Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]







Ius proprium Scotiae - Tractatus 'Regiam maiestatem' : compend in Scots


Incipit:

  • Of muts, sum ar criminale and [and then:] sum ar civile

Explicit:

  • nychtburs\ the\ of\ consent\ witht\

Ius proprium Scotiae - Tractatus 'Regiam maiestatem': compend in Scots .

Used for the edition in APS, red page nr. 177 ss., black page xiv, nr. 9. Four books, divided into altogether 191 titles. The survey at the beginning of this compend refers to it as a 'Some' (this was the vernacular term for the Latin literary genre '{i}Summa{/i}' = a summary).

(Fol. 1r-4v) [{i}A list of titles precedes{/i}].

(Fol. 5r) [{i}Survey of contents:{/i}] This some beforsaide is dividit in four parts. In the first ar contenyt the preparators to jugement ... [{i}Second part: judgment. Third part: 'civil actiones'. Fourth part: 'criminal causes'{/i}].

(Fol. 5r) [{i}Compend of the preface:{/i}] Her begynnis the first buk... the quhilk comprehendis in it the kings lawys. The quhilks in tym of pese(!) ar mist usfull in the kynrik


No. of pages: Fol. 1r-60r

Incipit:

  • [{i}first title:{/i}] Of causes criminale pertenand to the croun. Of muts, sum ar criminale and sum ar civile. Of criminal, sum pertenys to the kyngs croun

Explicit:

  • birlawes, the quhilks ar led witht consent of the nychtburs

Colophon: And thus ends the last buk of the kings magestie. Explicit liber de regia magistate, etc