Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






London, BL, Harley 4642


Century: XVII ex.

Number of folios: 187

Material: chart.

Height: 324

Width: 193

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • Harley's bookplate with the motto 'virtute et fide' is preserved (Possessor)

Cover: saec. XVIII, leather on cardboard</p> <p> Watermark: fool, large, with countermark RONDEL in a rectangle (fol. 1-2, 47-51, 104-105, 173-174, 186-187 - as in Edinburgh, NR Scotland, GD45/26/67 and Edinburgh, NL Scotland, Adv.MS.24.6.4).</p> <p> [{i}Flyleaf ii. recto, written by a hand saec. XVIII:{/i}] 'This Books contains notes and observations gathered out of the Books or Acts of Sederunt of the Lords of Session. These observations were made by the learned and judicious Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall, one of the Lords of Session, remarkable for his great knowledge, piety and integrity.'

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*