Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, UL, Laing III.406

Century: XVII (a.1662) - see fol. 306

Number of folios: 232

Material: chart.

Height: 315

Width: 210

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • James Smyth (he wrote the Styles, see flyleaf in front) (Scribe)
  • James Weir (front and back flyleaves) (Possessor)
  • Robert Hamilton (flyleaf at end) (Possessor)
  • David Laing, saec. XIX.2 (Possessor)
  • Thomas Brown (flyleaf at end) (Possessor)
  • A. Balmerinoch (flyleaf at end) (Possessor)

Cover: modern</p> <p> Watermark: jug with letters AM next to the lower right side(?), very faint, altogether 75 mm high (fol. 10, 20, 22, 26); fool, also faint and thus difficult to see, altogether 130 mm high (fol. 93, 219, 231, 234); jug with letters LB, on base a fleur-de-lis, handles' lines are parallel, 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 large four-petaled blossom, above it a fleur-de-lis, altogether 115 x 44 mm (fol. 237, 243, 246, 263, 290, 298, 301-303, frequent and consistent). Peter McNeill also noted that these watermarks may roughly be dated to saec. XVII medies vel XVII ex. (see reprint of Balfour's Practicks, p. xxxvi)

Literature quoting this MS: Dolezalek, Scotland under Jus Commune, vols. 1 and 3

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*