Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NR Scotland, GD100/318

Century: XVII medies

Number of folios: ix +178 +2

Material: chart.

Height: 298

Width: 192

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • Earl of Hopetoun, sale 1889 (Possessor)
  • Moir Bryce collection, bought in 1889 (Possessor)

Cover: saec. XX.1, paper on cardboard, but spine and edges in leather. On spine: DICTIONARY OF COURT OF SESSION DECISIONS 1618-1639</p> <p> Watermark: jug, large, with letters N and beneath RI, on base a four-petaled blossom, on collar a fleur-de-lis, along lid's upper rim a densely spiralled wire, on the lid five almost round skittles, each bearing three balls, above the middle a four-petaled blossom and a fleur-de-lis (pag. 6, 10, 14, 30 [good]); flower, and beneath an oval shape with letters O ... IM (?) (pag. 117 [good],121-131, 145-149); fool (pag. 189-203); bugle horn in a shield, countermark a small crown (only in blank leaves at end)

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*