| LOCATION | Edinburgh, UL |
| MANUSCRIPT | Edinburgh, UL, Dc.1.56 |
Edinburgh, UL, Dc.1.56
Century: XVII.2
Number of folios: 303
Material: chart.
Height: 300
Width: 190 mm
Region and Place of Production: Britannia
Cover: contemporary, leather on cardboard, spine renewed 1981. On spine: MAJOR PRACTICKS. HOPE</p> <p> Watermark: jug, large, with letters I and beneath R, on base a trefoil, on collar a fleur-de-lis, handle's lines parallel, along lid's upper rim a densely zigzagged or spiralled wire, on the lid five skittles, thick but not round, each bearing three balls, above the middle a four-petaled blossom and a fleur-de-lis, altogether 110 mm high (flyleaf ii and pag. 605); fleur-de-lis with three ribbons (Strasbourg) in crowned shield (flyleaf ii, pag. 3-7, 57, 85 [good], 137, 163, 187, 222, 363-365, 383, 401-403); jug, large, with letters LB beneath an ornament, on base a fleur-de-lis, on collar a fleur-de-lis, handle's lines parallel, almost. Along lid's upper rim a densely zigzagged or spiralled 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 105 mm high (pag. 249-251); bugle horn in a shield (pag. 455, 499, 531 [good], 579, 585, 599).</p> <p> Flyleaf ii recto - iii recto: Index to titles in Hope's "Major practicks", in their order.</p> <p> Flyleaf iii verso: Explicatio notarum = key to abbreviations used
Literature quoting this MS: Dolezalek, Scotland under Jus Commune, vols. 1 and 3
Analyzed by: Dolezalek*