Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]







Institutions of the law of Scotland


Author(s):

  • James Dalrymple later 1st Viscount Stair

Institutions of the law of Scotland .

The division into 31 titles and the incipit and explicit all correspond to MS Aberdeen, UL, 592. Old foliation in ink. Written very legibly in dark brown ink. The handwriting still shows some oldfashioned characteristics, see letters 'a'. Some ink corrosion (e.g. p. 7, 68). Written on probably only one type of paper


Author(s):

  • James Dalrymple later 1st Viscount Stair

No. of pages: Pag. 5-473

Rubric: The body of the Scots law, consisting of the Acts of Parliament, consumat practikes before the Lords of the Session, methodicallie digested into titles and paragraphs, by the Lord Staires