Manuscripta juridica

Ius proprium Scotiae - Practicks (general digest of law, systematic) .

No mention of the author, no title. Written by several scribes, on two types of paper only. At fol. 63 change of hands together with change of paper. On fol. 243 the scribe indicates that he is now copying his model's folio 224. The model might thus be identified. The page in question is situated in the title 'Minor', and it starts with chapter 9 'Ane minor may be compellit to ansser anent the improbatioun of his infeftment'. Similarly, when copying the title 'Off cursing' (fol. 405 ca.) the scribe notes that this is '387 fol.' The size of the model's folios thus almost corresponded to the ones of the copy. The titles are not numbered, but the chapters within each title are numbered consecutively. I found no indication that a new 'book' starts, neither at title De actionibus civilibus, nor at title Act of adiornall. I had the impression that this copy is less abridged than others: Balfour's abstracts of statutes are copied in their full text, instead of being reduced to mere references to the printed edition of the statutes. I have not verified this in more detail

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Author(s):

• James Balfour of Pittendreich

No. of pages: Fol. 1r-472r

Incipit:

• Of the law, title 1. The divisioun of the law. Caput 1. The law is devydit in thrie pairtis.

  [{i}Last titles:{/i}] Of horning. Of forfaltoure. Of cursing. [{i}Fol. 409r:{/i}] Justice air. [{i}Thereafter:{/i}] Chalmerlane air. Bordour lawis [{i}subdivided into several titles{/i}]. Schip lawis [{i}again subdivided into several titles, among which the title on jurisdiction of the Admiral, fol. 449r-455v. {i}Last words:{/i} the tent part: art. 40]. The ordour of the Chauncellarie. Instructione to the Commissars of Edinburgh, 1563.

  (Fol. 466v-469v) Followis the lavis maid be certaine kingis of Scotland as is conteind in the Scottish Chronicle. King Doruidilla

Explicit:

• and debait thair leivinge

Colophon: Finis. Ar.d Finis prepositi, laus Christo, nescio finis allane