Manuscripts

Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.2 Gaelic medicine

Irish
s. xvi-xvii composite manuscript
Scottish manuscripts
vellum + paper

Medical manuscript.

Identifiers

Location

Scotland Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland

Shelfmark

Adv. 72.1.2

Classification

Gaelic II

Type

Irish medicine and medical writing

Provenance and related aspects

Language

Irish

Date

s. xvi-xvii

16th-17th century.

Hands, scribes

Codicological information

UnitCodicological unit. Indicates whether the entry describes a single leaf, a distinct or composite manuscript, etc.

composite manuscript

Material

vellum + paper

Distinct units

ff. 1-3

Edinburgh, National Libra… ff. 1-3 [s. xvi]

Section 1. Ranna an aeir.

ff. 4-19

Edinburgh, National Libra… ff. 4-19

Section 2.

ff. 20-26

Edinburgh, National Libra… ff. 20-26

Section 3.

ff. 27-70

Edinburgh, National Libra… ff. 27-70 [s. xvii]

Section 4.

ff. 71-78

Edinburgh, National Libra… ff. 71-78

Section 5.

ff. 79-88

Edinburgh, National Libra… ff. 79-88

Section 6.

ff. 89-95

Edinburgh, National Libra… ff. 89-95

Section 7.

ff. 96-102, 130

Edinburgh, National Libra… ff. 96-102, 130

Section 8.

ff. 103-106

Edinburgh, National Libra… ff. 103-106

Section 9.

ff. 107-117

Edinburgh, National Libra… ff. 107-117

Section 10.

ff. 118-123

Edinburgh, National Libra… ff. 118-123

Section 11.

ff. 124-129

Edinburgh, National Libra… ff. 124-129

Section 12.

ff. 131-148

Edinburgh, National Libra… ff. 131-148

Section 13.

Table of contents

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Scottish manuscripts

Sources

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[dig. img.] “National Library of Scotland”, Anne-Marie OʼBrien, and Pádraig Ó Macháin, Irish Script on Screen (ISOS) – Meamrám Páipéar Ríomhaire, Online: School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1999–present. URL: <https://www.isos.dias.ie/collection/nls.html>.

direct link

[dig. img.] National Library of Scotland: Collections, Online: NLS, ?–present. URL: <https://www.nls.uk/collections>.

direct link

Secondary sources (select)

Black, Ronald, “Catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts in the National Library of Scotland”, Anne-Marie OʼBrien, and Pádraig Ó Macháin, Irish Script on Screen (ISOS) – Meamrám Páipéar Ríomhaire, Online: School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2011–. URL: <https://www.isos.dias.ie/collection/nls.html>.

direct link

Mackinnon, Donald, A descriptive catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh, and elsewhere in Scotland, Edinburgh: Brown, 1912.

Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

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