Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NL Scotland, Adv.MS.31.2.2(ii)


Century: XVI (a.1593)

Number of folios: 163

Material: chart.

Height: 297

Width: 195

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • Ludowicus Grant of Grant (a.1650?-1716) (Possessor)
  • Alexander Grant younger of that ilk (exlibris inside front cover) (Possessor)
  • Patrick Grant Lord Elchies [1690-1754] (Possessor)

Cover: saec. XVIII leather on cardboard, restored. On spine: GRANT MANUSCRIPT II</p> <p> Watermark: jug with letter C, and beneath an ornament which resembles a square table with three legs, the lid decorated with five skittles, above a four-petaled blossom and a lying half moon (pag. 9, 23, 27, 81).</p> <p> [{i}Note inside front cover:{/i}] Castlegrant, March 29th 1740. This book is gifted by me to Lord Elches. Ludovicus Grant.</p> <p> Handwriting: the entire volume was written by only one scribe, very neatly

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*