Material for a work, in the hand of John Spottiswoode, Keeper of the Advocates' Library, titled, 'Essay towards the digesting & disposing in good order, & to the best advantage, the styles of all the writts, evidents, & securities made use of in the Scotch law, & practised among the Writters to the Signet’., 1689-1692, 1697, 1722, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2946
Scope and Contents
Most of the papers were bound in a volume (not in order of date); others, found loose either at an appropriate place in the volume or at the end, have now been bound in.
Dates
- Creation: 1689-1692, 1697, 1722, undated.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
311 Leaves ; Folio and under.
Language of Materials
From the Series: Undetermined
Arrangement
311 folios.
Bibliography
This manuscript is described by E M Wedderburn, 'Style Books', in ‘An introductory survey of the sources and literature of Scots Law’, ‘Stair Society’, volume i (1936), page 308.
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Repository Details
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National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk