| LOCATION | Edinburgh, NL Scotland |
| MANUSCRIPT | Edinburgh, NL Scotland, Adv.MS.24.1.11 |
Edinburgh, NL Scotland, Adv.MS.24.1.11
Century: XVII.1 (a.1631 earliest)
Number of folios: ii +238 +i
Material: chart.
Height: 194
Width: 245
Region and Place of Production: Britannia
Previous shelf mark(s): A.3.33
Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):
Cover: saec. XVIII, leather with embossed decorations and with clasps, tightly bound</p> <p> Watermark: arms in crowned shield. Divided in fess: above dexter a tower, sinister maybe an eagle. Beneath: an oval arch, under it an ornament likening an inverted letter P touching a letter P, standing back to back. In escutcheon: pale (dexter) four almost horizontal stripes, (sinister) an upright antler. The shield is held by two animals, probably lions rampant, facing each other. The watermark can be observed throughout the volume, also in the inserted folios after fol. 73.</p> <p> [Flyleaf i.:{i} Many proofs of pen, and a hastily written list of books borrowed or lent, difficult to decipher:{/i}] Mr. Jhone Adamsone: Pr(im)a(re), Orationes ...; Mr. Tho. Spittell: Musculus, in Matheum; Mr. Jh. Sy (ay), Orationes Ciceronis; James Gibson: Spenser, Meditationes, 17 aprile 1632; Mr. Jhone Sy(m)(serse): Balfours Practicks; Jhone Sy(ay), soune to Mr. Theodore: Masius C(ri)giles and Scotus Physiks; Mr. Peter Sy(ay) of Wauchtoun to Archibald Tod, 2 June 1632; 11 June 1632 to my brother Alexander: The (d?)ates of the empires of the wholle worlde.</p> <p> [{i}Different hand:{/i}] Mr. William Mortimer. [{i}Same hand wrote a note in the margin:{/i}] For the sowme and be me for the sowmes contained in the [...{i}abbreviation{/i}] Somervaile [{i}abbreviation{/i}] James Lantoune. William Mortimer est mihi nomen. In my defence God me defend [={i}a very common motto{/i}].</p> <p> [{i}Flyleaf in back, different handwriting:{/i}] In my defence God me defend, and bring my (sword?)
Literature quoting this MS: Dolezalek, Scotland under Jus Commune, vols. 1 and 2
Analyzed by: Dolezalek*