Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NR Scotland, GD112/71/5


Century: XVI ex.

Number of folios: 129

Material: chart.

Height: 391

Width: 273

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • Campbell family, Earls of Breadalbane (Possessor)
  • John Blunt (fol. 45r) (Possessor)

Cover: modern. On the spine: 'Breadalbane, Regiam maiestatem, etc.'</p> <p> Watermark: bell flower, ca. 40 x 25 mm (fol. 3, 4, 123, 125, 126, 127, 129).</p> <p> Handwriting: the main text starts on fol. 5r in a hand of the late 16th century. Most pages are written in light brown ink which contrasts very little with the faded colour of the paper. Reading thus requires a painstaking effort, and in many places the text cannot be read securely at all.</p> <p> Fol. 1-2 and fol. 16-17 (which are connected to them) may have been added at a later time, but this is not clear

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*