Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NL Scotland, Adv.MS.25.3.5


Century: XVII.2

Number of folios: xxiv + 107

Material: chart.

Height: 301

Width: 193

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Previous shelf mark(s): A.7.48

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • John Wedderburn of Gosford, a.1756 (flyleaf i) (Possessor)

Cover: saec. XIX, leather on cardboard</p> <p> Watermark: jug, large, with letters P and beneath HD, on base and collar a trefoil, along the lid's upper rim a narrowly pleated wire, on the lid five almost round skittles, each bearing three balls, above the middle a four-petaled blossom and a fleur-de-lis, altogether 114 mm high (flyleaves v, vii-viii, x-xi, 51-53, 68-69, 71); fool, large, altogether 108 mm high (fol. 1, 37, 40-44) with countermarks slender letter P (fol. 39) and large letters PB (flyleaf xxiv, fol. 37); jug, large, similar to the one in flyleaf v, but with letters I and beneath R, and on collar a fleur-de-lis (fol. 73-99, 102-103, 105, 107).</p> <p> Flyleaves i-xxiv blank

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*