LOCATION | Edinburgh, NR Scotland |
MANUSCRIPT | Edinburgh, NR Scotland, RH13/59 |
Edinburgh, NR Scotland, RH13/59
Century: XVII (a.1664)
Number of folios: 150
Material: chart.
Height: 288
Width: 195
Region and Place of Production: Britannia
Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):
Cover: contemporary, in parchment</p> <p> Watermark: jug, small, with letters LD and beneath maybe I, on handle's upper end three balls, on the lid four spikes, each with probably two balls on top, but I could not see this clearly, and it appears that above the middle of the lid, instead of a spike, there are probably two four-petaled blossoms above each other (fol. 1-60, 59 good); jug, large, richly decorated, with letters I and beneath OR, on base probably a trefoil, on collar a fleur-de-lis, on the lid five almost round skittles, each bearing three balls, above the middle a four-petaled blossom and a fleur-de-lis (fol. 58, 86 good); different jug, large, weak, with letters probably P and beneath probably PR, on the lid five elongated skittles, each bearing three balls, above the middle a four-petaled blossom and a fleur-de-lis (fol. 78, 94, 96, 148, 149).</p> <p> Old foliation in ink on the inner margins. At the beginning of the volume eleven leaves have been torn out. The remaining leaves are numbered 6-150
Literature quoting this MS: Dolezalek, Scotland under Jus Commune, vols. 1 and 3
Analyzed by: Dolezalek*