Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NL Scotland, Adv.MS.22.3.3


Century: XVII medies

Number of folios: vi+312

Material: chart.

Height: 300

Width: 195

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Previous shelf mark(s): h.1.31

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • Charles Areskine of Alva, Lord Tinwald (1680 -1763), Lord Justice Clerk (inner side of front cover) (Possessor)

Cover: contemporary</p> <p> Watermark: jug with letters P and beneath BAT, on the lid elongated skittles, each bearing one ball, above the middle a four-petaled blossom, and then a fleur-de-lis, altogether 92 x 38 mm (fol. 312, 314 [excellent], many more occurrences thereafter); jug with letter A and beneath two letters which are too weak to be recognized, above the lid a lying half moon (fol. 66, 126, 196, 198, 201, 203 good, 291); watermark, too weak to be clearly discerned, traces look like a bunch of grapes, with broad writing underneath (fol. 72, 76, 92, 97-99, 116)

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*