Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NR Scotland, GD45/26/57

Century: XVII (a.1671 latest)

Number of folios: 104

Material: chart.

Height: 301

Width: 181

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • David Edgar (second pagination pag. 34, and last leaves) (Possessor)
  • Maule family, Earls of Dalhousie (Possessor)
  • Harry Maule of Kellie (Possessor)
  • Master Thomas Gray (pag. 143, second pagination pag. 34) (Scribe)

Cover: contemporary, in parchment</p> <p> Watermark: hat with letters DAP (flyleaf ii, p. 3, 11, 71, 135, also in last flyleaves, and traced in ink on p. 26 of the second pagination).</p> <p> Pagination and foliation:old pagination in ink 1-143, it jumps numbers 89 and 111. Thereafter a second old pagination commences, 1-34, almost entirely cut away when the book was rebound. Then one empty leaf and eight written leaves, foliated in ink 1-8. Then two blank leaves, many leaves cut out, again two blank leaves, one written leaf, and two leaves both bearing the name 'David Edgar'.</p> <p> Flyleaf ii recto:

Literature quoting this MS: Dolezalek, Scotland under Jus Commune, vols. 1 and 3

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*