Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NL Scotland, MS.2763

Century: XVIII

Number of folios: 93

Material: chart.

Height: 189

Width: 153

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • George Neilson, historian at Glasgow a.1858-1923, Esq. LLD (Possessor)
  • John Archibald Murray, Lord Advocate 1835, judge 1839 (Possessor)
  • Murray of Blackbarony (arms on spine, see fol. 93) (Possessor)

Cover: contemporary</p> <p> Watermark: shield, crowned, simple shape (in the middle fold, thus difficult to see, first seen fol. 6, last seen fol. 68); jug, large (fol. 77); lion(?) in crowned shield (fol. 79-92, very similar to MS Edinburgh, NR Scotland, GD45/26/50, and somewhat less similar to Edinburgh, NL Scotland, Adv.MS.24.6.7).</p> <p> Foliation: modern foliation in pencil on every fifth leaf. Old pagination in ink 1-164

Literature quoting this MS: Dolezalek, Scotland under Jus Commune, vols. 1 and 2

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*