Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NL Scotland, Adv.MS.25.4.2


Century: XVII.1

Number of folios: 250

Material: chart.

Height: 306

Width: 197

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Previous shelf mark(s): W.3.24

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • Francis Ogstone (flyleaf iv) (Possessor)
  • John Nisbet (flyleaf iv and fol. 13) (Possessor)
  • Gordonius (fol. 1r) (Possessor)

Cover: saec. XIX, leather on cardboard</p> <p> Watermark: two pillars, simple, between them letters OM or MO, above the middle a bunch of grapes (fol. 2, 4, 6, 7 good); different pillars, simple, between them letters OD (fol. 41, 124, 135); jug, simple, with letters O and beneath IB, on the lid five almost round skittles, each with three balls, above the middle a four-petaled blossom and a lying half moon (fol. 74); another jug, simple, with letters O and beneath RO, on the lid five skittles, each with only one ball, above the middle a four-petaled blossom and a lying half moon (fol. 219); jug with letters I and beneath DP, on the lid five elongated skittles, each bearing three balls, above the middle a four-petaled blossom and a primitive fleur-de-lis (index, fol. 237)

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*