Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, UL, Laing III.750


Century: XVII ex.

Number of folios: 62

Material: chart.

Height: 310

Width: 200

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • David Laing, saec. XIX.2 (Possessor)

Cover: modern</p> <p> Watermark: two pillars, rounded, each bearing three balls, between them a two-tiered rectangle, the upper part with letters RON (or BON), the lower part with letters D and probably EL (thus 'RONDEL'), above the middle yet another letter R, and on top a large bunch of 13 grapes (fol. 7, 10, 11); two pillars, rounded, each bearing three balls, between them a rectangle with letters TIM, above the middle a large bunch of 15 grapes, beneath the middle an ornament of two spirals (fol. 16, 18); two pillars, rounded, each bearing a fleur-de-lis, between them a rectangle with letters CAB, above its middle a very large bunch of 23 grapes and a fleur-de-lis on top, beneath the rectangle a large ornament of two spirals, and three small balls beneath it (fol. 52, 55, 60-61).</p> <p> Foliation: in pencil on every fifth leaf. The entire volume was written by only one scribe

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*