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Copy, late 17th century, of a treatise on sea laws by Alexander King, Judge Admiral of Scotland, circa 1590, entitled `Tractatus Legum et Consuetudinum Navalium quae apud omnes fere Gentes in usu habentur; Omnia Nautica et quaecumque ex causis marinis in judicium veniunt succincte definiens in certos Titulos ... methodice distinctos. Authore Alexandro Regio`.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.4.7

Scope and Contents

The last Titulus (`De Piratis`) is in Scots, as is the appendix on `The forme and Maner of holding of Courts of Admiralitie and processe led befoir Them` which follows.

Dates

  • Creation: Circa 1590.

Language of Materials

Scots

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (iii + 65 folios. Folio.)

Other Finding Aids

A transcript of the headings to Tituli 1-9 and of the whole of Tituli 10 to the end is kept with the inventories of Advocates’ manuscripts.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposited, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates.

Related Materials

MS.1948 is another manuscript of the `Tractatus`, without the last Titulus and with the appendix in an abbreviated form; the appendix, incomplete, appears in Adv.MS.81.4.12, page 29.

Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland
Date
03 07 2015
Description rules
Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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