Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]






Edinburgh, NL Scotland, Adv.MS.81.4.19

Century: XVII (a.1661)

Number of folios: 247

Material: chart.

Height: 150

Width: 97

Region and Place of Production: Britannia

Scribe(s) / Possessor(s):

  • less probably Archibald Gibson, writer to the Signet (1634-1666, admitted in 1661) [these are hypotheses by James Ferguson, NA Scotland] (Possessor)
  • 'lent to John Lyttill ... 20. Julii 1663' (back cover sheet) (Possessor)
  • Balmerino, 1. Maii 1662 (verso of front cover sheet) (Possessor)
  • A. G. (front cover sheat) = Arthur Gordon advocate (1625-1680, admitted 1655) (Possessor)

Cover: not analysed</p> <p> Watermark: two pillars, broad, and above the middle between them a bunch of grapes (pag. 185 only the upper part, pag. 191 only the lowest part, the middle of the mark cannot be seen because it is in the centre fold), similar but not identical to Edinburgh NA Scotland SC 40/72/1

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

Analyzed by: Dolezalek*