Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NL Scotland, MS.169

Century: XVI ex. vel XVII in.

Number of folios: iii +78 +i

Material: chart.

Height: 178

Width: 130

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • John A. Murray (saec. XIX) (Possessor)
  • James Strachen 'with my hand, at Edinburgh' -{i}and with his Motto:{/i}'In my defence, God me defend' [{i}this motto was popular at the time{/i}] (Possessor)
  • Alexander Fraser (fol. 1r, saec. XVIII) (Possessor)
  • William Robert Reid, Lauriston Castle a.1915 (bookplate) (Possessor)
  • William MacMath (bookplate saec. XIX) (Possessor)
  • John Thorbone(?) (saec. XVII) (Possessor)

Cover: contemporary in leather, restored saec. XX</p> <p> Watermark: fleur-de-lis in a shield (flyleaf i); jug with letters R and beneath F O, on the lid skittles, above the middle a malformed four-petaled blossom and then a large lying half moon (fol. 26 plus 27, fol. 25 plus 28, upper part seen in flyleaves ii-iii [good], 7-8, 20, 44, 63-64, 71, lower part in fol. 5-6, 13-15, 17 [good], 50, 62, 67, 69-70 [good]); different jug, lower part not seen, only upper part is visible (fol. 74)

Literature quoting this MS: Dolezalek, Scotland under Jus Commune, vols. 1 and 2

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*