Manuscripta juridica

Acta criminalia Scotiae: Court of Justiciary (digest of selected proceedings and decisions 1536/7/24 - 1573/11/18). The volume is divided into sections, separately paginated, each ending with its own list of contents.

Entirely in Latin. The Digest is subdivided in sections AA, BB, CC, DD, etc. to section XX. Each section has its own pagination and is usually followed by its own short index. The Digest is bound in three volumes: sections AA - GG, sections HH - PP, sections QQ - XX. At the end of the last volume, those indexes of the sections which have preceded are copied, and indexes for the sections which have none are supplied

---

No. of pages: (item 1)

Rubric: [{i}Title on flyleaf in front:{/i}] Adjournal, incipien. ult. Julii 1536 usque ad 12 Martii 1548.

Pag. AA 1-80 Copies 1536-1548, in chronological order. Thereafter alphabetical index.

Pag. BB 1-83, 109-149 Copies 1549-1558, in chronological order. Thereafter alphabetical index.

Pag. CC plus DD 1-59 Copies 1558-1563, in chronological order. Thereafter blank leaves, probably for an index.

Pag. EE 1-16 Copies 1563-1564, in chronological order. Thereafter alphabetical index.

Pag. FF 1-62 Copies 1566-1567, in chronological order. Thereafter alphabetical index.

Pag. GG 1-64 Copies 1567-1573, in chronological order. Thereafter alphabetical index.

[{i}Sample, pag. AA 73:{/i}] Quinto Julii 1548. Johannes Murray convict de arte et parte proditorie interfectionis quondam Adami Otterburne de Reidhall militis, unius senatoris Collegii serenissimae dominae nostrae reginae, ac unius dominorum sui Secreti Consilii ... [{i}all property forfeited, and beheaded:{/i}] ... et decollatus