| LOCATION | Edinburgh, NL Scotland |
| MANUSCRIPT | Edinburgh, NL Scotland, Adv.MS.6.2.9 |
Edinburgh, NL Scotland, Adv.MS.6.2.9
Century: XVII (a.1602-1604)
Number of folios: 198
Material: chart.
Height: 192
Width: 150
Region and Place of Production: Britannia
Previous shelf mark(s): A.6.9
Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):
Cover: saec. XVII in parchment</p> <p> Watermark: jug, small, its middle is invisible because in the centre fold, on the lid spikes bearing balls, and above the middle spike a four-petaled blossom (see blank leaves at end).</p> <p> [{i}Note on flyleaf:{/i}] This and ane other volume of the Digests was doon by my grandfather Sir Thomas Hope, his majesties advocat, in the years 1602, 1603 and 1604, all written in his owne hand. And in thir tuo manuscripts with a lesser one of some few Pratiques (cited by his sone Kerse in his great collections 'Practiqua observatio patris') are given by me to the worthy Facultie of Advocats, to be preserved in memory of the author and as a marque of my respect and estime to the noble Facultie. Edinburgh 26th Januarii 1702. A. Hope. [{i}The note is cited by George W T Omond, The Lord Advocates of Scotland, vol. 1, Edinburgh 1883, p. 93 n. 1. Lord Clyde in the preface to his edition of Hope's Major practicks, p. xxvi, attributed the note to Sir Archibald Hope of Rankeillor, advocate, grandson of the Lord Advocate.{/i}]
Literature quoting this MS: Dolezalek, Scotland under Jus Commune, vols. 1 and 2
Analyzed by: Dolezalek*