Manuscripta juridica

Catalogue of books in Lord Alva's possession.

Arranged by shelfmarks. Many blank leaves are bound between the written ones, probably to be used for additional entries. Some bear notes about the sales price for the books. The Library was densely filled with Jus Commune literature, also comprising a high percentage of books from Catholic countries. Some MS volumes are interspersed, but not all MSS known to have been owned by Lord Alva appear in this Catalogue.

Lord Alva owned a considerable number of MSS. Many of them regarded subjects outside law. I only list here the legal MSS which caught my eye. I find it particularly remarkable that Lord Alva owned six MSS of medieval canon law. Furthermore, the description 'Leges Saxonicae' probably refers to a copy of the 'Sachsenspiegel', a medieval text of German customary law.

(Fol. 18v) Wallace of Craigie. Repertorie of the Scots Law. M.S.

(Fol. 48r) Wallace of Craigie. Repertorium Juris. M.S.

(Fol. 92v) Adjournal books from 1576 to 1679, 2 volumes, M.S. [{i}today Adv.MS.25.2.9, obviously{/i}].

(Fol. 98v) Decisions of the Court of Session from November 1689 to July 1690; from 14(?) November 1697 to 25 February 1698; Treatise of tailzies, M.S.

(Fol. 102v) Index ad Corpus Juris [imperfect], M.S. in pergam.; Tractatus juris civilis [imperfect] M.S. in pergam.; Tractatus juris canonici [imperfect] M.S. in pergam.; Constitutiones provinciales Cantuarienses M.S. in pergam.; De jurisdictione ecclesiastica M.S. in pergam.; Epistulae Decretales a Gregorio nono papa collectae M.S. in pergam.; Innocentius tertius papa, De contemptu mundi; Regulae poenitentiales M.S. in pergam.; Leges Saxonicae M.S. in pergam

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Author(s): Charles Erskine Lord Alva a.1680-1763

No. of pages: (item 1)

Rubric: Press catalogue of the Library belonging to Lord Alva. The shelfs are numbered from nr. 1 to [{i}blank space{/i}], beginning above the surbase