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John Fraser and EC Quiggin Papers Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Cymorth chwilio | Finding Aid - John Fraser and E.C. Quiggin Papers, (GB 0210 FRAQUI) Cynhyrchir gan Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Argraffwyd: Mai 08, 2017 Printed: May 08, 2017 Wrth lunio'r disgrifiad hwn dilynwyd canllawiau ANW a seiliwyd ar ISAD(G) Ail Argraffiad; rheolau AACR2; ac LCSH Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH https://archifau.llyfrgell.cymru/index.php/john-fraser-and-e-c-quiggin-papers-2 archives.library .wales/index.php/john-fraser-and-e-c-quiggin-papers-2 Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Allt Penglais Aberystwyth Ceredigion United Kingdom SY23 3BU 01970 632 800 01970 615 709 [email protected] www.llgc.org.uk John Fraser and E.C. Quiggin Papers, Tabl cynnwys | Table of contents Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information .............................................................................................. 3 Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch ......................... 3 Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content .......................................................................................................... 4 Trefniant | Arrangement .................................................................................................................................. 4 Nodiadau | Notes ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points ............................................................................................................... 5 Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions ............................................................................................................ 5 10. vtls005302021 ISYSARCHB16, Six notebooks containing notes on Old Irish and Welsh., ................. 6 - Tudalen | Page 2 - GB 0210 FRAQUI John Fraser and E.C. Quiggin Papers, Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: John Fraser and E.C. Quiggin Papers, ID: GB 0210 FRAQUI Virtua system control vtls003844150 number [alternative]: Project identifier ANW [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: [1913]-1937 / (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 0.036 cubic metres (4 boxes) Physical description: Lleoliad ffisegol | ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Physical location: Dyddiadau creu, golygu a dileu | Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Nodyn | Note Title supplied from name of creators. [generalNote]: Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch Nodyn | Note Prof. John Fraser (1882-1945) was born in Inverness, Scotland, and educated at the Universities of Aberdeen, Cambridge and Jena. He was Sir John Rhys's successor at Jesus College as Professor of Celtic at the University of Oxford from 1921 until 1945. Edmund Crosby Quiggin (1875-1920), was also a Celtic scholar, born in Cheadle and educated at Cambridge. Between 1898 and 1900, he did research at the Universities of Greifswald and Leipzig, Germany. In 1909, the College in Cambridge founded for him the Munro Lectureship in Celtic. He served in World War I, and died in 1920. In 1937 Quiggin's Poems from the Book of the Dean of Lismore with a Catalogue of the Book and Indexes, edited by J. Fraser, was published. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 FRAQUI John Fraser and E.C. Quiggin Papers, Hanes Gwarchodol | Custodial history Some of the papers of Professor John Fraser were acquired by Sir Idris Foster, his successor at Jesus College, Oxford. Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content Papers of John Fraser and E. C. Quiggin, relating mainly to the publication of poems from the Book of the Dean of Lismore, [1913]-1937, and including scrapbooks bearing transcripts of poems from the Advocates Library Gaelic Manuscripts and from the Bodleian Library Rawlinson B 477; and six notebooks containing notes on Irish texts, Old Irish grammar, Welsh grammar, Gaelic personal and place names and Gaelic grammar. Nodiadau | Notes Nodiadau teitl | Title notes Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Deposited by Sir Idris Foster in 1978 and converted into a donation by the Reverend Gareth Foster and Mrs Siân Thomas, his nephew and niece, in 1984. Trefniant | Arrangement Arranged into the following: scrapbooks and files of transcripts and research papers; notebooks containing grammatical notes. Cyfyngiadau ar fynediad | Restrictions on access Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form. Amodau rheoli defnydd | Conditions governing use Usual copyright regulations apply. Rhestrau cymorth | Finding aids A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales. The catalogue can be accessed online. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 4 GB 0210 FRAQUI John Fraser and E.C. Quiggin Papers, Ychwanegiadau | Accruals Accruals are not expected. Nodiadau eraill | Other notes • Statws cyhoeddiad | Publication status: Published • Dynodwr sefydliad | Institution identifier: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points • Fraser, John, 1882-1945 -- Archives. (pwnc) | (subject) • Quiggin, Edmund Crosby, 1875-1920 -- Archives. (pwnc) | (subject) • Quiggin, Edmund Crosby, 1875-1920. (pwnc) | (subject) • Celtic antiquities -- Research. (pwnc) | (subject) Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container 1. vtls005302013 File - Scrapbook containing typescripts [c.1910-30]. 1. ISYSARCHB16 of Irish bardic poetry from the 'Book of the Dean of Lismore', including English translations, notes on ..., 2. vtls005302014 File - Miscellaneous papers relating to [c.1910-30]. 2. ISYSARCHB16 J. Fraser (ed.), including Poems of the Dean of Lismore, with a catalogue of the Book ..., 3-4. vtls005302015 File - Two scrapbooks belonging to 3-4. ISYSARCHB16 E. C. Quiggin, including corrected typescript transcripts of poems from the Advocates Library Gaelic Manuscripts, Rawlinson .... 5. vtls005302016 File - Loose leaves of corrected 5. ISYSARCHB16 typescript transcripts of poems belonging to E. C. Quiggin, from the Advocates Library Gaelic Manuscripts, the .... 6. vtls005302017 File - Miscellaneous manuscript notes, 6. ISYSARCHB16 including notes on Cormac's Glossary. See Féil-Sgríbhinn Eóin Mhic Néill (1940), pp. 37-41; J. Fraser, 'A note .... 7. vtls005302018 File - Corrected typescript transcripts 7. ISYSARCHB16 of two Irish tales from Bodleian MS Rawlinson B 477, including: 7/1 ff. 5v-10r ('Geineamhain Ghrigoir') and .... Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 5 GB 0210 FRAQUI John Fraser and E.C. Quiggin Papers, 8. vtls005302019 File - A corrected ink transcript of 8. ISYSARCHB16 Bodleian MS Rawlinson B 477, ff. 10r-22v, together with miscellaneous notes. 9. vtls005302020 File - A writing pad containing 9. ISYSARCHB16 transcripts of and notes relating to 'Roderici Macleni Hecto / rogenis Scotigathaelici / Ionitae de intuitu .... Cyfres | Series 10. vtls005302021 ISYSARCHB16: Six notebooks containing notes on Old Irish and Welsh. Lleoliad ffisegol | Physical location: ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Nodyn | Note: Preferred citation: 10. Ffeil / rhestr eitemau | File / item list Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container 10/1. vtls005302022 File - Notes and transcripts of Irish texts. 10/1. ISYSARCHB16 10/2-5. vtls005302023 File - Notes on Old Irish grammar, 1913-14. 10/2-5. ISYSARCHB16 10/6. vtls005302024 File - Notes on Welsh grammar, Irish 10/6. ISYSARCHB16 glosses and [J.] Strachan's [Stories from the] Táin. 11. vtls005302026 File - Notes relating in particular to the 11. ISYSARCHB16 prefix 'ro'. 12. vtls005302027 File - Slips of notes on vowels and 12. ISYSARCHB16 consonants in Gaelic personal and place names, possibly from Scottish charters. 13. vtls005302028 File - Miscellaneous notes on Gaelic 13. ISYSARCHB16 grammar. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 6.
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