| LOCATION | ZZ Edition |
| MANUSCRIPT | ZZ Edition, (1609 first) Scotland, Tractatus 'Regiam maiestatem' (in Latin), 1609 |
| ITEM No. 1 | Ius proprium Scotiae - Tractatus 'Regiam maiestatem' |
Ius proprium Scotiae - Tractatus 'Regiam maiestatem'
Ius proprium Scotiae - Tractatus 'Regiam maiestatem' (in Latin).
[{i}Title page:{/i}] Sir John Skene of Curriehill, Regiam maiestatem. Scotiae veteres leges et constitutiones, ex archivis publicis et antiquis libris manuscriptis collectae, recognitae, et notis iuris civilis, canonici, Nortmannici auctoritate confirmatis, illustratae opera et studio Ioannis Skenaei clerici Regiae Maiestatis a Conciliis et Archivis publicis. Annotantur in margine concordantiae iuris divini, legum Angliae et iuris novissimi Scotiae, quod Acta Parliamenti vulgo vocant. Edinburgi: excudebat Thomas Finlason, anno Domini 1609 [{i}two copies at Aberdeen, UL, shelfmarks pi 3461 Ske R 1 and Ske R 2{/i}].
The Scottish Parliament ordered to print this book, and it commissioned to apportion a tax for the same on the judges and members of the Three Estates: 1607 c. 16 = APS IV 378.
A reprint of Skene's edition together with a translation of the text into modern English was published in 1947 by Thomas Mackay Cooper (Lord Cooper of Culross) who added a detailed introduction to the text, but did not analyse in detail Sir John Skene's notes to the text: Lord Cooper (ed.), {i}Regiam maiestatem and Quoniam attachiamenta, based on the text of Sir John Skene, edited and translated with introduction and notes{/i}, Edinburgh 1947 (The Stair Society, vol. 11).
Another reprint of Skene's edition was published in Germany three decades ago, with an introduction by Klaus Luig. [{i}Title page:{/i}] Regiam maiestatem. Scotiae veteres leges et constitutions ... [{i}as above{/i}]. Glashütten/Taunus: Auvermann Verlag 1971 (series 'Mittelalterliche Gesetzbücher europäischer Länder in Faksimiledrucken', vol. 4).
The text is accompanied by explanatory notes which quote literature on Jus Commune literature. Authors which caught my eye: Abbas [{i}= Bernardus de Montemirato?{/i}]. Angelus (de Ubaldis), ad Institutiones, et ad Codicem. Azo, (Summa Codicis). Baldus (de Ubaldis), (ad Digesta et ad Codicem). Bartolus (de Saxoferrato), (ad Digesta et ad Codicem). Blondus, (Roma triumphans). Budaeus, (ad Pandectas). Bartholomaeus Chassanaeus, (Consuetudines Burgundiae). Jost Damhouder, (Rerum criminalium libri). Julius Clarus, (Jus criminale). Johannes Copus. Franciscus Connanus, (Libri Juris Civilis). Crinitus. Jacobus Cuiacius, (De feudis), (Observationes). Hostiensis (= Henricus de Segusio cardinalis Hostiensis), (Lectura Decretalium). Jason de Mayno, (Commentarii in Corpus iuris civilis). Robertus Maranta, Speculum. Guido Papa, (Decisiones Gratianopolitanae), (Quaestiones). Panormitanus (= Nicolaus de Tudeschis abbas), Consilia. Bartholomaeus Salycetus, (Lectura Codicis). Speculator (= Guilielmus Durantis), (Speculum iudiciale). Volateranus, Anthropologiae. Wesenbecius praeceptor meus (Paratitla ad Pandectas) (in tit. ff. de in ius vocando [D.2.4], quoted next to c. 28 of the Tractatus 'Quoniam attachiamenta'). Ulricus Zasius, De feudis. And frequent references to Corpus iuris canonici and Corpus iuris civilis with Glossa ordinaria. Also references to authors from Roman Antiquity: Aulus Gellius, (Noctes Atticae). Isidorus (Hispalensis), (Etymologiae). Livius. Origines. Plinius. Cornelius Tacitus, (Germania).
Reference to judicial precedent is rare. (Fol. 90r:) Petslego v. Margaret Forbes, 1568/6/17. (Fol. 129r:) Rex v. Joh. Karnis 1498/3/7, Rex v. Lord de Sancto Monano 1534/6/12, and Rex v. Lord Lundie 1606/2/20.
[Nine leaves without numbering:] Title page, dedication to King James VI, copyright privilege 1608/12/6, preface to the reader
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