Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NL Scotland, Adv.MS.24.2.2


Century: XVII.2

Number of folios: 426

Material: chart.

Height: 341

Width: 228

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Previous shelf mark(s): W.1.17

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • James Freebairn (flyleaf i) (Possessor)

Cover: saec. XVIII, leather on cardboard</p> <p> Watermark: arms in crowned shield, pale dexter two fleurs-de-lis and beneath one fleur-de-lis, pale sinister a flower and beneath a harp, on both sides outside the shield an antler (in flyleaves at front); arms in crowned shield, in the coat of arms two fleurs-de-lis and beneath one fleur-de-lis, with countermark oval frame and in it letter C, a four-petaled blossom and letter S. Held from both sides by angels (text of Durie's Practicks and fol. 388a-b); fleur-de-lis, large, with three ribbons (Strasbourg) in crowned shield, beneath in the shield an oval frame with letters M R O (fol. 389, 402, 416 - written 1664 or later)

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*