Scope and Contents Poem entitled 'Fhir a Chruthaich Fhir a Chri' collected from Mairi Nicrath [Mary MacRae], Caolas Stiatair N h-Earradh [Caolas Stiadar/Sound of Stiadar, Na Hearadh/Harris] on 4 April 1876 beginning 'Fhir a chruthaich fhir (air?) fhir a chri, Chruthaich a chre air an t-sluagh'. Before the poem is a detailed description of Mary MacRae, including her appearance, her age and a little about her Kintail background. The text of the poem has been scored through in pencil and additions have been made...

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Proverb which reads 'La fheil[l] Moire na Feill Pead[air] La S mu thig no thainig' and accompanying note which reads '25 March Annunciation Day. When it falls on Good Friday calamitous for Europe - war pestilence &c'.

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The text is introduced by the rubric Incipit regula sancte marie virginis ad sibi devotos quam si quis diligenter observare studuerit eius matrem colloqui ac dulcis consolacionis particeps erit.The verses are arranged in a way that the first letters of each line form the name 'Jhesus Cristus'.

Contents The prayers are preceded on f. 65v by the rubric Hec septem gaudia sequencia beata maria revelant sancto Thome canterbuariensi episcopo et dixit ei qui mecum iste gaudiis cotidie honoraverit huic apparebo in fine vite sue et ei gaudia eterna inpetrabo. 'The Seven Joys of the Virgin' are the counterpart of the 'Seven sorrows'. They are a set of devotional prayers which were very popular in the Middle Ages. This version is attributed to Saint Thomas of...

Contents 'The Seven Joys of the Virgin' are the counterpart of the 'Seven sorrows'. They are a set of devotional prayers which were very popular in the Middle Ages. This version is rhymed and is followed by another prayer and by a collect (i.e. a type of short prayer with a specific structure).The prayers begin on f. 84r with the words Gaude virgo stella manis sponsa Christi singularis and end on f. 85v with et in futuro...

Scope and Contents This section contains 'Sermo de Annunciatione beate Virginis Marie factus per M. Henricum de Hassia, 'Sermon on the Annunciation to The Blessed Virgin Mary by Henry of Hesse', also known as Henry of Langenstein. The text starts with the words: 'Dixit Maria ad Angelum, etc.', and ends with 'nobis concedat deus qui per omnia vivit et regnat. Amen. Et sic est finis hujus sermonis de Annunciatione Beate...

Contents This section contains a sermon about the Virgin Mary. In the manuscript, it is titled Sermo de Conceptione Beata Maria Virgo cujusdam doctoris anglici in theologia professoris aniensis.It starts on f. 205r with the words Ave luce primo and ends on f. 219v with dignetur idem flos tuas Dominus Noster Jesus Christus qui est benedictus in sec. sec. Amen. The explicit states ...

Contents This section contains sermons relating to the Virgin Mary. The first words of each sermon are as follows:ff. 232r-233r: Videamus fratres karissimi qualiter sibi isteff. 233r-235r: Scientes fratres dilectissimiff. 235v-237r: Domine nostre ac super virgines Marie commemorationemff. 237v-238r: Sancta et inter...

Contents This section contains three unidentified sermons about the Virgin Mary. They are titled Sermones in Visitacione Beata Maria Virginis and start on f. 150r with the words Quoniam fratres karissimi. The second sermon starts on f. 152v and the third on f. 155v. This section ends on f. 156v. Writing This section is written in a different hand to the previous and following...

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This part of the manuscript contains seven sermons dedicated to the conception, purification, and assumption of the virgin Mary.

The text starts on f. 28v with the following opening words: Sepe ac multum fratres karissimi meminisse debemus. And ends on f. 42r with the following words: filium hospitem suscepit.