Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, UL, Laing III.410

Century: XVI ex.

Number of folios: 363

Material: chart.

Height: 290

Width: 190

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • William Bruce a.1685 (flyleaf at end) (Possessor)
  • Robert Smyth (flyleaf at end) (Possessor)
  • James Dalrymple 1st Viscount Stair (autograph possessor's mark 'Stair') (Possessor)
  • David Laing, saec. XIX.2 (Possessor)

Cover: recently restored, it contains remainders of an old binding saec. XVII</p> <p> Watermark: jug, small, with letters I and beneath PL, on the lid five spikes, bearing two, one, three, one, two balls; jug with letters ML and beneath I or L, on collar a lying half moon, on the lid five spikes with balls on top (two, one, three, one, two), above the middle a short vertical line, holding a lying half moon (e.g. in the title 'Of poynding within burghe'); jug with letters S and beneath BS, on the lid five spikes, probably each bearing two balls, above the middle a small four-petaled blossom (in the title 'Replegiatioun') - and maybe still other kinds of jugs, but all are weak and thus difficult to discern

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*