Supported by: Miles Briggs*, Bill Kidd*, Emma Harper*, Richard Lyle*, Clare Haughey*, Jeremy Balfour*, Joan McAlpine*, Sandra White*, Ash Denham*, Kenneth Gibson*, David Torrance* *S5M-12734 Angus MacDonald: Early Gaelic Manuscripts Added to UNESCO s Memory of ’ the World Register That the Parliament welcomes the announcement by the National Library of — Scotland (NLS) that the UN has added some of the earliest Gaelic manuscripts to the UNESCO Memory of the World Register, which it understands aims to preserve the world s most important ’ documents; further welcomes that the Gaelic collection will join the likes of the Domesday Book, Magna Carta, the Churchill archives and Scotland s Declaration of Arbroath on the register; notes ’ that NLS has the largest collection of Scottish Gaelic manuscripts in the world, with the earliest, written from the 14th up to the early 18th century, now being recognised for their exceptional historical and linguistic significance; understands that the manuscripts cover a wide range of topics, including medical manuscripts, poetry collections, historical texts, heroic tales, saints lives, ’ prayers, charms, genealogy and place-name lore; notes that UNESCO initiated the Memory of the World Register in 1992 in order to highlight archival and library items of outstanding historical value, as well as protecting them from what UNESCO called collective amnesia ; believes that the “ ” manuscripts are the pre-eminent collection for study of the Gaelic culture in Scotland and offer a snapshot of Gaelic life in Scotland that would otherwise have been lost to history, and highlights Gaelic s important place in the diverse cultural heritage of Scotland and the wider British Isles. ’ The Member has provided the following translation: Làmh-sgrìobhainnean tràtha na Gàidhlig air an cur ri Clàr Cuimhne an t-Saoghail aig UNESCO Wednesday 13 June 2018 20 Today's Business Future Business Motions & Questions Legislation Other Gnothaichean an-diugh Gnothaichean ri teachd Gluasadan agus Ceistean Reachdas Eile Motions | Gluasadan Gu bheil a’ Phàrlamaid a’ cur fàilte air an naidheachd bho Leabharlann Nàiseanta na h-Alba (NLS) gu bheil na Dùthchannan Aonaichte air cuid de na làmh-sgrìobhainnean Gàidhlig as tràithe a chur tuigsinn, a bhith a ri Clàr Cuimhne an t-Saoghail aig UNESCO aig a bheil an t-amas, tha i a’ ’ glèidheadh nan sgrìobhainnean as cudromaiche san...