Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NR Scotland, GD45/26/56


Century: XVII

Number of folios: ii +487 +xi

Material: chart.

Height: 304

Width: 195

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • Harry Maule of Kellie, not dated (Possessor)
  • Maule family, Earls of Dalhousie (Possessor)

Cover: saec. XVIII, leather on cardboard</p> <p> Watermark: arms of Amsterdam, on middle of mantling a crown, above it a Maltese cross, countermark letters JBE in a frame (flyleaves and unnumbered index pages at end, mark matching Edinburgh, NL Scotland, Adv.MS.24.2.3 and Lindberg nr. 54, but countermark differs from Lindberg); bugle horn in a shield, no countermark found (pag. 3, 9, 33, 79, second pagination 23, 204).</p> <p> Handwriting: the character of handwriting in the entire volume points to the late 17th century, but all the material contained has its origin in the first half of the 17th century

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*