Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NL Scotland, Adv.MS.24.6.4


Century: XVII.2

Number of folios: 243

Material: chart.

Height: 293

Width: 187

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Cover: saec. XVIII</p> <p> Watermark: fool, with countermark letters RONDEL in a rectangle 55 x 9 mm (blank leaves before fol. 1, and fol. 225-243 - as in Edinburgh NA Scotland GD45/26/67 and London, BL, Harley 4642); jug, large, with letters M and beneath I T (fol. 46, 51, 66); jug, large, with letters O and beneath HA, otherwise identical to the jug mentioned above (fol. 115, 206, 207); jug, large, with letters O and beneath.</p> <p> DA, otherwise identical to the jugs mentioned above (blank leaves fol. 222-223); two pillars, each bearing a fleur-de-lis, between them a rectangle with letter A, in the middle beneath it two spirals, on top of the rectangle letters CA, in some instances CAB, above the middle a bunch of grapes and fleur-de-lis (fol. 142, 146, 147, 149 - corresponding to MS Laing III.750 fol. 42 etc., but from there I could only achieve a less accurate tracing); two pillars, between them letters CB, otherwise similar to the pillars above, yet spirals are smaller, and no fleur-de-lis on top (fol. 6, 19)

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*