Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]







Decisiones curiae supremae Scotiae - Practicks 1540-1549 : (abridged)

Author(s):

  • John Sinclair later Bishop of Brechin

Incipit:

  • Ane instrument publict provin [and then:] be twa of the witnesses

Explicit:

  • petit\ rite\ servate\ non\

Decisiones curiae supremae Scotiae - Practicks 1540-1549: (abridged) .

The items are not numbered. They bear no headings. Dates are usually given at the beginning of the items. A good example of how the scribe skipped words or entire text passages, in particular in references to Jus Commune, can be found in the text corresponding to the provisional edition's item 507.

[{i}Title, added by a later hand:{/i}] Certaine practiques observit be Mr. Hendrie Sinclar, deane of Glasgow, ane of the ordinar Lords of Sessione, be King James the fyft his comandment, from the yeir 1540 to the yeir of God 1550

Author(s):

  • John Sinclair later Bishop of Brechin

No. of pages: Pag. 1-117 (first series of numbering):

Incipit:

  • [{i}First item:{/i}] Ane instrument publict provin be twa of the witnesses insert thairin maks faith, suppois xx. uthers alsua wrettin and instrument say agains it

Explicit:

  • Quia commodum assedationis adhuc sibi abest. Ideo ratione assedationis non servate rite petit