Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NL Scotland, MS.16497

Century: XVI in. (fol. 1-241)

Number of folios: 261

Material: chart.

Height: 285

Width: 203

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Previous shelf mark(s): Accession nr. 2006

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • David Baldovy vicar of Guthrie (saec. XVI medies, fol. 242 ss.) (Scribe)
  • Alexander Arbuthnott, principal of King's College, Aberdeen, saec. XVI.1 (Possessor)

Cover: contemporary, leather on wood, with clasp</p> <p> Watermark: letter p (fol. 3); different letter p (fol. 59, 62, 66); different letter p (fol. 114); unicorn (fol. 170-171); jug, simple, on the lid six skittles each with a ball on top, in the middle a long skittle with a four-petaled flower on top (fol. 242 to end - see fol. 251 and flyleaves at end)

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*