Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Glasgow, Royal Faculty of Procurators, H18.3.14

Century: XVII.2

Number of folios: 137

Material: chart.

Height: 290

Width: 187

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • John Cumming younger (pag. 202) (Possessor)
  • Will Dunbar (pag. 263) (Possessor)

Cover: saec. XVII, in parchment without underlying cardboard, therefore shrunk. Kept in a cardboard box</p> <p> Watermark: two pillars, rounded, each bearing three balls, between them a rectangle with letters ROA, above the middle a large bunch of grapes (first sheets); two pillars with letters MDO, otherwise very similar to the pillars mentioned above (middle of volume, e.g. pag. 177); jug, large, with letters MD, on base a trefoil, on collar a fleur-de-lis, handle's lines parallel, on the lid five almost round skittles, each bearing three balls, above the middle a four-petaled blossom and then a fleur-de-lis (pag. 205 to end)

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*