Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NL Scotland, MS.5436

Century: XVII medies

Number of folios: 170

Material: chart.

Height: 293

Width: 190

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • Melrose a.1660 (flyleaf at end) (Possessor)
  • Adame Bell of Belford (flyleaves and inside of cover) (Possessor)

Cover: contemporary, in parchment</p> <p> Watermark: thistle, or goblet? very weak (fol. 3, 7, 22, 27, 29, 41); jug, large, with letters M and beneath I V, on base a fleur-de-lis, on collar a lying half moon, on the lid five almost round skittles, each bearing three balls, above the middle a four-petaled blossom and a lying half moon (fol. 43, 60, 79, 136, 148, 156 good, 168)

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*