Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NL Scotland, MS.2940

Century: XVII (a.1623)

Number of folios: viii +81

Material: chart.

Height: 291

Width: 192

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode family library [purchased by NL Scotland in 1935] (Possessor)

Cover: saec. XX</p> <p> Watermark: jug, large, with letter R and beneath letters RO or even IRO, on the lid several blossoms, above the lid's middle yet another blossom and then a lying half moon (pag. 3, 6, 7, 82 [good], 113 [relatively good], 151, 155 [traceable]).</p> <p> (Flyleaf:) 'This book pertains to Mr. Alexander Spotswood' [{i}of New Abbay{/i}]. This remark is hereafter repeated in four different styles of handwriting, one of them with year date 1663. Motto: 'Patiar ut potior'

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*