Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NL Scotland, Adv.MS.25.6.15

Century: XVI ex.

Number of folios: 125

Material: chart.

Height: 195

Width: 142

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • James Weir writter to his maiestis Signett (fol. 118v, he was admitted 1668, died 1687) (Possessor)
  • Hew Kennedy, saec. XVII (fol. 46v, 124v, 125v) (Possessor)
  • Alwen Chaton(?) saec. XVII (fol. 1r) (Possessor)
  • This buik pertenis to George ... [{i}faded{/i}], saec. XVI.2 (fol. 1r) (Possessor)
  • Andrew Grevan(?), saec. XVII (fol. 125v) (Possessor)

Cover: contemporary, in parchment glued on paper</p> <p> Watermark: jug, small, on the lid five spikes, bearing two, one, three, one, two balls, above the middle a small four-petaled blossom (only upper part visible, fol. 2, 3, 5, 22, 38, 40); jug, small, on each outward edge of the lid a spike bearing two balls (only upper part visible, fol. 20, 36); jug, small (only lower part is visible, fol. 18, 45); jug, small (only lower part is visible, fol. 23); thistle, crowned, to the left and right stand initials JR and AR, of King James VI and his queen, princess Anne of Danmark: Jacobus Rex, Anna Regina (fol. 51-52, 57, 78, 80, 116, 118-119, 124, 126-127)

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*