| LOCATION | Edinburgh, NL Scotland |
| MANUSCRIPT | Edinburgh, NL Scotland, Adv.MS.25.4.11 |
Edinburgh, NL Scotland, Adv.MS.25.4.11
Century: XVI.2 and XVII in.
Number of folios: 271
Material: chart.
Height: 302
Width: 200
Region and Place of Production: Britannia
Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):
Cover: saec. XIX, leather on cardboard</p> <p> Watermark: jug with letters AH, on the lid five spikes, probably with balls on top, above the middle a four-petaled blossom (fol. 2, 4, 6, 8-9); jug with letters maybe I R, base slightly cranked, on the lid five spikes,bearing two, one, three, one, two balls, above the middle a four-petaled blossom (in the Digest of "Auld Lawis", fol. 34, 40 relatively good, 80 relatively good, 85, 92); bow, double-curved, with arrow half pulled to shoot, the arrow being 67 mm long, the bow 55 mm wide (15th c., fol. 93, 96, 98, 101); jug with letters AA, on the lid five spikes, with two, one, three, two, one balls above them, above the middle a four-petaled blossom. In Sinclair's Practicks, the base wires in some leaves are distorted (fol. 105, 123 [good], 129 [good], 135, 136).</p> <p> Foliation: modern foliation. The leaves which today are numbered 103-249 (= from Sinclair's Practicks onward) bear old numbers in ink 1-145. This fact shows that these leaves previously formed a separate volume. The leaves appear to be younger than fol. 10-92. Their paper is thinner. It is furthermore obvious that they were used for a long time without being bound. This is proven by the many notes which are scribbled in the inner margins. These notes could not have been written there in a bound volume. Possessor's marks attest that the formerly separate volume belonged to the same owner as the preceding leaves, 'Joseph Myllar'.</p> <p> [{i}Flyleaf ii recto, notes in pencil, saec. XIX vel XX:{/i}].</p> <p> 'A manuscript formerly the property of Lord Hailes, and from which he transcribed with his own hand the second part of the contents [{i} this must mean fol. 260-265{/i}]. It was afterwards purchased for the Advocates Library. A collection of the law of Scotland, arranged under titles, quoting the Regiam, Quoniam att. and Balfour's collection, M.S. after the printed Acts (Black Acts) [{i}fol. 10r-91r are meant{/i}]. A table follows part 2 [{i}fol. 102 is meant{/i}]24.</p> <p> 2. In the middle are nine leaves of a different size and evidently older writing, giving statutes of David I and Robert I, with one of David II [{i}fol. 93r-101v are meant{/i}].</p> <p> 3. A transcript of a collection of Practicks [{i}fol. 103r-248v are meant{/i}].</p> <p> 4. At the end are some notes of Session of 1596, the three pestilences 1604 - 6 - 7 ... down to 1633' [{i}fol. 249r-v is meant{/i}]
Literature quoting this MS: Dolezalek, Scotland under Jus Commune, vols. 1 and 2
Analyzed by: Dolezalek*