
The Gaelic Notes in the Book of Deer
Kenneth Jackson(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 11. September 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-0-521-07675-3 (ISBN)
Description
The Book of Deer, 43 folios of manuscript, containing parts of the Gospels and the Apostles' Creed, is one of the treasures of the Cambridge University Library. The Book is important not so much for its primary contents as for the notes in Gaelic which have been added to it in some of the available blank spaces. These notes record the foundation 'myth' of the monastery of Deer in north-east Aberdeenshire, and formal recordings of various grants of lands to the monastery. The language in which the notes are written is the form of Gaelic spoken in Buchan during the earlier part of the twelfth century, which means that this manuscript predates the next earliest surviving Scots Gaelic documents by almost three centuries. Professor Jackson presents a diplomatic text of the notes, based on a careful study of the original manuscript, together with an edited text, a translation, discussion, notes and a glossary.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
240 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-07675-3 (9780521076753)
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Kenneth Jackson
The Gaelic Notes in the Book of Deer
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03/1972
Cambridge University Press
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Kenneth Jackson
The Gaelic Notes in the Book of Deer
Book
03/1972
Cambridge University Press
€18.26
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Content
1. The monastery of Deer; 2. The manuscript, and the hands of the Gaelic notes; 3. The texts and translations; 4. Notes on the texts; 5. Purpose, date and genuineness of the notes; 6. Social status in the Book of Deer; 7. Land-holding and land-granting in the Book of Deer; 8. The spelling of the scribes of Deer; 9. The language of the notes.