Manuscripta juridica

NOTARIA Tractatus de officio notarii (in Scots) 'After God had created the heavens' .

Written on one type of paper only, by several hands until pag. 117, thereafter by one neat and very legible hand until the end. Change of hands e.g. on pag. 41. Contains many styles, some of which are still in Latin.{i}Terminus post quem{/i} for the treatise is 1716 (mentioned pag. 57-58). Still quotes the medieval handbook of procedural law {i}Speculum iuris{/i} by Guilielmus Durantis (pag. 54). Furthermore frequent references to Craig's {i}Jus feudale{/i} (e.g. pag. 75), and Stair's Institutions (e.g. pag. 153)

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No. of pages: Pag. 1-595

Rubric: Ane essay upon nottary

Incipit:

• After that God almighty had [and then:] created the heavens, the earth and all liveing creatures

Explicit:

• I, Malcolm Kenmuir king, the first of my reign, gives to the Baron Hunter ... before Margaret my wife and Mall, my nurse. Sic subscribitur: Malcolm Kenmuir, king. Margaret, witness. Mall, witness.

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