Early Gaelic Manuscripts of the Advocates Library

A group of Gaelic manuscripts written or owned in the 14th-17th century, which were collected by the Advocates Library, and gifted to the Scottish nation to form part of the foundation collection of the National Library of Scotland in 1925. The collection is unparalleled in its scale and coverage, like no other it provides a key to understanding the culture, and cultural orientation, or a large part of Scottish society that informs our understanding of the history and identity of Britain as a whole.

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