Manuscripta juridica

Ordo iudiciorum Scotiae "Rolment of courtis" .

The contents suggest the year 1626 for the production of books 1-5, whereas book 6 was added at a later time, on different paper, and in different handwriting

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Author(s):

• Habakkuk Bisset

No. of pages: Fol. 1r-400r

Rubric: The rolment of courtis, contenand the auldest lawis, actis, statutis, constitutionis and antiquities ... of Scotland as ane frie kingdome, conformed to the imperiall civile, cannonis and municipall Roman commoun lawis, alsweill in eccliesticall[!] as civile materis.

({i}Fol. 2r, second title:{/i}) In libri frontispicium. 7 It is to be rememberit ... [{i}there follows a dedication to King Charles I{/i}].

[{i}Fol. 7r-49v: more dedications and verses and prefaces.{/i}].

[{i}Fol. 51r-184r Text of Book 1, beginning as in MS Edinburgh, UL, Laing III.395. Explicit:{/i}] to the posteritie her justice(?).

[{i}Fol. 184v-244r: Book 2{/i}.].

[{i}Fol. 244v-292r: Book 3{/i}.].

[{i}Fol. 292v-323v: Book 4{/i}.].

[{i}Fol. 324r-334r: Book 5{/i}.{i}There exists no leaf 335. Fol. 336-339 blank. There exist no fol. 340-349.{/i}].

[{i}Fol. 351r-398v plus unnumbered leaves 399r-400r: Book 6, chronology, ending with the death of King James IV in the battle of Flodden.{/i}].

[{i}Fol. 400v, pencil note saec. XX, probably referring to MS Edinburgh, UL, Laing III.395:{/i}] In Mr. Dundas copy this chronological table is continued to 1621, and thereafter follows a table of Scottish saints. {i}At the end of the volume: 23 blank leaves.{/i}