Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






London, BL, Addit. 48032

Century: XVI (a.1570 etc.)

Number of folios: 310

Material: chart.

Height: 296

Width: 202

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Previous shelf mark(s): Yelverton 36

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • A. Melburne(?) (a.1600 ca.) (Possessor)
  • Anstruther Gough-Calthorpe (Possessor)
  • M. G. (fol. 179r) (Scribe)
  • R. D. Aberdonensis (saec. XVI ex.) (Possessor)
  • Robert Maitland magister (saec. XVI ex.) (Possessor)
  • Elvetham Hall (Possessor)
  • Robert Beale (died a.1601) (Possessor)

Cover: contemporary, in parchment</p> <p> Watermark: jug with letters P D and beneath B, on the lid five spikes, bearing two, one, three, one, two balls, above the middle a staff, holding a small four-petaled flower (fol. iv, 4-5, 11, 195, 213, 216); gauntlet, above the middle finger a blossom with five pronged petals, almost without a stem (fol. 17, 31, 64, 90, 125-127, 134, 146, 169, 181) - possibly identical to MS London, BL, Addit. 27472.</p> <p> The MS was written by several hands, on at least two types of paper. The volume is well-catalogued. I was thus able to take over many details from the Library's catalogue

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*