Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NR Scotland, RH13/3

Century: XVI ex. vel XVII in.

Number of folios: 394

Material: chart.

Height: 316

Width: 235

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • Thomas Hamilton of Drumcairn, 1st Earl of Haddington, probably owned by him (Possessor)

Cover: saec. XIX</p> <p> Watermark: crown, and beneath letters IR 6 = Jacobus rex 6 (fol. 19, 21-23, 75 excellent, 78, 393, 394); jug with letters AH, on the lid five spikes, bearing two, one, three, one, two balls, above the middle a short stem carrying a small four-petaled blossom, altogether 64 x 25 mm (fol. 92-94, 96, 353, 361, 372-373 excellent, 377); jug with letters E(?) Theta (fol. 110, 114); jug, letters not readable (fol. 118-120); jug with letters ME, handles on both sides, on both handles' upper point's of attachment a short stem, carrying two leaves, on middle of lid an ornament likening a flame, altogether 41 x 22 mm (fol. 232-251, 239 excellent); crown, and beneath letters HR 6 - very similar to IR 6 mentioned above, maybe for prince Henry eldest son of James VI (fol. 396); jug with two handles, with letters R(D?), bottom descending from left to right (fol. 328, 336)

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*