Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, UL, Laing III.409

Century: XVII in. (see fol. 1r 'Ceptus 4 idus Decembres anno domini 1605')

Number of folios: 163

Material: chart.

Height: 297

Width: 205

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • James Chalmers (fol. 1r) (Possessor)
  • David Laing, saec. XIX.2 (Possessor)
  • Johne McLey advocate (deceased in 1642, mentioned in a note on the front board) (Possessor)
  • Patrik (fol. 76r) (Possessor)

Cover: contemporary in vellum with initials I.X.M. On the spine an embossed date '1676', but the binding appears to be older than that date</p> <p> Watermark: jug with letters OA and beneath B (fol. 7, 69, 135, 136, 138, and also in second series of foliation).</p> <p> Loosely inserted: leaf with summary descriptions of MSS Laing III.405-412.</p> <p> Twentieth century, probably a copy of information which the Curator of Manuscripts provided to Peter McNeill, for the latter's preface to the reprint edition of Balfour's Practicks

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*