Wemyss manuscript

National Library of Scotland or Dep.314, No.23

Written in 1643-4, by or for Lady Margaret Wemyss. The lute tablature section contains two ports and Ruairi Dall O'Cathain's Da Mihi Manum.

A facsimile and transcription of f24v, Port Robart (known in other sources as Port Preist) is given in Sanger & Kinnaird, Tree of Strings, Kinmor 1992, p. 176. You can hear a recording of Da Mihi Manum on my CD: Simon Chadwick, Clàrsach na Bànrighe

NB this book is not NLS ms.2085 as stated here before, and in 'Tree of Strings' - that is vol. 3 of the Macfarlane ms.

Published books

Ronn MacFarlane
The Scottish Lute vol. 2, The Highland King
Mel Bay Publications, Pacific, USA, 2003
Tunes from Wemyss, Rowallan, and Balcarres, in tablature and staff notation. Includes Da Mihi Manum from Wemyss.
Available here from the Early Gaelic Harp Emporium. Click here to order your copy

References

Simon Chadwick