Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NL Scotland, Adv.MS.24.4.10


Century: XVII.2

Number of folios: 298

Material: chart.

Height: 294

Width: 187

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • John Gowan Esq., writer to the Signet (flyleaf, a.1822) (Possessor)

Cover: saec. XIX, leather on cardboard</p> <p> Watermark: jug, large, with letters O and beneath CH, on base a fleur-de-lis, handle's lines parallel, on the lid five long skittles, four of them each bear three balls, the middle skittle bears a large four-petaled blossom, and then a fleur-de-lis (fol. 1, 44 good, 49, 54, 60); two pillars, between them letters CAB, beneath the middle two spirals, above the middle a large bunch of grapes - also with a fleur-de-lis on top (fol. 65); jug, large, with letters P and beneath E(? or D?) and H (or E), on base and on collar a fleur-de-lis, handle's lines parallel, on the lid five almost round skittles, each bearing three balls, above the middle a four-petaled blossom and a fleur-de-lis (fol. 91, 191, 194); jug, large, several other types with different letters, similar to the jugs mentioned above (e.g. fol. 67, 71, 174)

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*