Ulster Cycle.

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A script or draft article about the Scottish Gaelic poet from Sutherland, Rob Donn. Included with the notebook is a journal extract about Rob Donn, published on 20 June 1878, though there are no notes to indicate in which journal the article was published. The article is folded, and kept with the notebook by means of a modern paperclip.

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The script or notes for a lecture, possibly a public lecture held at St Oran's Chapel on the Isle of Iona (Iona is mentioned several times). Beauly is spelled 'Beuly'.