Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NL Scotland, Adv.MS.25.5.4


Century: XVII (a.1626)

Number of folios: v + 423

Material: chart.

Height: 274

Width: 184

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Previous shelf mark(s): A.2.27

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • Robert Bennett advocate, a.1685 (Possessor)
  • John Williamson (saec. XVII, flyleaf at end) (Possessor)
  • Habakkuk Bisset (Scriptor)

Cover: a.1934, linen with leather spine and leather corners</p> <p> Watermark: two pillars, between them a rectangle with letters ARO, and above the middle a large bunch of grapes (flyleaf ii); jug, simple, with letters L and beneath AB, on the lid five skittles, each bearing one ball, above the middle a four-petaled blossom and a lying half moon (fol. 7, 36, 45, 50, 76); jug with letters PO, on collar a lying half moon, on the lid four skittles, each bearing one ball, in the middle a vertical staff holding a lying half moon (in leaves at end which were added at a later time, e.g. fol. 337).</p> <p> Flyleaves iii verso - iv recto: List of titles in the first book, in their order.</p> <p> Flyleaves iv verso - v. verso: List of selected contents in books 1-6

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*