Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Glasgow, UL, Gen. 1333


Century: XVII medies (a.1661?) - see pag. 40 item 164

Number of folios: 131

Material: chart.

Height: 300

Width: 205

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Previous shelf mark(s): BE 7 - a.21; BD1 - b.16; F.5.25

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • John Orr, a.1705 (but fol. 1r: '1785') (Possessor)

Cover: saec. XX, marble paper glued on cardboard, with leather spine</p> <p> Watermark: bugle horn in a shield (flyleaves at beginning and end); jug, large, with letters P (?) and beneath PL, on base a fleur-de-lis, on collar a fleur-de-lis, handle's lines parallel, on the lid five almost round skittles, each with three balls, above the middle a four-petaled blossom and a fleur-de-lis (pag. 5-7, 15, 47, 55, 85, 109, 115, 118 [{i}blank, between the two parts of the MS{/i}], 3, 15, 41, 57, 67); jug, large, with letters I and beneath DV, handle's lines not parallel, otherwise similar to jug described above (second series of numbering: pag. 91, 97, 109, 113, 119); jug, large, with letters P and beneath DA, on base probably a four-petaled blossom, otherwise similar to first jug described above (second series of numbering: pag. 79, 83, 133, 139, 143).</p> <p> Handwriting: the entire volume is neatly written by only one scribe, easy to read, on three types of paper. The scribe garbled Latin text passages. The volume is tightly bound

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*