Collectanea de rebus Albanicis, consisting of original papers and documents relating to the history of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
Editor:
Edited by the Iona Club.
Contents:
Original documents. Communicated by Donald Gregory.
Documents illustrative of the history of Icolmkill and the bishoprick of the Isles. [c. 1561-81. Concluded below.]
Documents illustrative of the custom of fosterage in the Highlands. [1641, 1665.]
Miscellaneous documents. [1508-1610. Include John Elder's proposal for uniting England and Scotland, 1542, and rolls of Highland clans, landlords, etc., 1587 and 1594. Concluded below.]
Genealogies of the Highland clans, extracted from ancient Gaelic mss. With translation and notes, by William F. Skene. [From a ms. of c. 1450. Concluded below.]
Extracts from the Norse sagas, illustrative of the early history of the north of Scotland, and of the influence of the Norwegian pirates upon its inhabitants. Translated, with notes, by William F. Skene. [Concluded below.]
The Gaelic poem 'A eolcha Albain uile', written circiter A.D. 1057, and edited from the Codex Stowensis, no. XLI; with a translation and note by William F. Skene.
Original documents continued. Communicated by Donald Gregory.
Contracts of friendship, bonds of maintenance and manrent, and other similar documents. [1467-1587. Concluded below.]
Documents illustrative of the history of the fisheries in the West Highlands and Isles. [1566-1635.]
Documents illustrative of the state of education, religion, and morals, in the dioceses of the Isles and Argyle, in the reigns of James VI and Charles I. [1607-31.]
Documents illustrative of the history of the Clan Gregor. [1603-13.]
Documents connected with the succession to the estates possessed by William Macleod of Dunvegan, who died in the year 1553. [1553-72.]
Documents connected with the general intercourse of trade between the Highlands and Lowlands, and more particularly the trade of cattle-dealing in the Highlands and Isles. [1565-1622.]
Miscellaneous documents continued. [1528-1613.]
Documents illustrative of the history of Icolmkill and the bishoprick of the Isles. [1588-1635. Continued from above.]
Documents connected with the preservation of game, woods, etc. in the Highlands and Isles. [1584-1628.]
Contracts of friendship, bonds of maintenance and manrent, and other similar documents. [1572-1673. Continued from above.]
Extracts from the Irish annalists, illustrative of the early history of the Highlands of Scotland. With a literal English translation by William F. Skene. [502-1153.]
Fragment of a manuscript history of the Macdonalds, written in the reign of Charles II. From the Gregory collections. [With notes by William F. Skene.]
Extracts from the Norse sagas concluded. Translated by William F. Skene.
Genealogies of the Highland clans, extracted from ancient Gaelic mss. With translation and notes by William F. Skene. [c. 1450-c. 1550. Continued from above.]
Notices of the Highland dress and armour, collected from various sources, and arranged for the transactions of the Iona Club, collected by Donald Gregory and William F. Skene.