Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NL Scotland, MS.2712

Century: XVII (a.1657)

Number of folios: i +129 +i

Material: chart.

Height: 288

Width: 190

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • Quaritch booksellers, purchased from them in 1894 (Possessor)
  • George Neilson, historian at Glasgow a.1858-1923, Esq. LLD (Possessor)
  • John Thomsone advocate, a.1657 (pag. 140, 149, 204, 244, 245, and flyleaf in front) (Scribe)

Cover: contemporary, in parchment</p> <p> Watermark: two pillars, large, between them letter A, and beneath B D, and above the letter A a large bunch of grapes (pag. 1, 3); jug, large, with letter I and beneath VD, on the lid five skittles, each bearing three balls, above the middle skittle a four-petaled blossom and a lying half moon (pag. 5 [good], 15, 17 [good], 19, 21, 151 [good], 153 [good], 183 [good], 195, 213, 245).</p> <p> Paper and handwriting: the entire volume from the third leaf onward consists of the same type of paper, and the types of handwriting in it are all very similar. Despite the minor differences I deem that all parts of the MS were written by only one scribe

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*