Manuscripta juridica

Edinburgh, NR Scotland, RH13/68

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Century: XVI ex. usque ad XVII.1 (a.1633?) - see pag. 183

Number of folios: 92

Material: chart.

Height: 277

Width: 170

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

• Robert Alexander of Blackhouse, town clerk of Paisley (pag. 170) (Possessor)
• John Russell clerk to the Signet (bookplate saec. XVIII) (Possessor)

Cover: saec. XVII, in parchment</p> <p> Watermark: boar, statant (pag. 25, 99 and 178, a rough shape); boar, statant, slightly different shape (pag. 138).</p> <p> Written by various hands, all of them probably saec. XVI ex. vel XVII in.</p> <p> Flyleaf iii a - iii b: Index of styles in pag. 1 ss., indicating the contents of the first fifty styles, numbered 1-50, contained in pages 1-57. Thereafter the index breaks off

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*

 

• Formularium - Scottish Styles
• Ordo iudiciorum Scotiae - Treatise 'In all actiounis and pleyes thrie persounis are necessar' ("Form of process")
• Decisiones curiae supremae Scotiae - Practicks 1540-1549 [John Sinclair later Bishop of Brechin]
• Decisiones curiae supremae Scotiae - Practicks 1550-1592 [Richard Maitland of Lethington]
• Ius proprium Scotiae - Practicks (general digest of law, systematic) [James Balfour of Pittendreich] :(extracts)
• Formularium - Scottish Styles