Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NR Scotland, GD112/71/3


Century: XVII.2

Number of folios: 96

Material: chart.

Height: 305

Width: 185mm

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • Campbell family, Earls of Breadalbane (Possessor)

Cover: modern, entire volume recently restored</p> <p> Watermark: bugle horn in crowned shield (fol. 3-4); two pillars, with straight side lines. The pillars' base and top are not cushioned. On each pillar's top platform there are three wire loops, open on their underside, thus not forming balls. Between the pillars a rectangle with letters CH. Below the middle a curve curling downwards at both ends to form a spiral, in the middle below the two spirals there are three small balls. Above the rectangle with the letters CH there is a sort of letter A, lacking the middle dash, and bearing in its lower part a spiral ornament instead of that dash. On top of the letter A there is a large bunch of grapes (fol. 1-2 and 5-96, good in fol. 28, 95-96).</p> <p> Fol. 1v-2r: Index of titles fol. 5r-93v, in their order

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*