Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NL Scotland, Adv.MS.6.2.20


Century: XVIII.1

Number of folios: 238

Material: chart.

Height: 200

Width: 158

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Previous shelf mark(s): W.4.20

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • Charles Areskine of Alva, Lord Tinwald (1680-1763), Lord Justice Clerk (great-grandson of the author) (Possessor)

Cover: contemporary, beautifully embossed leather on cardboard. On spine: HOPES MAJOR PRACTICKS VOL. II</p> <p> Watermark: emblem of the Seven Provinces of the Northern Netherlands: circle of palisades, and above them the motto 'Pro patria' (pag. 105, 139, 165, 409); arms of Amsterdam, large and very elaborate, upper part closely resembles MS Edinburgh UL Dc.4.71, but different (pag. 443, 467 good), lower part rests on a slab 3 mm high and 80 mm wide, and below its middle a bee hive (pag. 475)

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*